There was a Motown division called Tamla-Motown, that distributed US recordings as well as a number of UK labels under it's umbrella such as Gull. The 1960's Motown started in the UK by using various labels: Stateside, Fontana, London and Oriole before starting it's own Tamla-Motown label.
Take That has had 12 number 1 singles in the UK.
Tinchy Stryder has achieved one number one hit in the UK.
Madonna in total has had around 30 top 40 hits and 6 number ones in the UK alone.
UK Tamla-Motown singles and albums are listed here: www.collectablecds.co.uk/label-discography.asp/label/5/Tamla-Motown-records-discography.html Tamla-Motown only started issuing Motown records in the UK in 1965; before that, a number of British labels licensed Motown content, but I don't think there's a single consolidated list anywhere on the Internet. A complete discography of US Motown singles (on all the various imprints, Gordy, Tamla, Soul, VIP etc) can be found at www.seabear.se/detroit1.htm
They didn't "record" on a Motown label as such, but some of their UK recordings were licensed for release in the USA by the Motown group's new "white rock" label, Rare Earth Records, in 1969.
2 Country House (1995) Beetlebum (1997) Song 2 ended number 2 (ironicly)
they have had 5 UK Number 1s, 9 UK Top Ten, 10 UK Top 40
Motown only had 2 labels in 1960 - UK recordings were distributed by London in 1960Tamla label started 1/1959Motown label started 10/1959
Lulu has released 22 songs that have reached the UK Singles Chart's Top 75, with three of them peaking at number one.
There r 16 1s. Including the word one.
5 number 1s so far