Artists · UK Singles Chart
One Direction
Charting Sep 18, 2011 → Nov 15, 2024 · 217 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 168 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 217 wk (7 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 3.78%
- week of Jan 29, 2016
- Career Power
- 451
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 7
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 122
- October 2012 – September 2013
- Peak Five Years
- 436
- August 2011 – July 2016
- Top-five weeks
- 56
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 217
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 6.21%
- week of Dec 1, 2013
- Comebacks
- 1
- November 2024
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 1, 2016 | Nov 15, 2024 | 437 | 429 | 3.78% | 1.39% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
40 records · 451 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Makes You BeautifulApple Music | #1 | 82 | 58.2 | |
| HistoryApple Music | #6 | 36 | 48.2 | |
| Story Of My LifeApple Music | #2 | 33 | 44.0 | |
| Steal My GirlApple Music | #3 | 22 | 36.8 | |
| Night ChangesApple Music | #6 | 22 | 34.5 | |
| Drag Me DownApple Music | #1 | 31 | 32.8 | |
| PerfectApple Music | #2 | 21 | 32.4 | |
| Best Song EverApple Music | #2 | 28 | 29.5 | |
| Little ThingsApple Music | #1 | 27 | 28.0 | |
| One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)Apple Music | #1 | 17 | 27.3 | |
| Kiss YouApple Music | #9 | 19 | 22.7 | |
| Live While We're YoungApple Music | #3 | 25 | 18.2 | |
| One ThingApple Music | #9 | 14 | 12.8 | |
| You & IApple Music | #19 | 10 | 8.7 | |
| Gotta Be You | #3 | 7 | 7.9 | |
| Midnight Memories | #39 | 13 | 3.5 | |
| Infinity | #36 | 6 | 1.9 | |
| Don't Forget Where You Belong | #21 | 1 | 0.8 | |
| 18 | #45 | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Ready To Run | #44 | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Where Do Broken Hearts Go | #47 | 3 | 0.6 | |
| I Should Have Kissed You | #55 | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Strong | #48 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| More Than This | #86 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| End of the Day | #73 | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Olivia | #72 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Another World | #85 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Girl Almighty | #65 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Home | #96 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| DianaApple Music | #58 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Fool's Gold | #74 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Love You Goodbye | #78 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Fireproof | #92 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| If I Could Fly | #79 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| A.M. | #83 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Temporary Fix | #86 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Never Enough | #89 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| What a Feeling | #90 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Hey Angel | #96 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Wolves | #99 | 1 | 0.0 |
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