document_title: List of Victorious episodes

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text: List of Victorious episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

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Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
19
March 27, 2010 (2010-03-27)
March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26)

2
13
April 2, 2011 (2011-04-02)
December 26, 2011 (2011-12-26)

3
12
January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28)[2]
June 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)

4
13[3]
September 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)[4]
February 2, 2013 (2013-02-02)[5]

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text: Episode list[edit]

text: Season 1 (2010–11)[edit]

text: This season consists of 19 episodes.

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1
1
"Pilot"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
March 27, 2010 (2010-03-27)
101
5.7[7]

Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) gets the chance of a lifetime to attend Hollywood Arts, an elite performing arts school after taking her older sister Trina's (Daniella Monet) place in her school's big showcase. When Trina's tongue gets swollen and she can't do the singing, Tori's new friend Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III), tells Tori to fill in for Trina but she refuses. They force her on stage and, with the help of Andre, Tori receives a standing ovation from the crowd, and accepts the offer to join Hollywood Arts. On her first day, she meets Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), a girl who seems to be living in her own head, Robbie Shapiro (Matt Bennett), a shy awkward nerdy student who speaks through his dummy Rex, the handsome Beck Oliver (Avan Jogia), and his mean girlfriend Jade West (Elizabeth Gillies). After accidentally spilling coffee on Beck (and wiping his shirt), Tori finds herself at the wrath of Jade, who thinks that Tori was flirting with Beck. Jade does an improv scene with Tori, letting Tori be a dog and then starts commenting on what a horrible actress she is. She then finds coffee and spills it on top of Tori, causing her to leave the room in humiliation. After the altercation with Jade, Tori wonders if she is good enough or even belongs at Hollywood Arts. At the insistence of Trina, (who doesn't want to be known as the "freaky girl whose younger sister quit on her first day") and Andre, who tells her not to let a mean girl crush her confidence, Tori returns to class and subsequently gets revenge on Jade by besting her in an improv assignment and then by kissing Beck in front of her.
Song featured: "Make It Shine" (performed by Victoria Justice), which becomes the series' theme song.

2
2
"The Bird Scene"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)
102
3.5[8]

Tori wants to try out for the lead role in a play called "Moonlight Magic" which Andre is writing the music for. However, according to Sikowitz, she must master a monologue known as "The Bird Scene" before she can be involved in any school production. Despite her many efforts at it, she fails consistently. She again does "The Bird Scene" and states that she is proud of her work. The secret of "The Bird Scene" was to be proud of one's acting style, which she had been failing to show, and she passes. As well as this, she must also think of a creative and meaningful way to decorate her locker, which is Hollywood Arts tradition. After thinking for days, she decided to decorate her locker with the words "Make It Shine," and lighting them up, as that was the song that she sang that got her into Hollywood Arts. Meanwhile, Andre and Robbie sign up for ballet class as a way to meet girls, but find out they were not the only males with the same idea. They attend the class only to see a bunch of men and want to drop out of ballet. But they must continue the class unless they want to fail the semester. But then, a young girl joins the class to teach, and the boys go crazy about her.

3
3
"Stage Fighting"
Steve Hoefer
George Doty IV
April 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)
103
3.3[9]

Tori finds Beck and a guy named Russ supposedly fighting and tries to intervene. However, she finds out they were only stage fighting. After a stage fight lesson, Sikowitz gives Jade as Tori's fighting actress in a scene they are assigned to do. Tori is afraid to do it because of Jade and, during the skit, she 'hits' Jade with a cane. Jade's eye begins to bleed and, following this, gets a black eye. Consequently, Tori is given a punishment of cleaning the theater after a food fight scene. However, during an altercation between other students the boys poured a cup of ice in the girl's tucked-in shirt she tries to get back at them by throw a cup of water at them but the boys got out of the way and Jade ends up getting wet. As she tries to run off and hide, Andre finds her and discovers that she actually used fake blood and makeup to fake her injury. After this, Jade begins to feel guilty, especially when learning that Tori refuses to tell the truth on her, and she helps Tori clean a little bit and ditch the security guard watching her to clean the hall.

4
4
"The Birthweek Song"
Adam Weissman
Jake Farrow
April 25, 2010 (2010-04-25)
107
3.2[10]

Tori needs to find the perfect gift for Trina's birthday. Andre suggests that she write her sister a song and perform it at her birthday party. After she performs the song, though, Trina proves to be ungrateful; she wants a material gift instead of the sentimental one Tori gave her. Trina decides to sell the song for $500 to a record label, which then invites Trina to record the song, even though she is not the singer on the version they heard. And they realize this after several takes. Trina eventually confesses that Tori is the singer, and Tori gets to record the song herself. Meanwhile, Robbie and Cat go see his grandmother Mamaw, so Robbie can fix the internet. As Robbie notices Mamaw's animosity toward Cat, he decides to make a document to trick his grandmother into believing she has no more internet.
Song featured: "You're the Reason" by Victoria Justice
Guest star: Renée Taylor as Mamaw, Robbie's grandmother.
Absent: Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver.

5
5
"Jade Dumps Beck"
Steve Hoefer
Matt Fleckenstein
May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)
106
3.3[11]

Jade becomes jealous when Beck starts hanging out with Alyssa Vaughn, a famous socialite, who may like him. She ends up breaking up with Beck when she feels that he isn't taking her feelings of the situation seriously. After having second thoughts, she decides that she wants Beck back, only to get rejected by him, leading her to seek Tori's help. Tori tries to convince Beck to make amends with Jade, only for him to bring up how Jade has never done anything nice for him during the time they've dated. When remembering Beck wants a dog, Jade and Tori bring one to his RV, only for it to attack his father who was sleeping inside. After this, Beck takes Jade back anyway, admitting he still loves her. Meanwhile Robbie has to write a review of Trina's one woman show for the school's social networking site, TheSlap.com, but does not know how to review it when she threatens him to write a good review despite it being horrible.
Absent: Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine.

6
6
"Tori the Zombie"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider
May 8, 2010 (2010-05-08)
105
4.1[12]

Tori is to be in a play about a beautiful girl who is caught in a love triangle that is to be reviewed by the famous writer who wrote it. Meanwhile, Cat starts stage make-up classes and cannot find anyone to put her make-up skills on, so Tori agrees to allow Cat to do so with her. Cat uses super-grizzly glue by accident, which is like industrial cement and to be kept away from skin, when putting a zombie-looking mask on her hours before the play is set to begin. Tori forces Cat and Trina to drive to the super-glue factory to get the remover. However, Trina and Cat arrive late and the play starts with Tori looking hideous, confusing the audience. In the end of the play, Trina and Cat arrive with the remover in time for Tori to do the finale of the play with her normal face and the writer gives the play a good review.
Guest stars: Adam Gouldbergh as Murray, the director and Rachel Quinance as Sophia Michele, playwright.

7
7
"Robarazzi"
Steve Hoefer
Arthur Gradstein
June 4, 2010 (2010-06-04)
108
6.0[13]

Wanting to get more views on his blog on The Slap, Robbie begins filming the personal lives of his friends called "Robarazzi" although his posts are about making fun of them. His blog becomes a hit, much to his friend's dismay, causing them to become furious with him. After threatening to post a video of him in a towel after having his clothes stolen from the shower room unless he takes his blog down, he finds another blog that will keep his blog on TheSlap about low fat recipes. Meanwhile, Cat becomes obsessed with purchasing odd things from a catalog called "The Sky Store". Her friends feel that she needs to slow down the purchasing.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

8
8
"Survival of the Hottest"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider
June 26, 2010 (2010-06-26)
117
3.8[14]

When a heat wave hits Southern California, Tori Vega (Victoria Justice), Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), Trina, Andre, Robbie, Rex, Beck, and Jade decide to go to cool off at Venice Beach, near to Los Angeles, California. Beck decides the best way to get there is to borrow his uncle's pickup truck and tow the trailer that he lives in to the beach. But the gang, minus Cat who left to use the toilet, become trapped in Beck's Recreational vehicle (RV) when another huge RV is parked right next to theirs, blocking the only door. While they are trapped, Cat is busy partying with Ben (JC Gonzalez), one of the four hot guys, the group of boys who decide to frolic with Cat, the only girl who could possibly save the rest of them from sweating to death and completely oblivious to her friends' predicament as they try to escape the RV.

9
9
"Wi-Fi in the Sky"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
August 27, 2010 (2010-08-27)
118
3.6[15]

Tori and Trina's flight home gets delayed, so Tori uses web conferencing to work on a group project for school with Andre, Cat, and Beck while she is on the plane. While attempting to get it done, the rest of the group keeps getting distracted by many other things around them. They accept unimportant video chats, the majority from Robbie. Cat distracted by effects of the video chat available. Andre gets distracted by his demented grandmother, and Beck gets distracted by his girlfriend Jade. They are all off chat at the end and Tori is left to finish the assignment herself. Meanwhile, Trina runs into Perez Hilton in first class and steals his camera so she can "return it", hoping it will make her famous.
Special guest star: Perez Hilton as himself.

10
10
"Beck's Big Break"
David Kendall
Arthur Gradstein
September 25, 2010 (2010-09-25)
104
N/A

Beck has a small role in a movie starring Melinda Murray, a famous actress, and invites his friends to an open casting call for extras. Tori accidentally gets Beck fired when she stands up for him during filming, so she tries to get his spot in the movie back for him. Meanwhile, Robbie starts to have strange nightmares about Rex, so he turns to Lane, the school guidance counselor, for help.
Guest star: Ellen Hollman as Melinda Murray.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

11
11
"The Great Ping-Pong Scam"
Steve Hoefer
Matt Fleckenstein
October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)
115
N/A

Tori becomes suspicious when her friends start avoiding her. After finding out that they are all members of the school's "ping-pong team", she also finds out that they are using the team's funds that they get from the school to eat at a very fancy expensive restaurant, and she wants in. At the restaurant, Robbie orders a bowl of expensive caviar that he likes which causes them to pay a lot more money that they have. In the end, Tori and Andre perform live to get out of paying for the dip.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

12
12
"Cat's New Boyfriend"
Adam Weissman
Arthur Gradstein
October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)
112
2.9[16]

Cat starts going out with Tori's ex-boyfriend from her old school, Daniel. Tori pretends to be okay with it, but ends up becoming very jealous. Her jealousy comes to a head when she kisses Daniel, which Cat witnesses, putting her in a predicament. Meanwhile, Trina starts selling doctor fish treatment at her house and Andre, Beck, Jade and Robbie all accept, only for it to turn out the fish are diseased, making them all sick.
Guest star: Matt Angel as Daniel.

