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Artists and career acheivements[edit | edit source]

Best-selling artists by year[edit | edit source]

For further information, see Best selling artists by year.

Year Artist
2003 Lucreacia
2004
2005 Claire Kitten
2006 Emblaze
2007 Jake
2008 Jack Stevens
2009 Indigo Peak
2010 China
2011 MIDNIGHT
2012 Crystal Barker
2013 Syd Wolfe
2014
2015
2016
2017

Number one singles[edit | edit source]

Most number one singles[edit | edit source]

For artists who have seven or more number one singles.
Number of
number ones
Artist Notes
28
(plus 5 as featured artist)
Alesha
  • Most number ones for a female artist.
  • Most number ones for a British act.
26 Emily Henning
  • Most number ones for an American act.
24
Syd Wolfe
23 Jack Stevens
  • Most number ones for a male artist.
18 Aurora Reed
17
(plus 3 as featured artist)
JUSTYCE
14
(plus 1 as featured artist)
Lucreacia
13 Violetta DiNozzo
12
(plus 2 as featured artist)
MIDNIGHT
12
(plus 1 as featured artist)
Paulo Araujo
  • Most number ones for a Brazilian/South American act.
11 Ashley!
Indigo Peak
  • Most number ones for a duo or group.
  • Most number ones for a Bulgarian act.
Shell Ruin
10 Crystal Barker
  • Most number ones for a New Zealander act.
Jake
Paul
9 China
Antony Jones
Mars/Venus
8 Ben Johnston
Romo
Andrea Twain
Esmeralda Dimuzio
Raphael
Dustin Hadley
7
(plus 1 as featured artist)
Eoin O'Neill
  • Most number ones for an Irish act.
7 Dresden & Bareilles
Elice Claire
Emblaze
ex.one
Putanovska
Ryan Simmonds

Most weeks at number one[edit | edit source]

Artist Single Weeks at
#1
Date
Syd Wolfe & Aurora Reed "Night Time" 4 December 2014 and January 2015
Jake and Yannik "Partners In Crime"/"Not Tonight Santa" January 2009
Emblaze "Easy Target" August 2006
Emblaze "Bit of Rough" 3 October and November 2007
Androgyny "Roadkill" June and July 2004
Dustin Hadley & Ronan O'Neill "Incompatible" February and March 2018

Most consecutive number one singles[edit | edit source]

Amount Artist
22 Syd Wolfe
17 Justyce
16 Jack Stevens
Aurora Reed
14 Lucreacia
14 Emily Henning
11 MIDNIGHT
11 Indigo Peak
9 Mars/Venus
Crystal Barker
Alesha
8 Jake
7 Ashley!
China
Ryan Simmonds

Most number one singles in most cumulative calendar years[edit | edit source]

Cumulative number of
Calendar Years
Artist Years
10 :-/ Alesha 2005, 2007–11, 2014–17
Nine Syd Wolfe 2009, 2011–18
Violetta DiNozzo 2010–18
Eight Paulo Araujo 2007, 2009–10, 2012–16
Seven Aurora Reed 2011–17
Six Jack Stevens 2005–10
Esmeralda Dimuzio 2005–06, 2009–10, 2012, 2014
Five Emily Henning 2007–11
Elice Claire 2009–12, 2014
Shell Ruin 2008–09, 2015–17
Four Andrea Twain 2002–05
ex.one
Antony Jones
Lucreacia 2003–06
Jake 2006–09
Romo 2008–11
Ben Johnston
Ashley! 2012–15
Candi 2011-2013, 2016

Most number one singles within a calendar year[edit | edit source]

Calendar year= January 1st to December 31st of whatever and any year.
Year Artist Amount First number one
single of the streak
Last number one
single of the streak
Notes
2003 Lucreacia Seven "Where The Wild Roses Grow"
(with Tom Owen)
(March 2003)
"Christmas"
(December 2003)
  • Three of her seven number ones singles during the year were duets ("Where The Wild Roses Grow" (with Tom Owen), "Slut Trash Woman/I Want That Man" (with Buffi), and "Hoochified Disco Ball" (with Miss Drips).
2008 Jack Stevens "Reverend Stevens"
(February 2008)
"The Wolves"
(December 2008)
2009 Indigo Peak "Kissing A Cobra"
(early 2009)
"Fire! Scream!"/"Pornographic"
(December 2009)

