Artists · UK Singles Chart

Louis Armstrong

Charting Dec 19, 1952 → Mar 26, 1995 · 93 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 21 wk, UK Singles Chart 93 wk (4 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 21 wk UK Singles Chart · 93 wk Global Music Power · 109 wk

Peak Power: 2.56%; week of May 29, 1968
Career Power: 158; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 4; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 65; August 1967 – August 1968
Peak Five Years: 91; September 1963 – August 1968
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 93; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of May 1, 1968
Comebacks: 3; July 1964, March 1968, December 1994

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	May 15, 1953	Jul 2, 1964	581	238	1.69%	1.07%
After absence	Nov 12, 1964	Mar 27, 1968	176	169	1.69%	1.15%
After absence	Oct 23, 1968	Dec 4, 1994	1357	1011	2.56%	1.13%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

10 records · 158 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
What a Wonderful World/CabaretApple Music	#1April 1968	29	February 1968 – August 1968	60.4	60.7
We Have All the Time in the WorldApple Music	#3November 1994	19	November 1994 – March 1995	26.2	25.9
Hello, Dolly!Apple Music	#4June 1964	14	June 1964 – September 1964	26.1	25.7
Takes Two to Tango	#6January 1953	10	December 1952 – February 1953	24.0	27.6
A Theme from 'the Threepenny Opera' (Mack the Knife)with His All-Stars	#8May 1956	12	April 1956 – November 1959	12.8	25.0
The Sunshine of Your Love	#41July 1968	7	June 1968 – August 1968	4.2	5.5
What A Wonderful WorldApple Music	#53May 1988	6	April 1988 – May 1988	2.4	2.4
The Faithful Hussarwith His All-Stars	#27July 1956	2	July 1956 – July 1956	1.4	2.8
Take It Satch (Ep)with His All-Stars	#29June 1956	1	June 1956	0.5	1.3
What a Wonderful World {1989}	#99March 1989	1	March 1989	0.1	0.1

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