title: List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2016
text: # List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2016
  
  These are the Official Charts Company's UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles of 2016.
  
  ## Chart history
  
  Key :
  
  | † | Best-selling indie single of the year |
  | - | - |
  | Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | Record Label |
  | 7 January | "Hello" | Adele | XL |
  | 14 January | "Hello" | Adele | XL |
  | 21 January | "Sweet Lovin'" | Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher | Ministry of Sound |
  | 28 January | "Hello" | Adele | XL |
  | 4 February | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 11 February | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 18 February | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 25 February | "Swings & Waterslides" | Viola Beach | Fuller Beans |
  | 3 March | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 10 March | "When We Were Young" | Adele | XL |
  | 17 March | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 24 March | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 31 March | "Say You Do" | Sigala featuring DJ Fresh and Imani Williams | Ministry Of Sound |
  | 7 April | "Say You Do" | Sigala featuring DJ Fresh and Imani Williams | Ministry Of Sound |
  | 14 April | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 21 April | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 28 April | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 5 May | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 12 May | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 19 May | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 26 May | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 2 June | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 9 June | "Light It Up" | Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG | Because Music |
  | 16 June | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | XL |
  | 23 June | "I'll Be There" | The Neales | ZY |
  | 30 June | "Give Me Your Love" | Sigala featuring John Newman and Nile Rodgers | Ministry of Sound |
  | 7 July | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | XL |
  | 14 July | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | XL |
  | 21 July | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | XL |
  | 28 July | "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" | Adele | XL |
  | 4 August | "Cold Water" † | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | Because Music |
  | 11 August | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 18 August | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 25 August | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 1 September | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 8 September | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 15 September | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 22 September | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 29 September | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 6 October | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 13 October | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 20 October | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 27 October | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 3 November | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 10 November | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 17 November | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 24 November | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 1 December | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 8 December | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 15 December | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 22 December | "Cold Water" † | | Because Music |
  | 29 December | "Glad All Over" | The Dave Clark Five | Dave Clark |
  