Most top hits[edit | edit source]

Most top forty hits[edit | edit source]

For artists who have twenty or more top 40 singles.
Amount Artist Notes
58 Alesha
  • Most for a female artist.
  • Could also possibly hold the record for most top forty hits as a songwriter (as an act; not PR)
40 Esmeralda Dimuzio
38 Paul
  • Most for a male artist.
Shell Ruin
34 Syd Wolfe
33 Paulo Araujo
30 Sophie Ramone
28 Hailey
Aftershock
Violetta DiNozzo
27 Morris David Cat
Putanovska
Innocent
  • Most for a group, band, or duo.
26 Jack Stevens
25 Out Boyz
24 Dr. C and the Predicates
Ben Johnston
23 Emma Brown
22 Edna Albaquerque
Ellen Fitzpatrick
Ben Parker
20 CHRIS
Buffi
Izzy
Amy Marshall
Lindsay Belle

Most top five hit singles[edit | edit source]

Amount Artist
48 Alesha
  • Most top five singles for a British act.
  • Most top five singles for a female artist.
  • Most top five singles for a pop artist.
33 Esmeralda Dimuzio
  • Most top five singles for a Venezuelan act.
28 Paulo Araujo
  • Most top five singles for a male act.
  • Most top five singles for a Brazilian act.
  • Most top five singles for an urban act.
26 Jack Stevens

Firsts and simultaneous[edit | edit source]

First number one singles[edit | edit source]

Distinction Artist Number one single Date
First group to have a #1 single Sparez "Never Get (What You Want)" March 4, 2001
First soloist to have a #1 single Nikita "Wishing You Weren't Here March 11, 2001

First to climb to number one[edit | edit source]

Distinction Artist Number one single Date Notes
First to climb to #1 Ryan Simmonds "Blown Over" (featuring ex.one) February 10, 2002
  • Debuted at #2.
First to climb to #1 after a second-week drop Ryan Simmonds "Can You See Where I'm Coming From" August 19, 2001
  • Debuted at #1.
  • Fell to #5 in its second week.
  • Climbed back to #1 in its third week.
Other singles that returned to #1 after a second-week drop London "Spun! (On The Scene)" February 25, 2007
Emblaze "Bit of Rough" November 18, 2007
Jake & Yannik "Partners in Crime/Not Tonight Santa January 4, 2009
Indigo Peak "Cold War" August 16, 2009
Syd Wolfe & Aurora Reed "Night Time" January 25, 2015
Aurora Reed "Beat Heart Beating" May 17, 2015
Ashley! "See The World" December 6, 2015
Tobias "Orpheus" January 31, 2016
Alesha "Petroleum" October 30, 2016
Alesha "Winter" January 8, 2017
Alesha "Outlaw" April 2, 2017
Dustin Hadley "Naked" December 2017 / January 2018
First to have their first three singles climb to #1 Esmeralda Dimuzio
First to climb to #1 on downloads alone Jack Stevens "Sexxxy Robots/Dodging Bullets" circa late 2000s

First to hold top two spots simultaneously[edit | edit source]

Artist Date #1 single #2 single Notes
Victor Strong July 22, 2012 "Ground Zero"
(Morris David Cat featuring Victor Strong)
"Mask"
Syd Wolfe May 25, 2014 "Broken Hearts of Yesterday"
(with Kleo)
"I Can Pay Your Rent"
(credited as either Curriculum featuring Syd Wolfe)
  • First to dominate the top two spots with collaborations.
Aurora Reed December 11, 2016 "Outside Out" "Giants"
(with Syd Wolfe)

Most simultaneous charting records[edit | edit source]

Artist Chart Date Amount of
charting singles
Singles
Syd Wolfe Singles December 21, 2014 6
Alesha Singles October 1, 2017 6
Jean-Luc Bareilles Airplay August 24, 2014 5
  • "Black Widower"
  • "The Devil Wore A Wedding Dress"
  • "Under God's Thumb"
  • "Blisters" (featuring Amy-Jayne)
  • "Phantasmagoria"
Darren Clarke Airplay February 1, 2015 5
  • "Crime Of Passion"
  • "Making Love Like Strangers"
  • "Femme Fatale"
  • "History Ends Tonight"
  • "Bohemian Boys & Brazilian Girls" (featuring Nicola)

