Every UK Number 1 single on King Charles III's birthday since the start of the Official Chart

King Charles III was just four years old when the Official Chart was born.

Did you know that King Charles III and the Official Singles Chart share a birthday?

While the King was born on 14 November 1948, the UK's first Official Singles Chart was issued on 14 November 1952, over 70 years ago, meaning our sovereign was just four years old when Al Martino's Here In My Heart became the first ever Official UK Number 1 single.

With King Charles III's coronation taking place today (May 6), we're opening the Official Charts archives to reveal what was the Official UK Number 1 single on each of his birthdays from 1952 to 2022.

MORE: What was Number 1 when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned?

As can be expected, with nearly 71 years of music history to sift through, it's an eclectic list; with chart-toppers from a wild range of acts from David Bowie and T'Pau to Cheryl and Tones & I.

A few artists, though, managed to get consecutive entries:

Elvis - It's Now Or Never (1960) and His Latest Flame/Little Sisters (1961)
Robson & Jerome - I Believe/Up On The Roof (1995) and What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted (1996)
Westlife - Queen of My Heart (2001) and Unbreakable (2002)
Rihanna - Only Girl In The World (2010) and Calvin Harris collab We Found Love (2011)

It's been said that certain birthday Number 1s can offer a glimpse into what the future holds... Like how the song that was Number 1 on your 14th birthday supposedly 'defines your life'.

See the list in full below.

Every Official Singles Chart Number 1 on King Charles III's birthday 1952-2022

BIRTHDAY	YEAR	TITLE	ARTIST
4th	1952	HERE IN MY HEART	AL MARTINO
5th	1953	ANSWER ME	FRANKIE LAINE
6th	1954	MY SON MY SON	VERA LYNN
7th	1955	HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY	JOHNSTON BROTHERS
8th	1956	A WOMAN IN LOVE	FRANKIE LAINE
9th	1957	THAT'LL BE THE DAY	CRICKETS
10th	1958	IT'S ALL IN THE GAME	TOMMY EDWARDS
11th	1959	TRAVELLIN LIGHT	CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS
12th	1960	IT'S NOW OR NEVER	ELVIS PRESLEY
13th	1961	HIS LATEST FLAME/LITTLE SISTERS	ELVIS PRESLEY
14th	1962	LOVESICK BLUES	FRANK IFIELD
15th	1963	YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE	GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS
16th	1964	OH PRETTY WOMAN	ROY ORBISON
17th	1965	GET OFF MY CLOUD	THE ROLLING STONES
18th	1966	REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE	THE FOUR TOPS
19th	1967	BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU	FOUNDATIONS
20th	1968	THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY	HUGO MONTENEGRO
21st	1969	SUGAR SUGAR	THE ARCHIES
22nd	1970	WOODSTOCK	MATTHEWS' SOUTHERN COMFORT
23rd	1971	COZ I LUV YOU	SLADE
24th	1972	CLAIR	GILBERT O'SULLIVAN
25th	1973	I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE	GARY GLITTER
26th	1974	GONNA MAKE YOU A STAR	DAVID ESSEX
27th	1975	SPACE ODDITY	DAVID BOWIE
28th	1976	IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW	CHICAGO
29th	1977	NAME OF THE GAME	ABBA
30th	1978	RAT TRAP	THE BOOMTOWN RATS
31st	1979	WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN	DR HOOK
32nd	1980	THE TIDE IS HIGH	BLONDIE
33rd	1981	EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC	THE POLICE
34th	1982	I DON'T WANNA DANCE	EDDY GRANT
35th	1983	UPTOWN GIRL	BILLY JOEL
36th	1984	I FEEL FOR YOU	CHAKA KHAN
37th	1985	A GOOD HEART	FEARGAL SHARKEY
38th	1986	TAKE MY BREATH AWAY	BERLIN
39th	1987	CHINA IN YOUR HAND	T'PAU
40th	1988	FIRST TIME	ROBIN BECK
41st	1989	ALL AROUND THE WORLD	LISA STANSFIELD
42nd	1990	UNCHAINED MELODY	THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
43rd	1991	DIZZY	VIC REEVES AND THE WONDER STUFF
44th	1992	END OF THE ROAD	BOYZ II MEN
45th	1993	I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT)	MEAT LOAF
46th	1994	BABY COME BACK	PATO BANTON
47th	1995	I BELIEVE/UP ON THE ROOF	ROBSON & JEROME
48th	1996	WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED	ROBSON & JEROME
49th	1997	BARBIE GIRL	AQUA
50th	1998	BELIEVE	CHER
51st	1999	SHE'S THE ONE/IT'S ONLY US	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
52nd	2000	SAME OLD BRAND NEW YOU	A1
53rd	2001	QUEEN OF MY HEART	WESTLIFE
54th	2002	UNBREAKABLE	WESTLIFE
55th	2003	SLOW	KYLIE MINOGUE
56th	2004	VERTIGO	U2
57th	2005	HUNG UP	MADONNA
58th	2006	THE ROSE	WESTLIFE
59th	2007	BLEEDING LOVE	LEONA LEWIS
60th	2008	HERO	X FACTOR FINALISTS
61st	2009	EVERYBODY IN LOVE	JLS
62nd	2010	ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD)	RIHANNA
63rd	2011	WE FOUND LOVE	RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
64th	2012	CANDY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
65th	2013	LOOK RIGHT THROUGH	STORM QUEEN
66th	2014	I DON'T CARE	CHERYL
67th	2015	HELLO	ADELE
68th	2016	ROCKABYE	CLEAN BANDIT FT ANNE-MARIE & SEAN PAUL
69th	2017	HAVANA	CAMILA CABELLO FT YOUNG THUG
70th	2018	THANK U NEXT	ARIANA GRANDE
71st	2019	DANCE MONKEY	TONES & I
72nd	2020	POSITIONS	ARIANA GRANDE
73rd	2021	EASY ON ME	ADELE
74th	2022	ANTI-HERO	TAYLOR SWIFT