13
13
"Freak the Freak Out"[17]
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
November 26, 2010 (2010-11-26)
119–120
5.3[18]

Tori's parents head out for the weekend, leaving Tori to care for Trina who recently had her wisdom teeth pulled out, who proves to be a handful. Meanwhile, Jade and Cat perform in a karaoke club against two other girls, Hayley Ferguson and Tara Ganz. Despite having mediocre singing skills, the girls win because Hayley's father is the owner of the club. After confronting the girls about this, the group is banned from singing there again. Determined to get back at them, Jade tricks Andre, Robbie and Beck to stay and take care of Trina while taking Beck's car keys to drive her, Tori and Cat to the club for a rematch. Jade and Cat offer a challenge - Hayley and Tara get to pick someone from the audience to sing against them and if the person wins by a crowd vote then they have to babysit Trina, but if Hayley and Tara win then they can make out with Beck (offered by Cat, much to Jade's dismay). They pick Tori (disguised as an ugly girl). Tori sings "Freak the Freak Out" and, meanwhile, removes her disguise. Tori wins over the crowd quickly, easily beating the girls. Meanwhile, Robbie and Sinjin are tricked by two Northridge girls who steal their things. In the end, Sikowitz sings a song and receives applause.
Note: This is the first one-hour special, but in the U.K. this episode aired in two different parts, while the U.S. and other countries aired the whole episode as one.
Guest stars: Jillian Clare as Hayley Ferguson, Jamie Snow as Tara Ganz & Tom Virtue as Joey Ferguson.

14
14
"Rex Dies"
Russ Reinsel
Jake Farrow
January 8, 2011 (2011-01-08)
110
4.2[19]

Tori is in charge of creating a fake tornado in a play that Robbie is in by using a machine that blows and sucks. Andre shows Tori how it works, but she leaves the switch on suck. Tori watches Rex while Robbie goes to change because Rex laughs at him. Tori sets him down and plays with the machine, but doesn't notice the switch is still on suck while Robbie is changing. Tori accidentally sucks Rex in the machine, badly damaging him. The gang take him to a doctor and tell him to pretend Rex dies so Robbie can get over using a puppet in his daily life and move on. The doctor does it for one favor: Tori has to date the doctor's loser son, Lendal, but Tori tricks Trina into doing it. While at the hospital for Rex, Cat is sent to the mental ward by the receptionist, who believe she may be mental, and the doctors become concerned for her and send for a specialist to diagnosis her.

15
15
"The Diddly-Bops"
Steve Hoefer
Matt Fleckenstein
January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
111
3.5[20]

Tori and her friends are booked to perform at a little kid's birthday party as a favor for Sikowitz's friend. Also, Andre gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets a call from a record producer he met who says he is interested in signing him to a record deal. But his chances of getting signed are in jeopardy when a video of their birthday party performance is leaked on the internet. So, in order to get his big break, he performs a song with Tori live for the school.

16
16
"Wok Star"
Adam Weissman
Jake Farrow
January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
116
3.6[20]

Jade writes her own play called "Well Wishes," but the school will not let her perform it at school due to its content. Tori helps Jade produce it themselves with the help of Mrs. Lee, the owner of Tori's favorite Chinese restaurant Wok Star, who volunteers to pay to produce Jade's play. But things get complicated when Mrs. Lee makes drastic changes to the script, and wants to put her daughter, Daisy, in the play. After finding out that Jade's father will be at the showing, Tori tries to find a way to work things out for her.
Guest stars: Susan Chuang as Mrs. Lee & Jade-Lianna Peters as Daisy.

17
17
"The Wood"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider
February 5, 2011 (2011-02-05)
114
4.4[21]

Tori, Andre, Beck and Jade are excited to hear that they will be the stars of a new reality show called "The Wood" being filmed at Hollywood Arts. After the producers decide to edit together two separate phone calls making it look like Tori and Beck are dating behind Jade's back, they find out that the producers just want drama even if it's fake. So the group decide to stage the drama for the show. Meanwhile, Robbie and Trina have to work the Grub Truck after injuring Festus, but running it is harder than they first expected.
Absent: Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine

18
18
"A Film by Dale Squires"
Adam Weissman
George Doty IV
March 5, 2011 (2011-03-05)
109
3.5[22]

The group is excited to find out that they get to work on a film being directed by Dale Squires. But he turns out to be lazy during the project, leaving them to do all the work. After he takes all the credit for the film, they plot revenge, only to discover that Squires regrets getting all the credit. Meanwhile, Beck and Robbie work on Robbie's new convertible, and Robbie tries to get the attention of girls that come to watch Beck fix the car.
Guest star: Stephen Lunsford as Dale Squires.

19
19
"Sleepover at Sikowitz's"
Russ Reinsel
George Doty IV
March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26)
113
4.1[23]

Sikowitz invites Tori and her friends over to his house to teach them a lesson on method acting; however if one of them breaks character, they will be banished from Sikowitz's house. Trina is not in this episode, but it is Mr and Mrs Vega's (Tori and Trina's parents) anniversary. Robbie is first to be banished, so he takes a trip over to their house and disturbs their romantic evening. Robbie also invites Jade, Cat, Sikowitz's nephew, and other people round to watch the movie with him when they gradually begin to break character. In the end, Tori is the winner as she doesn't break character.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

text: Season 2 (2011)[edit]

text:
This season consists of 13 episodes.
There is an iCarly crossover episode, "iParty with Victorious," which aired on June 11, 2011. Despite it being a crossover episode, it was confirmed to be an iCarly episode instead of a Victorious episode.

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1
"Beggin' on Your Knees"
Steve Hoefer
Jake Farrow
April 2, 2011 (2011-04-02)
209
6.2[24]

Ryder Daniels, a popular Senior, asks Tori out. Robbie also tries to attracts girls only to get rejected each time. Tori invites Ryder to her house and Robbie spies on them as he wants to attract girls like Ryder does. However, Ryder leaves the house angry as Tori goes through his phone at Trina's idea. The next day, Ryder forgives Tori, and Robbie comes in dressed like Ryder. Soon after this, though, Tori finds out that Ryder uses girls to get good grades and dumps them afterwards, so she gets revenge on him and sings "Beggin' on Your Knees".
Guest star: Ryan Rottman as Ryder Daniels.
Song featured: "Beggin' on Your Knees".

21
2
"Beck Falls for Tori"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)
201
3.9[25]

Sikowitz gets Tori an audition for an upcoming movie. Although she does not get the part, she is instead cast as a stunt double after lying on her résumé and because she looks like the lead actress. Tori must now perform a stunt involving jumping 40 feet off a platform, or risk getting blackballed in Hollywood. She is too frightened to do it and she keeps stalling, so Beck dresses up as Tori to pretend that he is her and does the fall instead. At the end, Tori decides she does want to do the fall to prove she is not a wimp, but she gets scared again, so Jade pushes her off making her fall down. Meanwhile, Cat dresses up in random costumes that she made in her costume design class.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega

22
3
"Ice Cream for Ke$ha"
Adam Weissman
Arthur Gradstein
April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22)
210
4.0[26]

When Tori is stuck being Trina's assistant after losing a bet they made when they were little kids, she and her friends try to win a private concert from Ke$ha by finding all the letters to Ke$ha under ice cream cartons as a way to free Tori from Trina. They have all the letters except for the $ in Ke$ha so they get it from a little boy, but he says that Tori, Cat, and Jade must kiss him, and he has to be invited to the Ke$ha concert. In the end, Tori locks the little boy outside her home during the concert, but Trina who, feeling sympathy for him, offers him to kiss her, to which he replies "gross" and promptly leaves.
Special guest star: Ke$ha as herself
Guest star: Louie Sebert as Kid.

23
4
"Tori Gets Stuck"
Russ Reinsel
Jake Farrow
May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14)
205
4.2[27]

Tori and Jade compete with each other for the lead role in a play called "Steamboat Suzy." Tori wins the lead, with Jade as her understudy. But when Robbie is rushed to the hospital, Tori jeopardizes her role to give him blood. Jade wants to play the lead, so makes relentless attempts to keep Tori from showing up for the play. Meanwhile, Trina practices her hacking and coughing for the role of a sick girl in the play, but ends up getting tuberculosis after going with Tori to the hospital.
Absent: Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver.

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5
"Prom Wrecker"
Adam Weissman
Matt Fleckenstein
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)
211
3.6[28]

Tori decides to throw a prom at Hollywood Arts. Jade is furious to find out that Tori booked the prom on the same night as her art project and refuses to switch it, so she decides to ruin the prom as revenge. Robbie thinks Cat is lying about having a date to the prom after she turns him down. Trina asks Sinjin to rig the prom queen election so she can win, while in turn she promises to be his date to the prom. Andre's new kissing-obsessed girlfriend is driving him crazy.
Guest star: Tristin Mays as Sherry.
Absent: Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver.
Song featured: "Best Friend's Brother"

25
6
"Locked Up!"[29]
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
July 30, 2011 (2011-07-30)
203–204
5.2[30]

Tori and the gang are offered a week-long trip to Festus' home country of Yerba to perform as evening entertainment for the hotel. Unexpectedly, the chancellor of Yerba comes to see their performance and in the middle of the song, Tori's shoe flies out and accidentally hits the chancellor's eye, which causes him to go blind. This makes Tori serve a four year prison sentence for assault. While Tori is in prison, her friends go to the chancellor's office and ask for Tori to be freed. The chancellor agrees, but then Robbie accidentally kills the chancellor's octopus, which causes them all to be sent to prison. Sikowitz, however, escapes, then later breaks into the prison in disguise as a guard with a plan to break them all out. Tori and the other prisoners sing a song and at the end of the performance, they all escape.
Note: This is the second one-hour special, but in the U.K. and Ireland this episode aired in two different parts, while the U.S. and other countries aired the whole episode as one.

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7
"Helen Back Again"
Russ Reinsel
Arthur Gradstein
September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10)
202
4.4[31]

Principal Eikner resigns as principal of Hollywood Arts. Helen (from Drake & Josh) is hired as the new principal and decides to have every student re-audition in order for them to stay in the school. Despite a stellar audition with Andre, Tori is rejected, and the group tries to find a way to change Helen's mind about rejecting Tori. As it turns out, Helen's assistant mistakenly swapped Tori and Trina's names, so it was actually Trina who failed the audition. Tori then tries to get Helen to accept Trina into Hollywood Arts, and when Helen refuses, Tori asks Robbie to pretend to be a robber to 'rob' Helen in the school. She also plans for Trina to be there so Trina can 'defend' Helen against the 'robber' with her karate skills. In the end, this plans works and Trina gets accepted back into Hollywood Arts.
Special guest star: Yvette Nicole Brown as Helen.

27
8
"Who Did It to Trina?"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider
September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)
208
4.7[32]

Tori directs a play and is forced to cast Trina as the lead when she blackmails her. On opening night, Trina's harness breaks and she falls, and the set crashes down on her. Questions then arise about whether the mishap was truly an accident, or intentional. Lane finds out that the harness had been cut, and calls Jade, Andre, Tori, Cat, Robbie and Rex into his office to try to figure out what really happened. In the end, it is revealed that Rex did it as revenge for Trina hitting him earlier in the episode.
Absent: Avan Jogia as Beck Oliver.