Shortest and longest gaps[edit | edit source]

Shortest gap between number one singles[edit | edit source]

Artist Preceding
Number one single
Following
Number one single
Time difference
between the two singles
Nadia Walker "That's What A Man Should Be"
(with Innocent)
"These Boots R Made 4 Walkin'"
(as part of Mars/Venus)
One week
Elice Claire "Play The Game"
(as part of SAVE URAPS)
(two weeks at #1)
"Keepin' U Up" Two weeks
MIDNIGHT "Promotion"
(Taylor feat. MIDNIGHT)
"Dominatrix" One week
Blonde Ambition "Shake Yer Tits!"
(Flaming SteffY feat. Blonde Ambition)
"Downtown"
Ashley! "Who I Am (Golden)"
(as part of Uraps United)
"One Kiss Before Midnight"
JUSTYCE "Leave A Man"
(Paul feat. JUSTYCE)
"Basement"
(featuring Alesha)
Aurora Reed "Giants"
(with Syd Wolfe)
"Outside Out"

Longest gap between number one singles[edit | edit source]

Artist Preceding
Number one single
(Date)
Following
Number one single
(Date)
Time difference
between number one singles
Indigo Peak "Fire! Scream!"/"Pornographic"
(December 2009)
"Cocaine"
(January 2021)
11 years and 12 days
Jack Stevens "Jack For Justice"
(January 2010)
"Masc For Masc"
(November 2020)
10 years and 10 months
Alex Washington "Here We Go Again"
(November 2011)
"On Empty"
(September 2021)
9 years and 10 months
Emily Henning "Blush (Response)"
(March 2011)
"Detonate"
(June 2020)
9 years and 3 months
Hailey "You Know What to Do"
(March 2003)
"Don't BJ"/"Shoot The Sky"
(with Just Ginger & Morris David Cat)
(May 2010)
7 years and 2 months
Loretta Lambert "Mantra/"Crying Gold"
(March 8, 2015)
"On Duty"
(March 18, 2021)
6 years and 10 days
4tune "Take It from Me"
(May 2004)
"Respect"
(May 2010)
6 years
Morris David Cat "FIX!/All That Matters"
(with Allyseenah)
(February 2006)
"Put Your Paws Up!!"
(November 2011)
5 years and 9 months
Shell Ruin "Delusions of Grandeur"
(with Alesha)
(November 2009)
"Feel Alive"
(September 2015)
4 years and 10 months
Putanovska "The Black Sea"
(October 2010)
"Adonis"
(August 2016)
4 years and 10 months
Loretta Lambert "Break It Off"
(September 2009)
"BONKERS!"/"SkyWalka"
(June 2014)
4 years and 9 months
Candi "Best Damn Night"
(January 2013)
"Lonelyhearts"
(September 2016)
3 years and 8 months
Lindsay Belle "Wonder Why"
(September 2010)
"The Foxtrot"
(April 2013)
3 years and 7 months
Alesha "The Hunted"
(March 2011)
"Opulence"/"Unbeknownst"
(with Paulo Araujo)
(October 2014)
3 years and 7 months
Sophie Ramone "Broken Wings/Lies That My Lover Told Me"
(May 2005)
"Suck My Tits"
(August 2008?)
3 years and 3 months

Other acheivements[edit | edit source]

  • First group to have a #1 single: Sparez - "Never Get (What You Always Want)" (debuted March 4, 2001).
  • First solo artist to have a #1 single: Nikita - "Wishing You Weren't Here" (debuted March 11, 2001).

Singles[edit | edit source]

Best selling singles[edit | edit source]

