Artists · UK Singles Chart

Elbow

Charting Apr 29, 2001 → Dec 29, 2017 · 99 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 99 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 99 wk Global Music Power · 99 wk

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Peak Power: 0.85%; week of Sep 16, 2012
Career Power: 58; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 18; March 2008 – March 2009
Peak Five Years: 36; February 2008 – February 2013
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 99; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Aug 19, 2012
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

14 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
One Day Like ThisApple Music	#4August 2012	66	June 2008 – April 2014	32.4	30.8
Golden SlumbersApple Music	#29November 2017	7	November 2017 – December 2017	4.8	4.6
Grounds for DivorceApple Music	#19March 2008	11	March 2008 – March 2009	4.6	4.9
Fallen AngelApple Music	#19August 2003	5	August 2003 – September 2003	3.2	3.2
Asleep in the Back/Coming SecondApple Music	#19February 2002	3	February 2002 – February 2002	2.9	2.9
Forget MyselfApple Music	#22September 2005	3	September 2005 – September 2005	2.8	2.7
Not a Job	#26February 2004	2	February 2004 – March 2004	1.9	1.9
Red	#36April 2001	2	April 2001 – May 2001	1.3	1.3
Powder Blue	#41July 2001	2	July 2001 – July 2001	1.1	1.1
Fugitive Motel	#44November 2003	2	November 2003 – November 2003	1.0	1.0
Newborn	#42October 2001	2	October 2001 – October 2001	1.0	1.0
Leaders of the Free World	#53November 2005	1	November 2005	0.6	0.6
Open Arms	#58August 2012	1	August 2012	0.3	0.5
Magnificent (She Says)	#97February 2017	1	February 2017	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

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Elbow's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 2008 to March 2009. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2000s, the 2010s.