Artists · UK Singles Chart

Billy Fury

Charting Feb 27, 1959 → May 9, 1999 · 264 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 264 wk (5 crowns)

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Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
19591999
Longest reign 5 weeks (Sep–Oct 1961) · First crown Sep 1961

UK Singles Chart · 264 wk Global Music Power · 264 wk

Peak Power: 3.41%; week of Oct 12, 1961
Career Power: 482; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 129; June 1961 – June 1962
Peak Five Years: 418; March 1960 – February 1965
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 264; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.69%; week of Oct 5, 1961
Comebacks: 0; none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

29 records · 482 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
Halfway to ParadiseApple Music	#3August 1961	23	May 1961 – October 1961	55.7	56.1
I'd Never Find Another YouApple Music	#5January 1962	15	December 1961 – March 1962	35.5	34.8
Like I've Never Been GoneApple Music	#3March 1963	15	February 1963 – May 1963	34.0	33.8
Last Night Was Made for LoveApple Music	#4May 1962	16	May 1962 – August 1962	33.5	34.2
When Will You Say I Love YouApple Music	#3June 1963	12	May 1963 – August 1963	27.5	27.6
JealousyApple Music	#2October 1961	12	September 1961 – November 1961	26.5	27.4
Once Upon a DreamApple Music	#7August 1962	13	July 1962 – October 1962	25.7	26.1
In SummerApple Music	#5August 1963	11	July 1963 – October 1963	22.7	23.3
I WillApple Music	#14May 1964	12	April 1964 – July 1964	19.3	19.1
It's Only Make BelieveApple Music	#10August 1964	10	July 1964 – September 1964	17.9	17.6
In Thoughts of YouApple Music	#9August 1965	11	July 1965 – September 1965	17.8	18.1
Because of LoveApple Music	#18November 1962	14	October 1962 – January 1963	17.0	16.8
Do You Really Love Me Too?Apple Music	#13January 1964	10	January 1964 – March 1964	17.0	16.7
That's LoveApple Music	#19June 1960	11	May 1960 – August 1960	16.9	16.6
A Thousand StarsApple Music	#14February 1961	10	January 1961 – March 1961	15.4	15.1
Maybe TomorrowApple Music	#18April 1959	9	February 1959 – May 1959	15.4	15.2
ColetteApple Music	#9March 1960	10	March 1960 – May 1960	15.3	14.9
I'm Lost Without YouApple Music	#16February 1965	10	January 1965 – March 1965	14.5	14.4
Wondrous PlaceApple Music	#25October 1960	10	September 1960 – May 1999	10.6	10.4
Somebody Else's GirlApple Music	#18October 1963	7	October 1963 – November 1963	9.7	9.7
Run to My Lovin' ArmsApple Music	#25October 1965	7	September 1965 – October 1965	8.5	8.7
Give Me Your WordApple Music	#27September 1966	7	August 1966 – September 1966	7.9	7.8
Letter Full of TearsApple Music	#32March 1962	6	March 1962 – April 1962	5.0	5.6
I'll Never Quite Get Over YouApple Music	#35March 1966	5	February 1966 – March 1966	4.2	4.2
Let Me Go Lover/Forget HimApple Music	#59June 1983	7	May 1983 – June 1983	2.2	2.1
Love or Money	#57September 1982	5	August 1982 – September 1982	2.0	2.0
Devil or AngelApple Music	#58November 1982	4	November 1982 – November 1982	1.8	1.7
Don't WorryApple Music	#40May 1961	2	April 1961 – May 1961	1.7	1.6
Margo	#28June 1959	1	June 1959	1.4	1.4

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At their peak

1961 in music →

Billy Fury's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1961 to June 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.