  • The top ten best-selling singles of all time since September 2001. List updated: June 1, 2020.
Rank Artist Single Sales Notes
1 Syd Wolfe "The Scientist" 1,638,514
  • First single in Urapopstar history to reach 1 million sales.
  • Best selling single by a soloist.
  • Best selling single by an American act.
  • Best selling single by a pop act.
  • Sold a million copies in 81 weeks.
  • First single to reach 100 weeks on the singles chart.
  • Spent 152 weeks on the chart.
2 Syd Wolfe "Destroying Diamonds" 1,539,559
  • Syd is the first artist in Urapopstar history to sell a million twice.
  • Sold a million copies in 51 weeks.
  • Spent 118 weeks on the chart.
3 URAPS United "Who I Am (Golden)" 1,356,271
  • Best selling charity single.
  • Sold a million copies in 51 weeks.
  • Spent 80 weeks on the chart.
4 Status "Purge" 1,283,554
  • Best selling single by a group.
  • Best selling single by an alternative act.
  • Sold a million copies in 69 weeks.
  • Spent 105 weeks on the chart.
5 Curriculum "Like A Narcissist" 1,263,077
  • Best selling single to not reach #1 (peak: #2).
  • Sold a million copies in 48 weeks.
  • Spent 71 weeks on the chart.
6 JUSTYCE "Talking Bad" 1,132,858
  • Spent 42 weeks on the chart.
  • Sold a million copies in 31 weeks.
7 Syd Wolfe "Cellophane" 1,077,664
  • Sold a million copies in 49 weeks.
  • Spent 66 weeks on the chart.
8 Curriculum "Marigolden" EP 1,056,063
  • Sold a million copies in 54 weeks.
  • Spent 62+ weeks on the chart.
9 Alesha "In Love Today" 1,054,551
  • Sold a million copies in 42 weeks.
  • Spent 48 weeks on the chart.
10 Syd Wolfe & Aurora Reed "Giants" 1,021,887
  • Sold a million copies in 38 weeks.
  • Spent 43 weeks on the chart.

Best selling singles that did not reach number one[edit | edit source]

  • The top ten best-selling singles that didn't peak at number one. This list could be incorrect. List updated: February 9, 2018.
Rank Artist Single Sales Peak Notes
1 Curriculum "Like A Narcissist" 1,263,077 2
  • Debuted at #4 in its first week and peaked at #2 in its third week.
  • Best selling single to peak at #2.
  • Best selling single to peak at #2 by a band.
2 Curriculum "Marigolden" EP 1,056,063 3
3 Persephone "I Don't Wanna Be Your Wife" 845,552 2
  • Best selling single to peak at #2 by a solo female act.
  • Best selling single to peak at #2 by a solo artist.
4 Paolo "Ten Months" 777,160 2
5 Alesha "New York Cab" 712,777 2
6 Alesha "Rogue Smoke" (feat. Aurora Reed) 700,097 2
  • Best selling collaboration to peak at #2.
7 Suicide Blonde "That Fateful Fall" 696,042 4
  • Best selling single to peak at #4.
8 Paolo "Stay or Go" 685,386 4
9 Aurora Reed "Healin' Heartbreak" 650,024 2
10 Paolo "How Much Longer?" 645,295 3

Multiplatinum and diamond singles[edit | edit source]