28
9
"Tori Tortures Teacher"
Russ Reinsel
Matt Fleckenstein
October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)
206
3.8[33]

It is Sikowitz's 10th anniversary teaching at Hollywood Arts, and Tori and the gang celebrate by taking him to a play. But things go awry when Sikowitz becomes depressed after watching the play, and Tori feels guilty and tries to fix it. Meanwhile, Trina tries to impress a boy she likes by pretending to be a pizza delivery girl, and Beck and Jade are text-fighting.

29
10
"Jade Gets Crushed"
Clayton Boen
Dan Schneider
October 8, 2011 (2011-10-08)
207
3.4[34]

Andre develops a crush on Jade after they work together on a song and hearing her sing, and Tori tries to help him get over it. Also, Robbie tries to help Tori prepare for the Tech Theater exam she must take and pass in order to take an R&B singing class, and Cat becomes obsessed with Jupiter boots.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

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11
"Terror on Cupcake Street"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider
October 15, 2011 (2011-10-15)
212
3.4[35]

Sikowitz gets Tori and the gang to build a float for a parade that his new girlfriend is planning. After finishing the float, the group is stranded in a dangerous part of town when the float gets a flat tire on the way to the parade. They then must try to find a way to fix the flat tire and find a way out of the town.

31
12
"A Christmas Tori"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03)
301
4.4[36]

It is Christmas time at Hollywood Arts and Sikowitz assigns the gang as Secret Santas to one another in order to get them into the Christmas Spirit. The person who gives the worst gift will be forced to go "Christmas Yodeling" with Sikowitz on Christmas Eve. Tori struggles to find the perfect gift for Andre after finding out she is his Secret Santa. Meanwhile, Trina enlists Robbie's help to decorate her giant Christmas tree, and Beck loses sleep due to a pesky cricket in his RV. Also Andre becomes a Christmas "Scrooge" after getting a D on a song he wrote for his creative music class. Robbie gets Cat a candyfloss making machine, which she gets excited about because it comes with a man. She gives Robbie a kiss on the cheek then excitedly rushes away. For Beck's Christmas present, Andre catches the cricket, stating the fact that they apparently like peanut butter. At the end of the episode Andre gets an A thanks to Tori, Cat and Jade singing his song which he wrote for his creative music class.
Note: This episode has a season 3 production code, and the opening sequence for that season.

32
13
"Blooptorious"
Russ Reinsel
Darren Thomas, Stefanie Ledar,
Erica Spates & Sam Littenburg-Weisberg
December 26, 2011 (2011-12-26)
213
N/A

This episode features interviews, bloopers, and outtakes of the entire cast since the series began. The show is hosted and narrated by "Christopher Cane", a ventriloquist's dummy, who introduces himself as the actor who portrays "Rex".

text: Season 3 (2012)[edit]

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This season began filming in October 2011[37] and ended on June 30, 2012.[38] The later half of the season began being shot back-to-back with the final season of iCarly which began production in January.[39][40]
This season consists of 12 episodes.

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33
1
"The Breakfast Bunch"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28)
302[6]
3.9[41]

This episode was a loose parody of the 1985 film The Breakfast Club. After arriving late for class because of Robbie choking on a pretzel, the gang has to spend a Saturday in detention. During the episode there are a lot of references to the movie, such as the phrases, the dancing scenes and the chasing in the hallway. A lot of the inappropriate dialogue and scenes are changed, such as the drug use (in the episode, taco eating is substituted) and the questions about virginity (in the episode they are about veganism).
Special guest star: Rob Riggle as Vice Principal Dickers.
Song featured: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by the Victorious cast.

34
2
"The Gorilla Club"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04)
307[6]
3.6[42]

When Tori rehearses her audition for a movie, Sikowitz and Cat are unimpressed by her performance. After she is told she needs to take risks, the gang suggests The Gorilla Club, a dangerous underground club with life-threatening activities which include taking on an actual wild gorilla. Jade makes a bet with Andre and Robbie that if they lose they must do the "Hammer Dance" every time Jade tells them to do it. After they lose, Andre and Robbie are forced to do the dance at very inopportune and embarrassing moments, much to her amusement.

35
3
"The Worst Couple"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Matt Fleckenstein
February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11)
303[6]
3.4[43]

Sinjin enlists the gang to help him out with his game show, Queries for Couples. He pairs Tori with Robbie, Andre with Cat, and Beck with Jade (the only actual couple). During the game show, Beck and Jade discover that they are unhappy with their relationship. As a result, Tori, Andre, Robbie, and Cat have decided to hang out without them. This forces Jade and Beck to decide whether or not they should remain a couple. Meanwhile, Tori puts up with her heavily-battered phone while waiting for the release of a new phone model. Robbie thinks he and Tori are a couple after being paired together on Sinjin's game show.

36
4
"Andre's Horrible Girl"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18)
304[6]
3.5[44]

Tori notices that Andre's new girlfriend Hope is unfriendly and worries that he is changing to please her. He tells her that he is only dating her because her dad is a famous record producer. Andre wants to break up with her because he knows it is wrong, but does not want to miss the chance to perform at her birthday in front of her dad. After her breakup with Beck, Jade decides to help Cat dog-sit her mother's boss' dog. Things go awry when Jade accidentally damages the boss' guitar autographed by Elvis Presley, which leads them to turn to Robbie and Beck for help.
Guest stars: Meagan Holder as Hope Quincy and Susan Chuang as Mrs. Lee.
Songs : Countdown by Leon Thomas and Victoria Justice

37
5
"Car, Rain, and Fire"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Jake Farrow
February 25, 2012 (2012-02-25)
305[6]
3.7[45]

Cat hears her favorite actress Mona Patterson died and wants to honor her, taking Tori and Jade go on a road trip to San Diego. While on their journey, Tori, Cat, and Jade experience many mishaps and things do not go the way they planned. When Tori, Cat and Jade arrive at Mona's house, they learn that Mona wasn't dead, but rather she is going to act in a TV show called "The Dead." Rudely, Mona chases the girls away from her house using a water gun. Later that night, Tori and Cat learn that Mona Patterson's house caught fire from the candle that Cat lit in front of Mona's house, and Mona was sent to the hospital. Due to over inhalation of smoke, Mona Patterson recalls that the candle was related to "a cat with red fur". Meanwhile, Trina has been spreading rumors that Beck asked her out. To get back at her, Beck, Andre and Robbie pretend to all want to date Trina, in an attempt to teach her a lesson about telling lies.
Special guest star: Shirley Jones as Mona Patterson.

38
6
"Tori & Jade's Playdate"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Matt Fleckenstein
March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03)
306[6]
4.2[46]

Tori and Jade are cast in a play as a married couple, a task that challenges their acting skills and lack of friendship. Sikowitz sends them on a date at Nozu to bond. There, they meet two boys who hit on them and can't take a hint they aren't interested. They sing a song during karaoke to try to get rid of them. Later, the boys show up at the play, and Tori and Jade make a run for it. Elsewhere, Cat and Robbie embark on a business venture in which they tell people negative news by singing to them in an upbeat manner. Unfortunately, Trina does not take her bad news well and smashes Robbie's guitar and their business ends.
Note: In the U.K., this episode used the season 2 opening titles, instead of season 3.
Songs: 'Take A Hint' by Victoria Justice and Elizabeth Gillies

39
7
"April Fools Blank"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Matt Fleckenstein
March 24, 2012 (2012-03-24)
311[6]

When April Fool's Day comes to Hollywood Arts, Tori spends her day expecting creative pranks and practical jokes, but is completely oblivious to a series of absurd events and crazy happenings around her.
Special guest stars: Dennis Haskins as Mr. Belding, Drake Bell as himself and Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay.
Guest stars: The Dancing Lobsters as themselves.
Songs: Shut up & Dance by the Victorious Cast
Note: This episode featured different opening credits. The episode includes references to Saved by the Bell, The Amanda Show, iCarly, Match Game, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Wizard of Oz and Saturday Night Live.

40
8
"Driving Tori Crazy"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Matt Fleckenstein
April 14, 2012 (2012-04-14)
308[47]
3.2[48]

A movie shoot down the street from Tori's house causes her and Trina to take the long way to school, but after shaving Trina's legs and her armpit she does not want to drive for 40 minutes to school with her anymore. Riding with Beck, a bunch of other obnoxious girls are in the car and Tori gets in a fight with them. With Andre, his grandma causes trouble. With Robbie, he really rides his bike but ends up going very slow. And Jade tries to drive Tori into "Shadow Creek Woods", but Tori jumps out of the car before they enter. After, she walks 11 miles to school and was chased by a beaver. Meanwhile, Cat uses a new app called "Tap It!", which is an online coupon sending company. She finds a deal where a party bus can take Tori to school for 90% off. When the teens are in the bus, they find out that their driver is "Dr. Rhapsody", a rapper from the 90's. The episode ends with Dr. Rhapsody puts on his only hit single "Five Fingaz (To The Face)" and the group sings the karaoke version.
Guest stars: Sloane Avery as Kimberly, Marcus Folmar as Dr. Rhapsody.

41
9
"How Trina Got In"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
May 5, 2012 (2012-05-05)
309[49]
2.4[50]

Tall tales are told about Trina and how she gained admission to Hollywood Arts. Andre says that it is because Trina did have talent back then, but Sinjin accidentally hits her with a stage light, knocking the talent out of her. Jade says that when she did her terrible singing, the staff said no, but then Trina threw a gas bomb, making them pass out (except for her because she wore a gas mask). Trina checks yes for each clipboard, followed by the staff not remembering this. Beck says that when Trina sang terribly, the staff said no. Trina set up another deal by putting up a fighting challenge for the staff, and if she wins, she would get in. The true reason on how Trina got in is revealed by Sikowitz, who says that when the rest of the staff ran to get Sinjin's head unstuck from the soda machine, he watched Trina's audition himself. He had drank rotten coconut milk, which made him hallucinate and see Trina doing talented and funny stuff, and Sikowitz let her in. Meanwhile, Robbie forgets his wallet in his locker and is unable to pay the bill after a meal at Nozu, and Tori and him have to work at Nozu to pay the bill off. They cannot get out because of Kwakoo, one of Nozu's tough workers. All three of them chop 17 pounds of squid. When they try to leave, Robbie accidentally breaks a pile of dishes, and he has to stay and massage Kwakoo's feet.
Guest star: Susan Chuang as Mrs. Lee.

