List of UK top-ten singles in 2017
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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; in 2017 it used the ratio of 150 streams equivalent to one sale (not 100:1 as previously).[4] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2017, as well as singles which peaked in 2016 and 2018 but were in the top 10 in 2017. 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-eight singles were in the top ten this year. Eleven singles from 2016 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Man's Not Hot" by Big Shaq, "I Miss You" by Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels, "River" by Eminem, "17" by MK and "Let You Down" by NF were released in 2017 but did not reach their peak until 2018. "Last Christmas" by Wham! and "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl both re-entered the top ten at the end of the year after being re-issued and reached peaks on their current run in 2018. "I Would Like" by Zara Larsson was the only song from 2016 to reach its peak in 2017. Twenty-four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2017. Alessia Cara, DJ Khaled, Dua Lipa, Julia Michaels and Post Malone were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2017.
The 2016 Christmas number-one, "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, remained at number-one for the first two weeks of 2017. The first new number-one single of the year was "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran. Overall, fifteen different singles peaked at number-one in 2017, with Anne-Marie, Clean Bandit, DJ Khaled, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber (2) having the most singles hit that position.