  • Singles that sold over 500,000 copies if released before June 2013; 600,000 copies if released between June 2013 and August 2014; or 1 million copies if released after August 2014.
  • This list was updated August 1, 2020.
Release date Artist Single Sales Certification
October 2001 Ryan Simmonds "That Goes First" 690,573 2x Platinum
December 2001 Ace*Teens "Die For You/Love In December" 622,185 2x Platinum
December 2003 Lucreacia "Christmas" 528,661 2x Platinum
March 2004 Lucreacia "Reputation" 617,822 2x Platinum
February 2005 Claire Kitten "Glorified Pornstar" 550,063 2x Platinum
April 2015 Melissa Moore "Undress Me With Your Eyes" 531,852 2x Platinum
June 2005 Claire Kitten "Obsession/Disco Dollies" 515,248 2x Platinum
August 2006 Emblaze "Easy Target" 652,736 2x Platinum
October 2007 Emblaze "Bit of Rough" 531,301 2x Platinum
November 2007 Jake, Jon Farley & Jack Stevens "Trendy Pop Boys" 672,737 2x Platinum
November 2008 Romo "Schizo Pop 520,962 2x Platinum
December 2008 Jake & Yannik "Partners In Crime/Not Tonight Santa" 741,022 2x Platinum
February 2009 Jake "KaBoom!" 540,073 2x Platinum
September 2009 Ana Simpson "Turnaround" 576,171 2x Platinum
October 2009 China "Not Gonna Tell" 755,213 2x Platinum
May 2010 Ana Simpson "A Million Tales" 524,969 2x Platinum
June 2010 Alesha "The Last Temptation" 502,497 2x Platinum
June 2011 Elice Claire & Ben Johnston "Scattered Echoes" 713,959 2x Platinum
September 2010 MIDNIGHT "Survive" (feat. Paulo Araujo) 511,053 2x Platinum
August 2011 Kleo "Insomnia" 515,764 2x Platinum
August 2011 MIDNIGHT "Money Equals Love" 839,850 3x Platinum
December 2011 MIDNIGHT "Lady Danger" 535,296 2x Platinum
January 2012 Crystal Barker "Animal" 627,163 2x Platinum
March 2012 Aurora Reed "Healin' Heartbreak" 650,204 2x Platinum
April 2012 James Moss "Kingdom Hearts" 503,998 2x Platinum
June 2012 Elice Claire "Empire of the Falling Stars" 603,271 2x Platinum
June 2012 SPELLS x Aurora Reed "C4 G4" 527,813 2x Platinum
August 2012 Kleo " Welcome to Dystopia" 706,439 2x Platinum
November 2012 Persephone "Dear You" 501,178 2x Platinum
February 2013 Aurora Reed "Mutate" 500,404 2x Platinum
March 2013 Syd Wolfe "The Scientist" 1,638,514 Diamond
August 2013 Ashley! "Light Up The World" 629,850 2x Platinum
November 2013 Syd Wolfe "Destroying Diamonds" 1,539,559 Diamond
December 2013 Curriculum "Like A Narcissist" 1,263,077 Diamond
December 2013 Suicide Blonde "That Fateful Fall" 696,042 2x Platinum
January 2014 Elice Claire "À l'infini" 829,468 2x Platinum
January 2014 Status "Purge" 1,283,554 Diamond
March 2014 Syd Wolfe "Afterglow" 693,363 2x Platinum
April 2014 Esmeralda Dimuzio "Letting You Go" 602,042 2x Platinum
September 2014 Syd Wolfe "Cellophane" 1,023,399 Diamond
December 2014 Syd Wolfe & Aurora Reed "Night Time" 1,009,311 Diamond
January 2015 URAPS United "Who I Am (Golden)" 1,327,936 Diamond
April 2015 Aurora Reed "Beat Heart Beating" 1,008,491 Diamond
June 2015 Alesha "In Love Today" 1,054,551 Diamond
March 2016 Dustin Hadley "Want Me 'Cause You Can't" 1,005,290 Diamond
April 2016 L.E.X "Baltimore" (feat. Eoin O'Neill) 1,013,385 Diamond
May 2016 Aurora Reed "Black Mamba Music" 1,009,030 Diamond
June 2016 Curriculum "Marigolden" EP 1,036,851 Diamond
November 2016 Syd Wolfe & Aurora Reed "Giants" 1,021,887 Diamond
December 2016 Alesha "Winter" 1,021,276 Diamond
June 2017 JUSTYCE "Talking Bad" 1,132,858 Diamond
December 2017 Dustin Hadley "Naked" 1,001,755+ Diamond

Other achievements[edit | edit source]

Foreign language singles[edit | edit source]

Albums[edit | edit source]

Best selling albums[edit | edit source]

  • The top ten best selling albums since November 2002. List updated: June 1, 2020.
Rank Artist Album Sales Notes
1 Syd Wolfe The Scientist 5,422,241
  • Best selling album by a female act.
  • Best selling album by a soloist.
  • Best selling album by an American act.
  • Best selling pop album.
  • Spent 155 weeks on the chart.
2 Aurora Reed Haute Mess 4,001,363
  • Best selling urban album.
  • Best selling album by a British act.
  • Spent 138 weeks on the chart.
3 Syd Wolfe The Greatest Hits 3,963,543
  • Best selling greatest hits album.
  • Spent 92 weeks on the chart.
4 JUSTYCE J2 3,666,493
  • Best selling album by a male act.
  • Spent 88 weeks on the chart.
5 Raphael Monaghan No Michelangelo 3,410,009
  • Best selling debut album.
  • Spent 131 weeks on the chart.
6 Alesha Alesha 3,405,536
  • Spent 75 weeks on the chart.
7 Paul Ampliphied Heart 3,279,461
  • Spent 94 weeks on the chart.
8 Ashley! Let The Light In 3,242,879
  • Spent 85 weeks on the chart.
9 Alesha The White Album 3,158,287
  • Spent 78 weeks on the chart.
10 Aurora Reed Tabula Rasa 3,041,416
  • Spent 66 weeks on the chart.