Artists · UK Singles Chart

Father Abraham and the Smurfs

Charting May 28, 1978 → Jan 7, 1979 · 33 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 33 wk (6 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
19781979
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jun–Jul 1978) · First crown Jun 1978

UK Singles Chart · 33 wk Global Music Power · 33 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.23%; week of Aug 13, 1978
Career Power: 65; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 65; January 1978 – January 1979
Peak Five Years: 65; January 1974 – January 1979
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 33; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.40%; week of Jun 18, 1978
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

3 records · 65 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
The Smurf Song	#2June 1978	17	May 1978 – September 1978	39.8	39.8
Dippety Day	#13October 1978	12	September 1978 – December 1978	16.6	16.6
Christmas in Smurfland	#19December 1978	7	November 1978 – January 1979	9.0	9.0

At their peak

1978 in music →

Father Abraham and the Smurfs's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1978 to January 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.