List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2022

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles of 2022.

Chart history

Chart date (week ending)	Song	Artist(s)	Record Label	References
6 January	"Merry Xmas Everybody"	Slade	BMG	[1]
13 January	"Down Under"	Luude featuring Colin Hay	Sweat It Out	[2]
20 January	"Fingers Crossed"	Lauren Spencer-Smith	Lauren Spencer-Smith	[3]
27 January				[4]
3 February				[5]
10 February	"Down Under"	Luude featuring Colin Hay	Sweat It Out	[6]
17 February	"Fingers Crossed"	Lauren Spencer-Smith	Lauren Spencer-Smith	[7]
24 February	"Khabib"	Central Cee	Central Cee	[8]
3 March	"Used to This"	Wilkinson and Issey Cross	BMG/Sleepless Music	[9]
10 March [b]	"Straight Back to It"	Central Cee	Central Cee	[10]
17 March	"Reggae & Calypso"	Russ Millions with Buni and YV	One Of A Kind Music	[11]
24 March				[12]
31 March				[13]
7 April				[14]
14 April				[15]
21 April				[16]
28 April				[17]
5 May				[18]
12 May				[19]
19 May				[20]
26 May				[21]
2 June	"Charmer"	N-Dubz	Xploded Music	[22]
9 June	"Prince Andrew Is a Sweaty Nonce"	The Kunts	Radical Rudeness	[23]
16 June	"Balling"	Vibe Chemistry	D&B Allstars	[24]
23 June				[25]
30 June				[26]
7 July				[27]
14 July	"Someone Like You"	Adele	XL	[28]
21 July	"Part of the Band"	The 1975	Dirty Hit	[29]
28 July	"Snap"	Rosa Linn	Nvak Collective	[30]
4 August	"Doja"	Central Cee	Central Cee	[31]
11 August				[32]
18 August				[33]
25 August				[34]
1 September				[35]
8 September				[36]
15 September				[37]
22 September				[38]
29 September				[39]
6 October				[40]
13 October				[41]
20 October				[42]
27 October	"One Up"			[43]
3 November [b]	"Body Paint"	Arctic Monkeys	Domino	[44]
10 November	"Doja"	Central Cee	Central Cee	[45]
17 November				[46]
24 November	"Out of Nowhere"	Bugzy Malone and TeeDee	BSomebody	[47]
1 December				[48]
8 December	"Escapism"	Raye featuring 070 Shake	Human Re Sources	[49]
15 December				[50]
22 December				[51]
29 December [a]	"Food Aid"	LadBaby	BMG	[52]

Notes

• ^a – The single was simultaneously number-one on the singles chart.
• ^b - The artist was simultaneously number one on the Independent Albums Chart.

Number-one Indie artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at number one
1	Central Cee	17
2	Russ Millions	11
2	Buni	11
2	YV	11
3	Lauren Spencer-Smith	4
3	Vibe Chemistry	4
3	Raye	3
3	070 Shake (as featuring)	3
4	Luude	2
4	Bugzy Malone	2
4	TeeDee	2
4	Colin Hay (as featuring)	2
5	Slade	1
5	Wilkinson	1
5	Issey Cross	1
5	N-Dubz	1
5	The Kunts	1
5	Adele	1
5	The 1975	1
5	Rosa Linn	1
5	Arctic Monkeys	1

See also

• List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2022
• List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2022
• List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2022
• List of UK Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2022