42
10
"Tori Goes Platinum"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
May 19, 2012 (2012-05-19)
315–316[51]
3.8[52]

Tori wins a contest to sing the opening number at the Platinum Music Awards. The show's producer, Mason Thornesmith, and his team want to re-invent her look and personality for publicity. Tori has to dress crazy and act mean, and she is not allowed to tell anyone about this, not even her friends and family, or she won't be allowed to perform. Her friends at school are shocked by it, and it becomes a problem for Tori when everyone believes she is letting the fame get to her head. Eventually, Beck finds out about Tori's secret by himself because he knows that Tori would not change so much on purpose. Beck and Tori almost kiss before being interrupted by Mrs. Vega, but Tori ends up telling Mason and the producers that she cannot take it anymore, which results in Mason not letting her appear in the Platinum Music Awards. They give Jade the chance instead, when Mason recalls her from her audition which he approved of, and she accepts. After Cat accidentally leaves a video chat on, Jade sees Beck trying to kiss Tori, only for her to reject him and explain that she feels that kissing a friend's ex to be wrong. Later, Tori goes to meet Jade at the Boomerang Theatre to support her upcoming performance. Jade then lets Tori perform herself, finally making a friendship, while Jade goes into the audience to watch her. Even though Tori was fired, she performs "Make It In America", which Mason sees. He is annoyed at first since he had dismissed Tori, but eventually likes it when it proves to be a big hit. Songs : Make it to America by Victoria Justice "Cheer me Up" by Victoria Justice
Note: This is a one hour special.

43
11
"Crazy Ponnie"
Clayton Boen
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
June 9, 2012 (2012-06-09)
310[49]
2.6[53]

Tori is befriended by Ponnie, a new student, when meeting her eating lunch inside a bathroom stall. Ponnie, however, keeps disappearing around everyone else, making the Hollywood Arts students think that Tori is losing her mind. Ponnie turns out to be crazy. She runs away at lunchtime, stays away from class, gives Tori a creepy doll that resembles her, and impersonates a Chinese food delivery lady. Ponnie also dumps noodles on Tori's head. Tori talks to her mom about the problem, and they plan on calling the police. When Tori tries to get a can of juice, Ponnie grabs her, and then tells the truth - that her real name is Fawn Leibowitz, and before Tori went to Hollywood Arts, Ponnie was a student there, and she claims that they kicked her out because they wanted to make room for Tori. Once the police arrive and apprehend Ponnie, Sikowitz recognizes her and says that she got kicked out because she was crazy - she stole things, kept weird stuff in her backpack, and called people "Debbie". She is arrested and taken away. The secondary plot of this episode features Cat accidentally waxing Jade's eyebrows off and Jade chasing Cat around, trying to get back at her. When Cat falls asleep in study hall, Jade shaves all of Cat's hair off. Also, Trina keeps blowing her nose, which causes her tissues to have a lot of snot in them, and afterwards, she starts to get a fever. During the final 30 seconds, Tori and Trina get a drive home by a police officer, who, when the camera zooms into her face, is revealed to be Ponnie! This, however, is never mentioned in any episode thereafter.
Special guest star: Jennette McCurdy as Ponnie (Fawn Leibowitz).

44
12
"The Blonde Squad"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
June 30, 2012 (2012-06-30)
313[54]
3.8[55]

Tori, Jade, and Cat decide to go to Nozu after a day of filming Beck's new movie called "The Blonde Squad," but do not take off their blonde wigs and their blue contact lenses because Tori wants to know what it is like to be blonde. At Nozu, Cat meets a cute boy named Evan on her way to the bathroom. After talking to him for five hours, she forgets to tell him that she actually has red hair and brown eyes. Tori and Robbie tell her that she is beautiful, and when Cat talks to Robbie about Evan, Robbie gets jealous. During lunch, Jade checks Evan's SplashFace profile, and shows that all of his ex-girlfriends are blondes, revealing that he prefers blonde girls, and dislikes people not being themselves. Robbie has a sudden outburst and professes that Cat is adorable and any guy would be lucky to go out with her. On the night of the premiere of Beck's movie, Jade and Tori expect Cat to be herself, but Cat walks in to meet Evan wearing her blonde wig and blue contacts. During the movie, Andre's grandmother's pet bird lands on Cat's wig, and begins to shift it out of place. Beck pauses the movie as Cat runs out of the theater, followed by Tori and Robbie. Tori forces Cat to show her true self to Evan, convincing her that he will like her as herself. Cat then shows Evan her real hair color. Evan tells her she is beautiful, but he likes blondes and leaves her. Cat, heartbroken, does not appreciate Tori's advice, but Robbie performs his song "I Think You're Swell" to Cat in the end. However, she only responds by saying that maybe she should dye her hair blonde, which leaves Robbie exasperated. Meanwhile, Andre tries to capture his grandma's pet bird, Larry.
Guest stars: Max Carver as Evan Smith, Michael Eric Reid as Sinjin, Darsan Solomon as Burf.

text: Season 4 (2012–13)[edit]

text: This is the final season in the Victorious series.[56][57]

text: This season consists of 13 episodes.

text:
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45
1
"Wanko's Warehouse"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
September 22, 2012 (2012-09-22)
312
3.60[58]

The gang goes to Wanko's Warehouse for an 80%-off sale, but they find out it does not start until the next morning. Jade suggests that they all hide out in the store overnight so they can be the first ones there and avoid the long lines. However, the security system gets turned on, leaving them trapped in an aisle by laser beams. Robbie is able to get under the beams and tries to turn off the alarms, but stumbles upon two burglars. Meanwhile, Jade complains that she is hungry and Cat walks through the laser beams to get her a sandwich but accidentally sets off the alarm. They all run outside, covering their heads with tubs, and manage to get away unseen by the security cameras.
Note: Nickelodeon advertised this as the season premiere. In the U.K. and Ireland, this episode is called "The Warehouse", due to Wanko being similar to a curse word in those countries.

46
2
"The Hambone King"
Russ Reinsel
Dan Schneider & Matt Fleckenstein
September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)
314
2.39[59]

Robbie posts a video online spotlighting his rhythmic talent of hamboning, but Jarold, who claims to be the real hambone king sees it. He challenges Robbie and Robbie messes up and embarrasses himself. Later, Tori reveals that seven years ago she and Jarold hamboned together. Following this, Robbie asks Tori to coach him. During the competition, Jarold's friend throws sushi at Robbie, causing him to mess up. Tori decides to face Jarold and ends up winning and becoming the hambone queen. Meanwhile, Cat practices tap-dancing nonstop for an upcoming audition.

47
3
"Opposite Date"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13)
317
3.65[60]

Tori, Beck, Andre and Robbie plan to go to a museum, but Andre and Robbie back out so they can make a video for a contest. Realizing that it will just be the two of them together, Tori and Beck decide they will go on an "opposite date" so people do not think they are really dating. However, Cat accidentally tells Jade about this and Jade gets upset. Pretending to be Cat, Jade calls Tori and finds out where they are. After eating gross seafood, Tori and Beck have to take Beck's aunt's dog to the vet. While there, they discuss how they are not really on a date, and people in the vet's office overhear. They start to ask Beck why he broke up with Jade and if he has feelings for Tori. Before he can really answer any of them, Jade and Cat walk in. She says she is not mad and Beck can hang out with whomever he wants. Beck and Jade smile at each other until they are interrupted by the vet. Meanwhile, Andre and Robbie make a video to win a new Pear Pad 3, but they fall while wearing giant pear costumes and cannot get up.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

48
4
"Three Girls and a Moose"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
October 20, 2012 (2012-10-20)
319
3.24[61]

Beck, Andre, and Robbie are hosting a fundraiser at Karaoke Dokie to get a new guys' bathroom at Hollywood Arts, and the girls are supposed to help them. However, they get distracted when they meet Beck's Canadian friend Moose and all three of them begin to compete for his attention. Cat brings him hamburgers, Tori pretends to love hockey, and Jade talks to him about her favorite movie, The Scissoring. Despite their efforts, Moose tells them he is more into Canadian girls. Tori and Cat apologize to the guys for neglecting their fundraiser by performing the song "L.A. Boyz" for them. After their song, they wonder where Moose is, and it is revealed that he is in Jade's car kissing her.
Guest star: Brandon Jones as Moose.

49
5
"Cell Block"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
November 24, 2012 (2012-11-24)
318
3.50[62]

Sikowitz gets frustrated when the kids keep using their phones during rehearsal, so he challenges them to go one week without using modern-day technology. After Cat goes crazy without her phone, the boys realize the girls might make them lose the bet, so they turn it into a boys vs. girls challenge. Jade and Tori have to restrain Cat from using her phone, and they know winning will be very hard, so they try to trick the boys into losing the bet. However, it is unsuccessful. At their next rehearsal, Sikowitz gets angry at everyone and tells them to take their phones if they want to. The girls turn theirs on and the boys told them it was a trick and they lost the bet. Sikowitz said he was helping the boys all along because he is a guy and wanted his gender to win. As the boys shout and dance in victory, the girls realize how popular they were when seeing how many messages and followers they got while they went without the internet happily.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega.

50
6
"Tori Fixes Beck and Jade"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
December 1, 2012 (2012-12-01)
320
2.84[63]

A girl named Meredith wants to go out with Beck, but he is uncomfortable with it because he does not want to make Jade jealous. Tori decides to try to find Jade a date to even things out, but when recalling how intimidating Jade is, she and Andre pay a guy to ask her out. He gets scared and admits to Jade that Tori and Andre paid him to ask her out, leading them to hide in the janitor's closet. Furious, she finds and confronts them, but Beck stops her. When Tori explains why she was trying to find her a date, Jade tells Beck he can go out with whomever he wants because they are broken up. Beck takes Meredith to the Full Moon Jam only to find she agrees with everything he says, annoying him. He then tells Tori how he realizes that he wants a girl who "fights back" and can be a challenge to date because easy is "boring". Right after this, Jade performs a song and Beck watches her. After she is done, he goes on stage and admits that he has missed her. They then kiss and get back together. Meanwhile, Cat gets a butterfly that Robbie is "butterfly-sitting" lodged in her ear and Robbie has to find a way to get it out. The episode ends where Jade and Beck are officially a couple again and Robbie finally gets the butterfly out of Cat's ear.

51
7
"One Thousand Berry Balls"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Dave Malkoff
December 8, 2012 (2012-12-08)
326
2.70[64]

Robbie wants Cat to be his date to an upcoming Hollywood Arts dance, but she avoids him. After Robbie and another girl go, Cat realizes her feelings for Robbie and becomes jealous. At the dance she tries to make Robbie jealous by dancing with Sinjin and ends up getting kicked in the head by him and goes unconscious. When she wakes up, they talk and Robbie makes his move and kisses her, resulting in her running away from him and riding off on her bike in a panic. The dance is the first social event that Beck and Jade attend since getting back together and Jade becomes stressed over it. The dance at Hollywood Arts is the "CoWow" which is a mix between a Hawaiian and Cowboy theme. Tori and Andre sing at the dance after being held up at Totally Yogurt giving away one thousand of their berry balls. As a result, Tori puts the berry balls in her hat because no one will try them.
Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega

52
8
"Robbie Sells Rex"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)
321
3.55[65]

Mason Thornesmith's son offers to buy Robbie's puppet, Rex, for two thousand dollars. Robbie gives in and sells Rex, but ends up regretting his decision. Tori decides to distract the little boy by getting a young girl to kiss him, making him forget about Rex and allowing Robbie to get him back. Meanwhile, a masked person (a.k.a. The Flour Bomber) is throwing flour at people at Hollywood Arts and no one knows who he is. When Jade, Beck, Andre and Cat finally catch him, he turns out to be a stranger from another school. At the end of this episode, Robbie now has $2,000 and Rex.
Guest stars: Cole Jensen as Francis Thornesmith and Mackenzie Brooke Smith as Rhoda Hellberg.

