List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2016

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2016.

Chart history

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Record label	Ref.
1 January	"Ace of Spades"	Motörhead	Castle Music	[1]
8 January				[2]
15 January				[3]
22 January	"Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time"	Panic! At the Disco	Fueled By Ramen	[4]
29 January	"Centuries"	Fall Out Boy	Island	[5]
5 February	"Irresistible"			[6]
12 February	"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls	Warner Bros.	[7]
19 February				[8]
26 February	"Irresistible"	Fall Out Boy	Island	[9]
4 March				[10]
11 March	"Centuries"			[11]
18 March	"Paranoia"	A Day to Remember	Indianola	[12]
25 March	"Follow You"	Bring Me the Horizon	RCA	[13]
2 April	"Wolves of Winter"	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor	[14]
9 April	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Guns N' Roses	Geffen	[15]
16 April	"The Sound of Silence"	Disturbed	Warner Bros.	[16]
23 April				[17]
30 April				[18]
7 May				[19]

Number-one artists

Position	Nationality	Artist	Weeks at number one
1	USA	Fall Out Boy	5
2	USA	Disturbed	4
3	GBR	Motörhead	3
4	USA	Goo Goo Dolls	2
5	GBR	Bring Me the Horizon	1
5	USA	A Day to Remember	1
5	GBR	Biffy Clyro	1
5	USA	Guns N' Roses	1
5	USA	Panic! At the Disco	1

Notes

Week 4 & 5 Should be "Emperor's New Clothes" by Panic! At the Disco" but the OC still don't count this one for some reason.

See also

• List of UK Indie Chart number-one singles of 2016
• List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2016
• List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2016
• List of UK Indie Chart number-one albums of 2016
• List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2016

References

1. "2016-01-07 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
2. "2016-01-14 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
3. "2016-01-21 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
4. "2016-01-28 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
5. "2016-02-04 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
6. "2016-02-11 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
7. "2016-02-18 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
8. "2016-02-25 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
9. "2016-03-03 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
10. "2016-03-10 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
11. "2016-03-17 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
12. "2016-03-24 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
13. "2016-03-31 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
14. "2016-04-07 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
15. "2016-04-14 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
16. "2016-04-21 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
17. "2016-04-28 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive – Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
18. "2016-05-05 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive - Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
19. "2016-05-12 Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles Archive - Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

External links

• Rock & Metal Singles Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 Rock Singles Chart at BBC Radio 1