Artists · UK Singles Chart

Kooks

Charting Jul 17, 2005 → Apr 17, 2026 · 122 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 122 wk (1 crown)

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Image credits

Photo: Erwin1990, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 2006

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
20052026
First crown Jul 2006

UK Singles Chart · 122 wk Global Music Power · 122 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.57%; week of Aug 13, 2006
Career Power: 132; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 89; January 2006 – January 2007
Peak Five Years: 122; November 2003 – October 2008
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 122; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.90%; week of Jul 2, 2006
Comebacks: 1; Apr 2008

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

11 records · 132 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
NaiveApple Music	#5April 2006	75	March 2006 – April 2026	46.4	50.8
She Moves in Her Own WayApple Music	#7July 2006	40	June 2006 – September 2016	39.9	40.0
Always Where I Need to BeApple Music	#3April 2008	13	March 2008 – August 2008	17.3	16.9
Shine OnApple Music	#25July 2008	9	June 2008 – August 2008	8.4	7.9
You Don't Love MeApple Music	#12January 2006	9	January 2006 – April 2006	6.4	6.4
Ooh LaApple Music	#20October 2006	11	October 2006 – December 2006	6.0	6.5
Sofa SongApple Music	#28October 2005	3	October 2005 – November 2005	2.0	2.0
SwayApple Music	#41October 2008	4	April 2008 – October 2008	1.6	1.6
Eddie's Gun	#35July 2005	2	July 2005 – July 2005	1.4	1.3
Down	#40April 2014	2	April 2014 – May 2014	1.1	1.1
Around Town	#35June 2014	1	June 2014	1.1	1.1

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At their peak

2006 in music →

Kooks's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 2006 to January 2007. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.