53
9
"The Bad Roommate"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
January 5, 2013 (2013-01-05)
322
3.38[66]

Andre is tired of living with his crazy grandmother and he decides to bunk with Tori, but it does not turn out well. Later, it is also discovered that while Andre's grandmother drives him nuts, she is the main reason he's good at writing music. Tori and Andre get Kojeezy to buy their song, but he would only buy the song if it passed the "baby test", which the song fails the test because the baby cried. Meanwhile, a new app on the Pear Pad which shows satellite images displays a picture of Hollywood Arts, and Jade is in that picture looking like she is picking her nose when she was really scratching it. She plans on getting it re-taken when the satellite passes again, but the picture turns out even worse for her when Robbie falls on top of her, making it look like they're kissing.
Guest star: Kool Kojak as Kojeezy.

54
10
"Brain Squeezers"
Clayton Boen
Dan Schneider & Warren Bell
January 12, 2013 (2013-01-12)
324
2.69[67]

Tori is selected to appear on a new game show called Brain Squeezers, and all her friends want to be on her team. Annoyed with them bugging her, she finally picks Andre, Beck, and Robbie. When she goes to the game show to sign in, she finds that Jade is already there, pretending to be Tori. Jade takes her teammates and Tori is left to play with Trina, Sinjin, and Cat. It turns out that the game show isn't as fun as they anticipated. Whenever someone gets a question wrong, they get "doinked" and have something sprayed at them or dropped on their head. After a while, when everyone is injured and unhappy, Tori's team wins $10,000. However, in order to take home the money, Tori has to grab it while a sumo wrestler is holding her down. She is unable to do it, and no one wins the money.
Guest star: WWE wrestler Rikishi as a sumo wrestler.

55
11
"The Slap Fight"
Steve Hoefer
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
January 19, 2013 (2013-01-19)
327
2.73[68]

Tori finds out that Trina has 977 followers to her 314 on TheSlap.com. Tori tells the gang about Trina. Right afterwards, the gang starts to post random stuff to get more followers on TheSlap. Their posts include Cat writing everything she does, Jade trying to scare people by screaming at them to follow her, Beck washing his car in a tank top, Robbie getting a makeover, and Tori trying to do a hard challenge. Sinjin finally tells them how Trina got 977 followers, explaining that three months ago he hacked into TheSlap server and changed her number of followers (which was actually 34) to 977 for learning how to jump-rope. He also tells them he finds them ridiculous, as they are the most popular students at Hollywood Arts, have a lot of friends and that its stupid to be worried about how many followers you have. The gang realize he is right and feel ashamed. The final scene shows Trina and Sinjin jump-roping, but he annoys her and Trina leaves.
Note: In production, that was the last Victorious episode ever filmed.

56
12
"Star-Spangled Tori"
Adam Weissman
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
January 26, 2013 (2013-01-26)
325
3.01[69]

Tori worries she will forget the lyrics when she is invited to sing the National Anthem at a televised basketball game. But Tori really needs to worry about being dragged across the floor by the team's mascot, a St. Bernard. A talk-show host named Chris Burm feels sympathy for Tori and lets her come and sing on his show. But then he reveals (to the audience) that he is going to pull a prank on Tori. Beck and Andre save Tori from humiliation. Meanwhile Jade and Robbie finds out that Cat has been acting weird and found her living habits. Cat decides to live at the tiny attic of the blackbox theater in school because her parents are with her brother in Idaho in some special hospital/rehab. Jade calls her parents told her Nona is in Venice, California and suggests that Cat move into her Nona's home instead, thus setting up half the stage for the then upcoming, Sam & Cat.

57
13
"Victori-Yes"
David Kendall
Dan Schneider & Christopher J. Nowak
February 2, 2013 (2013-02-02)
323
2.89[70]

Sikowitz makes a bet for the gang to say yes to everything and anything for a day, as long as it doesn't involve people getting hurt. Robbie and Cat have to say yes to giving up their clothes to some men on the street (They end up hiding behind garbage cans). Beck tries to trick Jade into going to a drag race, but instead goes with Sinjin and ends up having a great time. Trina brags being on a Mexican television show called "Divertisimo". She says that it's not shown in the U.S., but Tori and Jade find out it is and go down to the studio. Trina is dressed as a giant cheese who is chased by little kids in mice costumes. Tori gets asked to be in the show and she says yes. Then she asks if Jade can be in it too. In the end, all three are dressed as cheese being chased by the little kids with giant forks. After being poked by one, Jade steals his fork and angrily chases him.


document_title: UK Singles Chart records and statistics

question_text: who has had the most uk number one singles

question_tokens: who has had the most uk number one singles

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text: UK Singles Chart records and statistics

text: Most number ones[edit]

text: The following is a list of all the acts who are on five or more UK number one songs with an individual credit (meaning, the main artist or named separately as a featured artist – being part of a group does not count towards an individual's total).[1]

tag: p

text: Simply playing or singing on a single without credit will not count, or the top positions would almost certainly belong to session musicians such as Clem Cattini who is reported to have played drums on over 40 number ones.[2]

text:
Total

Artist

21

Elvis Presley

17

The Beatles

14

Cliff Richard

Westlife

13

Madonna

12

The Shadows

Take That

9

ABBA

Eminem

Calvin Harris

Rihanna

Spice Girls

8

Oasis

The Rolling Stones

7

Jess Glynne

Michael Jackson

Elton John

McFly

George Michael

Kylie Minogue

Tinie Tempah

U2

Robbie Williams

6

Justin Bieber

Blondie

Boyzone

David Guetta

Queen

Slade

Beyoncé

Sam Smith

Britney Spears

Rod Stewart

Sugababes

5

All Saints

Bee Gees

The Black Eyed Peas

David Bowie

Cheryl

JLS

Bruno Mars

Ne-Yo

Katy Perry

The Police

Dizzee Rascal

Flo Rida

Ed Sheeran

will.i.am

text: Most Number One appearances by an individual (solo or as part of a group)[edit]

text:
Paul McCartney - 25
Elvis Presley - 21
John Lennon - 20
Robbie Williams - 20
George Harrison - 19
Ringo Starr - 17
Shane Filan - 16
Gary Barlow - 16
Mark Feehily - 15
Cliff Richard - 15
Kian Egan - 15
Nicky Byrne - 15
Geri Halliwell - 14
Madonna - 13
Brian McFadden - 13

tag: ul

text: Progression of the record[edit]

text: Al Martino was the first act to have a number one single, with "Here in My Heart" in November 1952. Seven months later Eddie Fisher became the first act to have two number one singles, with "I'm Walking Behind You" following "Outside of Heaven". In November 1953 Frankie Laine scored a third number one single with "Answer Me" and a fourth with "A Woman in Love" in October 1956. In 1960 "It's Now or Never" gave Elvis Presley his fifth number-one single. He increased the record ten times until June 1965 when "Crying in the Chapel" became his 15th number one. The Beatles then took the record with a 16th, "Get Back", and 17th, "The Ballad of John and Yoko", their last number one to date. After his death in August 1977, Elvis scored a 17th chart topper with "Way Down" to tie.

text: Westlife hold the record for getting into double-figures in the shortest time (2 years and 10 months [ie. 149 weeks] - more than 3 months quicker than The Beatles (who took 165 weeks). Unlike Westlife, however, The Beatles tended to spend several weeks at the summit, slowing down their release rate.)

text: In 2002, having been used in a Nike World Cup advertisement, a 1968 Elvis song "A Little Less Conversation" was remixed as Elvis vs JXL and went straight to the top for 4 weeks, giving Elvis his 18th number one single. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of his birthday, all of Elvis' 18 number ones were re-issued in 2005. Despite being re-issues, they were given different catalogue numbers and therefore count as separate singles, giving Elvis 21 number one singles.[3]

text: ^  Note: The Shadows, or The Drifters as they were originally called, are credited on twelve #1 singles. Seven of these share credit with Cliff Richard and some lists recognise only their 5 chart-topping singles without Richard.

text: Paul McCartney (25) is the highest charting male and British performer, Geri Halliwell (14) is the highest charting British female performer, Mark Feehily of Westlife (15) is the highest charting male performer from the LGBT group, Elvis Presley (21) is the highest charting solo, male, non-British and American performer, Madonna (13) is the highest charting female non-British performer, Spice Girls (9) is the highest charting girl group, Beatles (17) is the highest charting group, male group and British group, ABBA (9) is the highest charting Swedish and mixed group, Shane Filan of Westlife (16) is the highest charting solo Irish act, Westlife (15) is the highest charting non-British group, pop group and Irish group with most number one appearances in the UK Singles Chart.

text: Most combined weeks at number one on the UK singles charts[edit]

text:
Rank

Artist

Weeks at #1

1

Elvis Presley

80

2

The Beatles

69

3

Cliff Richard

46

4

The Shadows

44

5

Frankie Laine

32

6

ABBA

31

7

Justin Bieber

30

8

Madonna

29

Take That

9

Drake

26

10

Rihanna

25

11

Ed Sheeran

24

12

Elton John

23

Wet Wet Wet

13

Spice Girls

22

text: Most weeks at number one[edit]

text: The record for most non-consecutive weeks at number one is 18 by Frankie Laine's "I Believe" in 1953. It spent nine weeks at number one, dropped down for a week, returned to number one for six weeks, dropped down for a further week and returned to number one for a third time for three weeks. It is one of five singles to reach UK number one more than once, the others being "Singing the Blues" by Guy Mitchell in 1957, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams in 2014, "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber in 2015 and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber in 2017.[4]

text: The longest unbroken run at number one is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which spent 16 consecutive weeks in 1991.

text: Below is a table of all singles that have spent 10 or more weeks at the top of the charts:

text:
Position

Artist

Single

Year

Weeks

1

Frankie Laine

"I Believe"*

1953

18 weeks

2

Bryan Adams

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

1991

16 weeks

3

Wet Wet Wet

"Love Is All Around"

1994

15 weeks

Drake (feat. Wizkid and Kyla)

"One Dance"

2016

5

Queen

"Bohemian Rhapsody"*

1975/76 & 1991/92

14 weeks

Ed Sheeran

"Shape of You"*

2017

7

Slim Whitman

"Rose Marie"

1955

11 weeks

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber)

"Despacito"*

2017

9

David Whitfield

"Cara Mia"

1954

10 weeks

Whitney Houston

"I Will Always Love You"

1992

Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)

"Umbrella"

