Artists · UK Singles Chart
John Williams
Charting May 13, 1979 → Dec 26, 2025 · 37 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 28 wk, UK Singles Chart 37 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.05%
- week of Jul 8, 1979
- Career Power
- 34
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 14
- July 1978 – July 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 26
- February 1978 – February 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.32%
- week of Jun 24, 1979
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
5 records · 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavatina (Original Soundtrack from 'the Deer Hunter')Apple Music | #13 | 11 | 14.1 | ||
| Theme from 'Et (the Extra-Terrestrial) | #17 | 10 | 11.4 | ||
| Carol of the BellsApple Music | #36 | 13 | 6.6 | ||
| Theme from Jurassic ParkApple Music | #45 | 2 | 1.3 | ||
| Somewhere in My Memory (Main Title) | #69 | 1 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1978 in music →John Williams's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1978 to July 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Boney M113
- 2Blondie98
- 3Olivia Newton-John74
- 4Village People71
- 5John Travolta69
- 6Bee Gees68
- 7Chic65
- 8ABBA64
- 9The Three Degrees59
- 10Darts57
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.