Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Beatles

Charting Oct 11, 1962 → Jul 19, 2024 · 419 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 320 wk (97 at #1), UK Singles Chart 419 wk (49 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 320 wk UK Singles Chart · 419 wk Global Music Power · 513 wk

Peak Power: 4.65%; week of Jan 23, 1964
Career Power: 933; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 49; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 189; April 1963 – April 1964
Peak Five Years: 592; February 1963 – January 1968
Top-five weeks: 139; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 419; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.94%; week of Jan 10, 1968
Comebacks: 1; April 1976

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	May 24, 1970	Apr 11, 1976	306	279	4.65%	1.98%

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

67 records · 933 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
She Loves YouApple Music	#1September 1963	33	August 1963 – April 1964	74.3
From Me To YouApple Music	#1May 1963	21	April 1963 – September 1963	53.4
I Want To Hold Your HandApple Music	#1December 1963	22	December 1963 – May 1964	46.8
Hey JudeApple Music	#1September 1968	20	September 1968 – July 2024	41.0
Please Please MeApple Music	#2February 1963	18	January 1963 – May 1963	39.3
A Hard Day's NightApple Music	#1July 1964	13	July 1964 – October 1964	36.7
Help!Apple Music	#1August 1965	14	July 1965 – October 1965	36.5
All You Need Is LoveApple Music	#1July 1967	13	July 1967 – October 1967	36.1
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out	#1December 1965	12	December 1965 – February 1966	35.6
I Feel FineApple Music	#1December 1964	13	December 1964 – February 1965	34.6
Can't Buy Me LoveApple Music	#1April 1964	15	March 1964 – July 1964	34.0
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby	#1August 1966	13	August 1966 – November 1966	32.7
Hello GoodbyeApple Music	#1December 1967	12	November 1967 – February 1968	32.7
The Ballad Of John And YokoApple Music	#1June 1969	14	June 1969 – August 1969	31.6
Ticket To RideApple Music	#1April 1965	12	April 1965 – July 1965	31.5
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever	#2March 1967	11	February 1967 – May 1967	27.7
Let It BeApple Music	#2March 1970	17	March 1970 – January 2011	24.6
Paperback WriterApple Music	#1June 1966	11	June 1966 – August 1966	24.6
Something/Come Together	#4November 1969	11	November 1969 – January 1970	24.0
Magical Mystery Tour (Ep)	#2December 1967	12	December 1967 – February 1968	23.6
Love Me DoApple Music	#17December 1962	18	October 1962 – February 1963	23.5
Lady MadonnaApple Music	#1March 1968	8	March 1968 – May 1968	21.0
Get Backwith Billy PrestonApple Music	#1April 1969	17	April 1969 – August 1969	17.0
Free As A BirdApple Music	#2December 1995	14	December 1995 – March 1996	15.8
Love Me Do {1982}	#4October 1982	7	October 1982 – November 1982	15.3
The Beatles' Movie Medley	#10June 1982	9	May 1982 – July 1982	14.2
YesterdayApple Music	#8March 1976	9	March 1976 – November 2010	14.0
Now And ThenApple Music	#1November 2023	9	November 2023 – January 2024	13.3
Hey Jude {1976}	#12April 1976	7	March 1976 – May 1976	11.1
Baby It's YouApple Music	#7March 1995	14	March 1995 – July 1995	10.2
Real LoveApple Music	#4March 1996	9	March 1996 – May 1996	10.1
Back in the Ussr	#19July 1976	6	July 1976 – August 1976	9.6
Ain't She SweetApple Music	#29June 1964	6	June 1964 – July 1964	6.4
Please Please Me {1983}	#29January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	4.7
Paperback Writer {1976}	#23April 1976	5	March 1976 – April 1976	2.7
From Me to You {1983}	#40April 1983	4	April 1983 – May 1983	2.7
She Loves You {1983}	#45September 1983	3	August 1983 – September 1983	2.1
All You Need Is Love {1987}	#47July 1987	3	July 1987 – July 1987	1.8
A Hard Day's Night {1984}	#52July 1984	3	July 1984 – July 1984	1.4
Hey Jude {1988}	#52September 1988	2	September 1988 – September 1988	1.2
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends	#63October 1978	3	October 1978 – October 1978	1.1
I Want to Hold Your Hand {1983}	#62November 1983	3	November 1983 – December 1983	1.0
Can't Buy Me Love {1984}	#53March 1984	2	March 1984 – April 1984	0.9
Strawberry Fields ForeverApple Music	#32April 1976	3	March 1976 – April 1976	0.9
Ticket to Ride {1985}	#70April 1985	3	April 1985 – April 1985	0.8
Here Comes the Sun	#58April 2012	4	November 2010 – April 2012	0.8
Get Back {1976}with Billy Preston	#28April 1976	5	March 1976 – April 1976	0.7
Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever {1987}	#65February 1987	2	February 1987 – March 1987	0.7
I Feel Fine {1984}	#65December 1984	2	December 1984 – December 1984	0.7
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby {1986}	#63August 1986	2	August 1986 – August 1986	0.6
Lady Madonna {1988}	#67March 1988	2	March 1988 – March 1988	0.6
Hello Goodbye {1987}	#63November 1987	2	November 1987 – December 1987	0.6
Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out {1985}	#79December 1985	3	December 1985 – December 1985	0.6
Love Me Do {1992}	#53October 1992	1	October 1992	0.6
Help! {1976}	#37April 1976	3	April 1976 – April 1976	0.5
Help! {1985}	#86August 1985	3	July 1985 – August 1985	0.5
Get Back {1989}	#74April 1989	2	April 1989 – April 1989	0.5
Twist And ShoutApple Music	#48November 2010	2	November 2010 – November 2010	0.5
Paperback Writer {1986}	#78June 1986	2	June 1986 – June 1986	0.4
The Ballad of John and Yoko {1989}	#84June 1989	2	June 1989 – June 1989	0.3
Let It Be {1990}	#78March 1990	1	March 1990	0.3
Something/Come Together {1989}	#84November 1989	1	November 1989	0.2
Come Together	#81November 2010	2	November 2010 – November 2010	0.1
In My Life	#78November 2010	1	November 2010	0.1
I Saw Her Standing ThereApple Music	#90November 2010	1	November 2010	0.0
Eleanor Rigby	#94November 2010	1	November 2010	0.0
Help	#99November 2010	1	November 2010	0.0

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