2007

text: Note: Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one.[5]

text: Number ones by different artists[edit]

text: Currently two songs have reached number one four times by different artists: "Unchained Melody" and "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Three of the versions of "Unchained Melody" sold over a million copies, while two of the versions of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" achieved this. The lyrics of the Band Aid 30 version were changed to give it relevance to the 2014 Ebola crisis. Numerous artists appear on more than one version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

text: Four artists

text:
"Unchained Melody" — Jimmy Young (1955), The Righteous Brothers (1990), Robson & Jerome (1995) and Gareth Gates (2002)
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" — Band Aid (1984), Band Aid II (1989), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014)

text: Three artists

text:
"Spirit in the Sky" – Norman Greenbaum (1971), Doctor and the Medics (1986) and Gareth Gates and The Kumars (2003)
"You'll Never Walk Alone" — Gerry & The Pacemakers (1963), The Crowd (1985) and Robson & Jerome (1996)
"With a Little Help from My Friends" — Joe Cocker (1968), Wet Wet Wet (1988) and Sam & Mark (2004)

text: Two artists

text:
"Answer Me" — David Whitfield and Frankie Laine (1953)
"Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" — Perez Prado and Eddie Calvert (1955)
"Singing the Blues" — Guy Mitchell and Tommy Steele (1957)
"Young Love" — Tab Hunter (1957) and Donny Osmond (1973)
"Mary's Boy Child" — Harry Belafonte (1957) and Boney M. (1978)
"Living Doll" — Cliff Richard and The Drifters (1959) and Cliff Richard and The Young Ones feat. Hank Marvin (1986)
"Can't Help Falling in Love" — Elvis Presley (1962) and UB40 (1993)
"I Got You Babe" — Sonny & Cher (1965) and UB40 and Chrissie Hynde (1985)
"Somethin' Stupid" — Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (1967) and Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman (2001)
"Baby Come Back" — The Equals (1967) and Pato Banton feat. UB40 (1994)
"What a Wonderful World" — Louis Armstrong (1968) and Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy (2007)
"Dizzy" — Tommy Roe (1969) and Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff (1991)
"Bridge over Troubled Water" — Simon and Garfunkel (1970) and Artists for Grenfell (2017)
"Without You" — Harry Nilsson (1972) and Mariah Carey (1994)
"Seasons in the Sun" — Terry Jacks (1974) and Westlife (1999)
"Everything I Own" — Ken Boothe (1974) and Boy George (1987)
"Tragedy" — Bee Gees (1979) and Steps (1999)
"The Tide Is High" — Blondie (1980) and Atomic Kitten (2002)
"Uptown Girl" — Billy Joel (1983) and Westlife (2001)
"The Power of Love" — Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) and Gabrielle Aplin (2012)
"He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" - The Hollies (1988) and The Justice Collective (2012)
"Eternal Flame" — The Bangles (1989) and Atomic Kitten (2001)
"You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson (1995) and The X Factor finalists 2009 (2009)
"Lady Marmalade" — All Saints (1998) and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (2001)
"Mambo No. 5" — Lou Bega (1999) and Bob the Builder (2001)
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" — Mariah Carey feat. Westlife (2000) and Steve Brookstein (2005)
"Wake Me Up" — Avicii (2013) and Gareth Malone's All Star Choir (2014)

text: Most number ones from chart debut[edit]

text: In 1963, Gerry & the Pacemakers became the first act to have their first three singles reach number one when "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" & "You'll Never Walk Alone" all hit the top spot.

text: The record was equalled by Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984 and five years later by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers.

text: During 1996 and 1997, the Spice Girls took their first six singles to number one from "Wannabe" to "Too Much".

text:
Westlife became the first music act, group, male group and pop band to have their first seven singles ("Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", "I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun", "Fool Again", "Against All Odds" & "My Love") to reach number one from 1999 to 2000.
[6]

text: Biggest-selling singles[edit]

text:
Best-selling singles in the UK

No.

Single

Artist

Record label[a]

Released[a]

Chartpeak[a]

Sales[b]

1

"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "SomethingAbout the Way You Look Tonight"

Elton John

Rocket

September 1997

1

4,920,000

2

"Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Band Aid

Mercury

November 1984

1

3,750,000

3

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Queen

EMI

October 1975

1

2,440,000

4

"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"

Wings

Parlophone

November 1977

1

2,080,000

5

"You're the One That I Want"

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

RSO

May 1978

1

2,050,000

6

"Relax"

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

ZTT

January 1984

1

2,030,000

7

"Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"

Boney M.

Atlantic / Hansa

April 1978

1

2,020,000

8

"She Loves You"

The Beatles

Parlophone

August 1963

1

1,930,000

9

"Love Is All Around"

Wet Wet Wet

PolyGram

May 1994

1

1,860,000

10

"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"

Boney M.

Atlantic / Hansa

November 1978

1

1,860,000

text:
^ Jump up to: a b c The record labels, dates and chart peaks are those given by the OCC.[7]

Jump up ^ The sales are those given by the OCC as of  27 June 2013[update], except where a more recent OCC figure is available.[8][9]

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text: Biggest-selling singles artists[edit]

text: Artists with references have been updated as the original list was published by the Official Charts Company during 2012. This means that positions on this list may not be 100% accurately reflected as most of the artists are still active and releasing new singles. This includes all singles (solo, duets and as featuring artists) and in all formats (vinyl, cassette, CD, digital). All singles with collaborations are counted multiple times on the list. Collaborations are important especially for artists of the 21 century. For instance, Rihanna is number 2 on the list but if only solo singles were counted or her shared sales were splitted she would not even be among the TOP 10 best selling artists as around 70% of her sales are from collaborations.

text:
Madonna (28,345,000)
Rihanna (27,100,000)
Michael Jackson (26,995,000)[10]
The Beatles (22,100,000)[11]
Elton John (21,635,000)
Cliff Richard (21,500,000)
Queen (12,800,000) [12]
Elvis Presley (12,205,000)
David Bowie (12,000,000)[13]
ABBA (11,300,000) [14]
Paul McCartney (10,200,000)
Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)
The Rolling Stones (10,100,000) [15]
Rod Stewart
Take That
Stevie Wonder
Oasis  (9,079,000) [16]
Eminem
Whitney Houston
Spice Girls (8,500,000) [17]
George Michael
Robbie Williams
Bee Gees (7,600,000) [18]
U2 (7,500,000) [19]
Shakin' Stevens
Britney Spears
Lady Gaga (7,357,000)[20]
Status Quo (7,200,000) [21]
Boyzone (7,100,000) [22]
Blondie (7,037,000) [23]
The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000) [24]
Boney M (6,859,000) [25]
Slade (6,856,000) [26]
Westlife (6,830,000) [27]
Celine Dion
Beyoncé
UB40 (6,600,000) [28]
Olivia Newton-John
Mariah Carey
Tom Jones

text: Posthumous number ones[edit]

text:
Buddy Holly (d. 3 February 1959) - "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (24 April 1959)
Eddie Cochran (d. 17 April 1960) - "Three Steps to Heaven" (23 June 1960)
Jim Reeves (d. 31 July 1964) - "Distant Drums" (22 September 1966)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (group member Jimi Hendrix died on 18 September 1970) - "Voodoo Chile" (21 November 1970)
Elvis Presley (d. 16 August 1977) - "Way Down" (3 September 1977)
John Lennon (d. 8 December 1980) - "(Just Like) Starting Over" (20 December 1980)
John Lennon - "Imagine" (10 January 1981)
John Lennon - "Woman" (7 February 1981)
Jackie Wilson (d. 21 January 1984) - "Reet Petite" (27 December 1986)
Queen (group member Freddie Mercury died on 24 November 1991) - "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are the Days of Our Lives" (21 December 1991)
Freddie Mercury - "Living on My Own" (14 August 1993)
Aaliyah (d. 25 August 2001) - "More Than a Woman" (19 January 2002)
George Harrison (d. 29 November 2001) - "My Sweet Lord"  (26 January 2002)
Elvis Presley - "A Little Less Conversation" (with JXL) (22 June 2002)
Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock" (15 January 2005)
Elvis Presley - "One Night"/"I Got Stung" (22 January 2005)
Elvis Presley - "It's Now or Never" (5 February 2005)
Tupac Shakur (d. 13 September 1996) - "Ghetto Gospel" (with Elton John) (2 July 2005)
The Notorious B.I.G. (d. 9 March 1997) - "Nasty Girl" (with Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm) (4 February 2006)
Eva Cassidy (d. 2 November 1996) - "What a Wonderful World" (with Katie Melua) (22 December 2007)

text: Lowest selling number one[edit]

text: The lowest weekly sale for a number one single is 17,694 copies held by Orson's "No Tomorrow" in 2006.[29]

text: The addition of downloads to the UK charts meant that singles could reach number one with no physical copy being released. The first single to achieve this was Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" in early 2006. Since 2014, audio streaming has been included in the calculation of chart position, so it is now possible for a single to reach number one without selling any copies (if it were only available on streaming services). In the week ending 24 September 2015, "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber became the first number one with over half of its chart sales made up of streaming points, with sales of 30,000 and 36,000 points from 3.6 million streams.

text: Since the incorporation of streaming into the singles chart, the Official Charts Company have continued to compile a sales only chart. In week ending 27 April 2017 "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles became the first number one in the sales only chart to sell less than "No Tomorrow" by Orson, with 16,686 copies.[30]

text: Acts to occupy number one and number two[edit]

text:
The Beatles
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" (three weeks in December 1963)
"Hello Goodbye" and "Magical Mystery Tour" (three weeks in December 1967)
John Travolta — "Summer Nights" (with Olivia Newton-John) and "Sandy" (one week in November 1978)
John Lennon — "Imagine" and: "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"; "Woman" (both January 1981)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood — "Two Tribes" and "Relax" (two weeks in July 1984)
Madonna — "Into the Groove" and "Holiday" (one week in August 1985)
Justin Bieber
"Sorry" and "Love Yourself" (one week in November 2015); "Love Yourself" and "Sorry" (five non-consecutive weeks in December 2015 and January 2016)
"Cold Water" (with MØ & Major Lazer) and "Let Me Love You" (three weeks in August 2016)
"Despacito" (with Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee) and "I'm the One (song)" (with DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Quavo & Chance the Rapper) (four weeks in May and June 2017)
Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You" and: "Castle on the Hill" (five weeks in January and February 2018); "How Would You Feel (Paean)" (one week in February 2017); "Galway Girl" (five weeks in March and April 2017)
"Perfect" and "River" (with Eminem) (three non-consecutive weeks in December 2017 and January 2018)

text: In addition, in the final week that Justin Bieber was at #1 and #2 with "Love Yourself" and "Sorry", "What Do You Mean" was at #3. For the first three weeks that Ed Sheeran was at #1 and #2 with "Shape of You" and "Galway Girl", "Castle on the Hill" was at #3, and for the first of these three weeks Sheeran's "Perfect", "New Man" and "Happier" were at #4, #5 and #6 respectively.[31]

text: Self-replacement at number one[edit]

text: Since the inception of the UK Singles Chart in 1952 only five acts have replaced themselves at the top of the UK charts with exactly the same billing (as opposed to any named artist, for example 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows' and 'The Shadows' have had back to back number ones on four occasions):

