Artists · UK Singles Chart

David Whitfield

Charting Oct 2, 1953 → Dec 5, 2004 · 168 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 168 wk (4 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Mar 1954) · First crown Dec 1953
Global Music Power
4 crowns
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Longest reign 2 weeks (Mar 1954) · First crown Dec 1953

UK Singles Chart · 168 wk Global Music Power · 168 wk

Peak Power: 3.50%; week of Mar 12, 1954
Career Power: 410; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 139; October 1953 – October 1954
Peak Five Years: 410; August 1953 – August 1958
Top-five weeks: 39; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 168; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.52%; week of Jan 8, 1954
Comebacks: 1; Jul 1958

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

19 records · 410 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
Ev'RywhereApple Music	#3September 1955	20	July 1955 – November 1955	59.3	57.1
My September LoveApple Music	#3May 1956	24	March 1956 – September 1956	57.9	57.3
Answer MeApple Music	#1November 1953	14	October 1953 – January 1954	44.6	44.2
Cara Miawith MantovaniApple Music	#1July 1954	25	June 1954 – December 1954	38.4	77.4
The BookApple Music	#5March 1954	15	February 1954 – June 1954	36.3	39.7
Santo NataleApple Music	#2December 1954	11	November 1954 – December 2004	30.7	30.3
Rags to RichesApple Music	#3January 1954	11	December 1953 – March 1954	28.4	32.1
On the Street Where You LiveApple Music	#16July 1958	14	May 1958 – August 1958	25.4	24.8
The Adoration WaltzApple Music	#9March 1957	11	January 1957 – April 1957	25.2	23.0
MamaApple Music	#12August 1955	11	May 1955 – September 1955	17.5	23.2
When You Lose the One You Lovewith MantovaniApple Music	#7December 1955	11	November 1955 – February 1956	13.4	26.5
Beyond the Starswith MantovaniApple Music	#8March 1955	9	February 1955 – April 1955	11.8	21.3
My Son JohnApple Music	#22August 1956	4	August 1956 – September 1956	6.3	6.0
I'll Find YouApple Music	#27June 1957	4	April 1957 – June 1957	5.3	5.5
Cry My HeartApple Music	#22February 1958	3	February 1958 – February 1958	4.8	4.7
The Bridge of Sighs	#9October 1953	1	October 1953	2.8	2.7
My Unfinished Symphony	#29August 1956	1	August 1956	0.9	1.3
The Right to Love	#30August 1958	1	August 1958	0.9	1.3
I Believe	#49November 1960	1	November 1960	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1953 in music →

David Whitfield's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1953 to October 1954. 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, the 2000s.