diff --git a/holoviews/element/chart.py b/holoviews/element/chart.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/holoviews/element/chart.py
+++ b/holoviews/element/chart.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Chart(Element2D):
 
         settings.update(params)
         super(Chart, self).__init__(data, **settings)
-        if not data.shape[1] == len(self.dimensions()):
+        if data.ndim > 1 and not data.shape[1] == len(self.dimensions()):
             raise ValueError("Data has to match number of key and value dimensions")
Added support for single dimensional Charts