text:
The Beatles — "I Want to Hold Your Hand" replaced "She Loves You" (12 December 1963)
John Lennon — "Woman" replaced "Imagine" (7 February 1981)
Elvis Presley — "One Night/I Got Stung" replaced "Jailhouse Rock" (22 January 2005)
Justin Bieber — "Love Yourself" replaced "Sorry" (10 December 2015); "Despacito" (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber) replaced "I'm the One" (DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne) (18 May 2017)
Ed Sheeran — "River" (Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran) replaced "Perfect" (25 January 2018)[32]

text: Fastest selling single[edit]

text: The fastest selling single in chart history is "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John which sold 1.55 million copies in its first week (it sold 658,000 on the first day of release, 13 September 1997).[33]

text: The fastest selling debut single is "Anything Is Possible/Evergreen" by Will Young, which sold 1.11 million copies in its first week on sale.[34] Publicity had built up due to the televised talent contest Pop Idol with 8.7 million people phoning in to vote for the finalists.[35]

text: The fastest selling single by a British group is the Spice Girls "2 Become 1" which sold over 462,000 copies during its first week on sale and over 763,000 copies in a fortnight. In total, the single sold over 1.1 million copies to date.[36]

text: The fastest number one single music act and band is Westlife with its first seven consecutive number one singles and fourteen number one singles in total. They are also the second music act to have the longest string of number ones in UK history.[37]

text: Non-English language number-ones[edit]

text:
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" – Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin (French – 11 October 1969 for one week)
"Chanson D'Amour" – The Manhattan Transfer (French/English – 12 March 1977 for three weeks)
"Begin the Beguine" – Julio Iglesias (Spanish/English – 5 December 1981 for one week)
"Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (German/English – 10 May 1986 for one week)
"La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – 1 August 1987 for two weeks)
"Sadeness (Part I)" – Enigma (French/Latin/English – 19 January 1991 for one week)
"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" – Las Ketchup (Spanish/English – 19 October 2002 for one week)
"We No Speak Americano" – Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP (Neapolitan/English – 31 July 2010 for one week)
"Gangnam Style" – Psy (Korean/English – 6 October 2012 for one week)
"Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (Spanish/English – 18 May 2017 for eleven non-consecutive weeks)

text: Most Number One appearances by a non-British act or band[edit]

text:
Elvis Presley (21) - highest charting male, solo, American music act
Shane Filan (16) - highest charting solo Irish act
Westlife (15) - highest charting group, male group, pop group, Irish group
Mark Feehily (15) - highest charting act from the LGBT group
Madonna (13) - highest charting female solo act
ABBA (9) - highest charting mixed group and Swedish act
Rihanna (9) - highest charting Barbadian act

text: Biggest selling single not to top the chart[edit]

text: The record is held by Wham! with their 1984 Christmas release, "Last Christmas" / "Everything She Wants", which peaked at number two, being kept off the top by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?".[39] It has sold 1.77 million copies following first week sales of half a million.[40] In December 2017, a year after George Michael's death, fans tried to get "Last Christmas" to number one, but again it peaked at number two.[41]

text: The biggest selling single to peak at number three is New Order's "Blue Monday", which has sold over a million copies.[39] However, it garnered its total sales via two further remixes of the track, meaning its one million sales are attributed over all three releases. The biggest selling release to peak at number three is Ed Sheeran's "The A Team", which has sold over 1,067,000 copies since its 2011 release.[42] The biggest selling single to never make the top 5 is "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, which peaked at number 6 and has sold more copies than "The A Team".[43] The biggest selling single not to reach the top 10 is "Numb" by Linkin Park which never charted higher than #14.

text: Most number two peaks[edit]

text: Artists with most songs peaked number two and missed the top spot:

text: Madonna - 12 songs that peaked number two without reaching number one.

text: Kylie Minogue and Cliff Richard - 11 songs that peaked number two without reaching number one.

text: Elvis Presley - 9 songs that peaked number two without reaching number one (yet another 8 singles of songs that were re-issues and previous number one hits also peaked at 2)

text: Male Artist with most number 2 peak singles: Elvis Presley - 17 singles (includes 8 posthumous re-issues that previously peaked number one); runner up Cliff Richard - 11 singles

text: Female Artist with most number 2 peak singles: Madonna - 12 singles; runner up Kylie Minogue - 11 singles

text: Group with most number 2 peak singles: Queen and Oasis are tied with 6 singles each.

text: Sash! holds the record as the artist to have the most number 2s without ever making it to number 1 (5 singles peaked number two and never had a number one single).

text: Most weeks at number two[edit]

text: Johnnie Ray's "Such a Night" spent eight consecutive weeks at number two behind Doris Day's "Secret Love" having spent a single week at the top. "Terry's Theme from Limelight" by Frank Chacksfield spent a total of eight weeks at number two (in four separate spells) without ever reaching number one. All-4-One's "I Swear" and "Moves like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera both spent seven consecutive weeks at number two without reaching number one. "These Days" by Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen also spent seven consecutive weeks at number two behind Drake's "God's Plan" having spent a single week at the top.

text: Downloads[edit]

text: Downloads grew steadily in popularity after first being integrated into the chart in 2004. In early September the UK Official Download Chart was launched, and a new live recording of Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" was the first number-one.[44] The first number one to chart without ever receiving a UK physical release was Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" in June 2008. As of 2012, very few songs are given a physical release, and almost the entire chart is released solely on digital download.

text: On 22 June 2008, both songs in the top two were there on downloads alone:[45]

text:
"Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
"Closer" by Ne-Yo

text: On 31 August 2008, the top three were download-only at the time:[46]

text:
"I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
"Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz
"Disturbia" by Rihanna

text: On 1 March 2009, the top four were all download-only:[47]

text:
"My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson
"Love Story" by Taylor Swift
"Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
"Dead and Gone" by T.I. (feat. Justin Timberlake)

text: By 13 February 2010, the whole top 9 consisted of download-only songs:[48]

text:
"Fireflies" by Owl City
"Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" by Jedward (feat. Vanilla Ice)
"If We Ever Meet Again" by Timbaland (feat. Katy Perry)
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Glee Cast
"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" by Alicia Keys
"Replay" by Iyaz
"Starstrukk" by 3OH!3 (feat. Katy Perry)
"One Shot" by JLS
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey

text: Most weeks on UK Singles Chart by decade[edit]

text: [citation needed]

text:
Shakin' Stevens 254 weeks
Madonna 252 weeks
Michael Jackson 241 weeks
Cliff Richard 234 weeks
Madness 217 weeks
UB40 217 weeks
Kool & the Gang 196 weeks

text:
Oasis 282 weeks
Madonna 258 weeks
Mariah Carey 219 weeks
Celine Dion 215 weeks
Boyzone 201 weeks
Janet Jackson 177 weeks
Michael Jackson 175 weeks
East 17/E17 170 weeks
Whitney Houston 169 weeks
Bryan Adams 163 weeks

text:
Kanye West 320 weeks
Rihanna 300 weeks
Justin Timberlake 289 weeks
Beyoncé 287 weeks
Akon 280 weeks
Britney Spears 278 weeks
Pink 268 weeks
Sugababes 265 weeks
Girls Aloud 255 weeks
Eminem 250 weeks

text: 2010s (up to and including week ending 17 November 2016)[edit]

text:
Rihanna 782 weeks
Ed Sheeran 526 weeks
David Guetta 507 weeks
Justin Bieber 481 weeks
Drake 414 weeks
Tinie Tempah 406 weeks
Calvin Harris 397 weeks
Bruno Mars 385 weeks
Nicki Minaj 365 weeks
Chris Brown 361 weeks

text: Top chart acts per year by total weeks on the singles chart[edit]

text:
Year

Artist

Weeks on chart

1952

Frankie Laine

13

1953

84

1954

66

1955

Ruby Murray

85

1956

Bill Haley & His Comets

110

1957

Elvis Presley

118

1958

Pat Boone

76

1959

Russ Conway

81

1960

The Shadows

107

1961

118

1962

92

1963

116

1964

75

1965

54

1966

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

51

1967

Engelbert Humperdinck

97

1968

Tom Jones

58

1969

Marvin Gaye

60

1970

Elvis Presley

59

1971

66

1972

T. Rex

58

1973

David Bowie

55

1974

The Wombles

65

1975

Mud

45

1976

Rod Stewart

48

1977

Elvis Presley

49

1978

John Travolta

60

1979

Donna Summer

46

1980

Madness

46

1981

Adam & The Ants

91

1982

Soft Cell

49

1983

Michael Jackson

60

1984

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

68

1985

Madonna

84

1986

59

1987

41

1988

Kylie Minogue

54

1989

Bobby Brown

52

1990

New Kids on the Block

56

1991

R.E.M

36

1992

Michael Jackson

38

1993

Whitney Houston

50

1994

Mariah Carey

45

1995

Oasis

64

1996

134

1997

Spice Girls

57

1998

Aqua

52

1999

Steps

76

2000

Craig David

58

2001

Shaggy

54

2002

Gareth Gates/Ja Rule

57

2003

Sean Paul

58

2004

Kelis

47

2005

Elvis Presley

81

2006

The Pussycat Dolls

71

2007

Amy Winehouse

119

2008

Rihanna

129

2009

Lady Gaga

150

2010

123

2011

Rihanna

224

2012

151

2013

will.i.am

100

2014

Ed Sheeran

159

2015

173

text: Totals include all instances where an artist is actually credited as part of the act. Therefore, for example, The Shadows score for their own hits as well as those where they backed Cliff Richard, and Diana Ross scores for both her solo hits and those as Diana Ross & the Supremes. However, Paul McCartney, for example, is not credited for any of The Beatles' hits as he does not have a separate credit, (although his hits with Wings do count towards his total as they are classed together in the Guinness Book of Hit Singles).

text: Age records[edit]

text: Youngest[edit]

text:
The youngest artist to have a number 1 single is Jimmy Osmond, who was nine years old in 1972, with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool".
The youngest artist to have a number 1 single in three decades is Britney Spears who was 31 years old when "Scream & Shout" became her sixth number one single in 2013. She had scored one number one in the 1990s and four in the 2000s.
The youngest artist to enter at number 1 is Billie Piper who was 15 with "Because We Want To".

text: Oldest[edit]

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The oldest artist to have a number 1 single is Tom Jones, who was 68 when "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" reached the top in 2009.
The oldest female solo artist to have a number 1 single is Cher, who was 52 when her single "Believe" reached number 1. It spent 7 weeks at the top and became the best selling single by a female artist in the UK.
The oldest artist to achieve their first number 1 is TV actor Clive Dunn with "Grandad" in 1971 on the week of his 51st birthday.[citation needed]

text: Other records[edit]

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text: NB: In the following statistics, Elvis Presley's 17 re-issues in 2005, which all made the Top 5, count as separate hits.

