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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Dave and Ansel Collins

Charting Mar 21, 1971Sep 5, 1971 · 25 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itUK Singles Chart 25 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19711971

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr–May 1971) · First crown Apr 1971

Peak Power
2.29%
week of Aug 8, 1971
Career Power
58
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
58
September 1970 – September 1971
Peak Five Years
58
September 1966 – September 1971
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
25
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.53%
week of Apr 25, 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 →

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

2 records · 58 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Double Barrel#11534.0
Monkey Spanner#71224.1

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At their peak

1970 in music

Dave and Ansel Collins's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1970 to September 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1T. Rex119
  2. 2Elvis Presley114
  3. 3Neil Diamond87
  4. 4Dawn82
  5. 5Chairmen of the Board70
  6. 6Diana Ross69
  7. 7Frank Sinatra69
  8. 8Andy Williams68
  9. 9Mungo Jerry59
  10. 10McGuinness Flint58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.