Artists · UK Singles Chart
Benny Hill
Charting Feb 16, 1961 → Jun 14, 1992 · 43 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 43 wk (4 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
19611992Longest reign 4 weeks (Dec 1971) · First crown Dec 1971
- Peak Power
- 2.23%
- week of Jan 16, 1972
- Career Power
- 76
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 4
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 40
- March 1971 – February 1972
- Peak Five Years
- 40
- March 1967 – February 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.57%
- week of Dec 5, 1971
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
5 records · 76 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West)Apple Music | #1 | 17 | 40.1 | ||
| Gather in the MushroomsApple Music | #12 | 8 | 13.0 | ||
| Harvest of LoveApple Music | #20 | 8 | 11.2 | ||
| Transistor RadioApple Music | #24 | 6 | 7.8 | ||
| Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West) {1992} | #29 | 4 | 3.8 |
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At their peak
1971 in music →Benny Hill's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1971 to February 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1T. Rex128
- 2Middle of the Road112
- 3Elvis Presley104
- 4Diana Ross79
- 5The New Seekers77
- 6Dawn74
- 7Slade71
- 8The Sweet71
- 9New World63
- 10Dave and Ansel Collins58
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.