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Wham! had the first 2021 number-one single with " Last Christmas", 36 years after its original release. The song returned to number-one in December 2022, January 2023 and December 2023.
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Kate Bush broke three chart-topping records in June 2022 with " Running Up That Hill". The song holds the longest gap between two of an artist's number one singles, the previous 44 years earlier with " Wuthering Heights" in 1978). It also holds the record for the longest time for a song to reach number one after its initial release and the oldest female artist to have a number one single.
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The Beatles had their 18th number-one single with " Now and Then" in November 2023, making it the longest gap (60 years) between an artist's first and last number one in UK chart history.