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Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Velvets

Charting May 11, 1961Aug 17, 1961 · 2 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 2 wk

Compare with other artists
Peak Power
0.09%
week of Aug 17, 1961
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
August 1960 – August 1961
Peak Five Years
1
August 1956 – August 1961
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
2
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.76%
week of May 11, 1961
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

2 records · 1 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
That Lucky Old Sun#4610.8
Tonight#5010.7

At their peak

1960 in music

The Velvets's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1960 to August 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley202
  2. 2Cliff Richard171
  3. 3The Shadows152
  4. 4The Everly Brothers142
  5. 5Connie Francis121
  6. 6Adam Faith115
  7. 7Duane Eddy113
  8. 8Roy Orbison104
  9. 9Shirley Bassey100
  10. 10Anthony Newley88

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.