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Most Top 75 hits: Elvis Presley (152). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (131)
Most Top 40 hits: Elvis Presley (128). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (120)
Most Top 20 hits: Elvis Presley (100). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (95)
Most Top 10 hits: Elvis Presley (77). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (66)
Most Top 5 hits: Elvis Presley (54). Runner-up: Madonna (44)
Most Top 3 hits: Elvis Presley (43). Runner-up: Madonna (34)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits: Westlife (24). Runner-up:Elvis Presley (20)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a group: Westlife (24), Runner-up: Girls Aloud (20)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a male group: Westlife (24)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a female group: Girls Aloud (20)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a male artist: Elvis Presley (20)
Most Consecutive Top 5 hits by a female artist: Madonna (17)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits: Madonna (35), Runner-up: Westlife (25), Cliff Richard (23)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a male artist: Cliff Richard (23), Elvis Presley (20)
Most Consecutive Top 10 Hits by a female artist: Madonna (35), Runner-up:Kylie Minogue(13)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a group: Westlife (25), Runner-up:Oasis (23) and Girls Aloud (20)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a male group: Westlife (25)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits by a female group: Girls Aloud (20), Runner-up: Destiny's Child (11)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by male solo: Rick Astley (8)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by a group: Westlife (25)
Most Consecutive Top 10 hits including debut single by male group: Westlife (25)
Most Top 10 Hits by a group: U2 (33), Runners-up: The Beatles (28), Westlife (25)
Most Top 10 Hits by a male group: U2 (33), Runners-up: The Beatles (28), Westlife (25)
Most Top 40 Hits by a group: The Supremes (30), Runner-up: Take That (28)
Most Top 40 Hits by a male group: Take That (28). Runner-up: Westlife (26)
Most Top 40 hits by a female group: The Supremes (30). Runner-up: Bananarama (25) and Sugababes (25)
Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a group: Westlife (7)
Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a male group: Westlife (7)
Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a female group: Spice Girls (6)
Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a male artist:Elvis Presley (4)
Most Consecutive Number 1 hits by a female artist:Geri Halliwell (4)
Most successful songwriter: Paul McCartney 1695 weeks. Runner-up: John Lennon 1424 weeks
Most number ones written; Paul McCartney and John Lennon (33). Runner-up: Madonna (13)
Most weeks on singles chart: Elvis Presley (1277 wks). Runner-up: Cliff Richard (1166 weeks)

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Most Top 75 hits without reaching No 1: Glee Cast (100)
Most Top 40 hits without reaching No 1: Depeche Mode (43)
Most Top 10 hits without reaching No 1: Bon Jovi (18). Runner-up: Janet Jackson (17)
Most No 2 hits without a No 1: Sash! (5)
Most Top 75 hits without reaching Top 5: Chris Rea (32)
Most Top 40 hits without reaching Top 5: Gloria Estefan (27)
Most Top 10 hits without reaching Top 5: Gloria Estefan (5)
Most Top 75 hits without reaching Top 10: Super Furry Animals (21)
Most Top 40 hits without reaching Top 10: Super Furry Animals (19)
Most Top 20 hits without reaching Top 10: The Levellers and Super Furry Animals (8)
Most No 11 hits without reaching Top 10: Lethal Bizzle (3)[49]
Most Top 75 hits without reaching Top 20: PJ Harvey (15)
Most Top 40 hits without reaching Top 20: The Almighty (8)
Most Top 75 hits without reaching Top 40: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (8)
Most weeks on Top 40 without reaching No 1: Billy Fury (231 weeks)

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Top 100: "Mr Brightside" by The Killers (>200 weeks)
Top 75: "My Way" by Frank Sinatra (124 weeks) (122 weeks when only a top 50 was compiled followed by two more in the top 75)
Top 40: "My Way" (75 weeks)[50]

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Top 100: "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran (95 weeks)
Top 75: "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran (73 weeks)
Top 40: "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran (54 weeks)[51]

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Fewest weeks in Top 40 by a No. 1 single (2 weeks): "A Bridge Over You" by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir (2015) and "Wake Me Up" by Gareth Malone's All Star Choir
Fewest weeks in Top 75 by a Top 10 single (1 week)
"Weightless" by Wet Wet Wet
"Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching On Together)" by Leeds United Team
"Forever Yours" by Alex Day
"Payphone" by Precision Tunes
Fewest weeks in Top 75 by a Top 20 single: 1 week. Notable acts to have achieved this include The Wedding Present 6 times, Garbage, The Chemical Brothers, Elvis Presley and Red 'N' White Machines.

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Most Top 75 singles in a year: 51 by Glee Cast (2011)
Most singles simultaneously in Top 75: 27 by Michael Jackson (21 solo, 1 with Janet Jackson, 3 as part of The Jackson 5 and 2 as part of The Jacksons) (July 2009).
Most weeks spent on the Top 75 in a calendar year by solo artist: 224 by Rihanna (includes 26 with David Guetta, 18 with Eminem, 18 with Kanye West & Drake, 12 with Nicki Minaj and 2 with Coldplay (2011)).
Most weeks spent on the Top 75 in a calendar year by a group: 134 by Oasis (1996).

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"Unchained Melody" is the only song to have four versions by different artists charting in the Top 20 at the same time (Al Hibbler, Les Baxter, Jimmy Young and Liberace in June 1955).[52]
"Hallelujah" charted in the same week in December 2008 with three artists (Alexandra Burke at No. 1, Jeff Buckley at No. 2, Leonard Cohen at No. 36).  It is also the second time in UK single chart where different versions hold the top two spots (the first being Singing the Blues).[53]

text: Longest time between number one hit singles for an artist[edit]

text: Tom Jones went 43 years between his second number one "Green Green Grass Of Home" in 1966 and his next top hit, "(Barry) Islands in the Stream". He had fourteen other singles in the top 10 in that interim time, including four singles to reach the number 2 spot.

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text: There are three albums which have produced four number-one original hits: Westlife by Westlife ("Swear It Again, "If I Let You Go", Flying Without Wings", and "Fool Again"), Spice by Spice Girls ("Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1" and "Mama" / "Who Do You Think You Are") and B*Witched by B*Witched ("C'est la Vie", "Rollercoaster", "To You I Belong" and "Blame It on the Weatherman").

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200-1 - Mandy by Westlife - 2003[54]
194-1 - Unbreakable by Westlife - 2002[55]

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text: This table does not include the six Christmas records in the top ten of the chart of the week ended 11 January 2018 which fell out of the top 200 the following week. These are Wham!'s Last Christmas (#2), Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You (#4), Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl's Fairytale of New York (#5), Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? (#7), Brenda Lee's Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (#9) and Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone (#10). Additionally, Fairytale of New York fell 98 places from #9 to #107 on the chart in the week ending 12 January 2008.

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Ten biggest drops out of the Top 10, not counting Christmas songs

No.

Artist

Single

Top 10position

Chart position thefollowing week

Total dropin places

Week-endingdate

1

Alex Day

"Forever Yours"

4

112

108

7 January 2012

2

Leeds United Team & Supporters

"Leeds Leeds Leeds (Marching On Together)"

10

112

102

30 May 2010

3

Wet Wet Wet

"Weightless"

10

96

86

23 February 2008

4

Captain SKA

"Liar Liar GE2017"

4

88

84

9 June 2017

5

Prince

"Purple Rain"

6

88

82

6 May 2016

6

AC/DC

"Highway to Hell"

4

81

77

4 January 2014

7

Precision Tunes

"Payphone"

9

85

76

23 June 2012

8

Union J

"Tonight (We Live Forever)"

9

74

65

6 September 2014

9

The Wizard of Oz Film Cast

"Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"

2

65

63

21 April 2013

10

Leona Lewis

"Hurt"

8

68

60

31 December 2011

text: Some singles have been deleted from the charts due to technicalities, and have thus "dropped" out of the Top 10 and the singles chart entirely. Such singles include: "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (1969), "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley (2006) and "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado (2006). In addition, in the chart for the week ending 19 July 2018, Drake's "Emotionless" fell out of the top ten from #5 after falling foul of a rule that an act may only have three singles in any one chart.

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"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro on 1 June 1968 then, on reissue, on 26 April 1975
"Crazy for You" by Madonna on 29 June 1985 then, on reissue, on 29 March 1991
"One for Sorrow" by Steps on 5 September 1998 then, on reissue, on 6 October 2001
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey on 17 December 1994 then, on 15 December 2017
"Last Christmas" by Wham! on 15 December 1984 then, on 4 January 2018

text: Additionally, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" has been a Christmas number two twice, 1st in 1991 for Diana Ross, and then in 2005 for Westlife featuring Diana Ross.

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text: 11 songs have reached No. 1 with a longer playing time than "Bohemian Rhapsody" (5:55):

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"All Around the World" by Oasis 9:38
"Mirrors" by Justin Timberlake 8:05
"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf 7:48
"D'You Know What I Mean?" by Oasis 7:21
"Hey Jude" by The Beatles 7:11
"We Are the World" by USA for Africa 7:05
"Jesus to a Child" by George Michael 6:51
"Belfast Child" by Simple Minds 6:39
"Innuendo" by Queen 6:30
"Frozen" by Madonna 6:12
"I'm Not in Love" by 10cc 6:04

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text: "What Do You Want?" by Adam Faith 1:35 (1959) [56]

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Eden Kane (real name Richard Sarstedt) and Peter Sarstedt are the first pair of siblings to score no. 1s as solo artists. Eden Kane scored a no. 1 with "Well I Ask You" in 1961 and Peter Sarstedt got a no. 1 with "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" in 1969.  A third brother Robin Sarstedt (real name Clive Sarstedt) made the Top 3 in 1976 with "My Resistance Is Low" making them the only set of three brothers to have separate solo Top Three singles.
The first song recorded completely in a foreign language to reach number-one on the UK Singles Charts is "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in 1969 (French). There are only five other foreign language number-one songs which are "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco released in 1986 (German), "La Bamba" by Los Lobos released in 1987 (Spanish), "Sadeness (Part I)", by Enigma released in 1990 (Latin/French), "We No Speak Americano", by Yolanda Be Cool Vs DCUP, released in 2010 (Italian/Neapolitan) and "Gangnam Style" by Psy released in 2012 (Korean). (Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP, both being Australian, both spoke English as their first languages, and "We No Speak Americano" even had a title largely in English, but the song was based entirely on a sample of the Italian language "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carasone and as a result was completely Neapolitan.)
The first artist to reach No.1 on the UK Official Singles Chart based on both sales and streaming figures was Ariana Grande with "Problem" on 6 July 2014.
The first artist to have singles debut at numbers 1 and 2 simultaneously was Ed Sheeran on 13 January 2017 with "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill".
The first artist to have every song from their album enter the top 20 on the singles chart was Ed Sheeran with ÷
The first female artist to have a top ten single in five consecutive decades is Cher (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s). Kylie Minogue follows with a top ten single in four consecutive decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s).
Melanie C is the first female performer to top the charts as a solo artist, as part of a duo, quartet and quintet.[57]