The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales and digital downloads . The first number one of the year was "Thank God It's Christmas" by Queen.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 January"Thank God It's Christmas" QueenEMI8 January"Don't Stop Me Now"Island15 January22 January29 January5 February12 February"Making a Fire"Foo FightersColumbia19 February"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.26 February"Don't Stop Me Now"QueenIsland5 March12 March19 March "Bohemian Rhapsody"26 March2 April9 April16 April23 April30 April7 May14 May"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.21 May"Bohemian Rhapsody"QueenIsland28 May"Zitti e buoni"MåneskinRCA4 June11 June18 June25 June2 July9 July16 July"Don't Stop Me Now"QueenIsland23 July30 July6 August13 August20 August27 August3 September"Bohemian Rhapsody"10 September17 September"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.24 September"Die4U"Bring Me the HorizonRCA1 October8 October"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.15 October22 October29 October"Don't Stop Me Now"QueenIsland5 November"Highway to Hell"AC/DCColumbia12 November"Don't Stop Me Now"QueenIsland19 November"Iris"Goo Goo DollsWarner Bros.26 November3 December"Bohemian Rhapsody"QueenIsland10 December"Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"The DarknessMust Destroy17 December24 December31 December
See also List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2021
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Singles at BBC Radio 1