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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Ricky Valance

Charting Aug 25, 1960Dec 8, 1960 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Peak Power
2.21%
week of Nov 10, 1960
Career Power
39
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
39
December 1959 – December 1960
Peak Five Years
39
December 1955 – December 1960
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.59%
week of Sep 29, 1960
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

1 song · 39 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Tell Laura I Love Her#11639.0

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At their peak

1959 in music

Ricky Valance's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1959 to December 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam Faith166
  2. 2The Everly Brothers131
  3. 3Anthony Newley124
  4. 4Connie Francis111
  5. 5Emile Ford and the Checkmates104
  6. 6Johnny And The Hurricanes101
  7. 7Cliff Richard And The Shadows100
  8. 8Jimmy Jones95
  9. 9Johnny Preston94
  10. 10Lonnie Donegan92

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.