Artists · UK Singles Chart
Middle of the Road
Charting May 30, 1971 → Aug 27, 1972 · 52 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 52 wk (13 crowns)
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Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
13 crowns
19711972Longest reign 6 weeks (Sep–Oct 1971) · First crown Jun 1971
- Peak Power
- 3.18%
- week of Oct 24, 1971
- Career Power
- 127
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 13
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 120
- May 1971 – May 1972
- Peak Five Years
- 127
- September 1967 – August 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 18
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 52
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.24%
- week of Sep 19, 1971
- 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 · 127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chirpy Chirpy Cheep CheepApple Music | #1 | 34 | 53.5 | ||
| Tweedle Dee, Tweedle DumApple Music | #2 | 17 | 33.4 | ||
| Soley SoleyApple Music | #5 | 12 | 25.4 | ||
| SacramentoApple Music | #23 | 7 | 8.2 | ||
| Samson and DelilahApple Music | #26 | 6 | 6.1 |
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At their peak
1971 in music →Middle of the Road's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1971 to May 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Middle of the Road120
- 2The New Seekers114
- 3T. Rex104
- 4Elvis Presley99
- 5Slade80
- 6Gilbert O'Sullivan72
- 7Diana Ross65
- 8The Sweet64
- 9Dawn62
- 10The Supremes56
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.