List of UK top-ten singles in 2022
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] Since 2014, the singles chart has been based on both sales and streaming, with the ratio altered in 2017 to 150:1 streams and only three singles by the same artist eligible for the chart.[4][5] From July 2018, video streams from YouTube Music and Spotify among others began to be counted for the Official Charts. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2022, as well as singles which peaked in 2021 and 2023 but were in the top 10 in 2022. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Ninety-four singles were in the top 10 this year. Fifteen singles from 2021 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Calm Down" by Rema, "Escapism" by Raye featuring 070 Shake, "Firebabe" by Stormzy and "Let Go" by Central Cee were all released in 2022 but did not reach their peak until 2023. "Seventeen Going Under" by Sam Fender, "Coming for You" by SwitchOTR featuring A1 x J1, "Overseas" by D-Block Europe featuring Central Cee, "ABCDEFU" by Gayle, "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey, Last Christmas" by Wham! and "Come On Home for Christmas" by George Ezra were the songs from 2021 to reach their peak in 2022. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé were both released in 2021 and re-entered the top 10 in 2022, but did not reach their peak until 2023. Acraze, Fireboy DML, Lauren Spencer-Smith, Jessica Darrow, Kim Petras and Luude were among the many artists who achieved their first top 10 single in 2022.
"Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John returned to number-one for a third non-consecutive week during the first week of 2022, while Adele's "Easy on Me" clinched an eighth non-consecutive week at the top spot during the second week of 2022. The first new number-one single of the year was "ABCDEFU" by Gayle. Overall, fourteen different songs peaked at number-one in 2022, with fourteen unique artists hitting that position.