Artists · UK Singles Chart

Tony Christie

Charting Jan 3, 1971 → Jul 2, 2006 · 99 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 99 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 99 wk Global Music Power · 99 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.94%; week of Jul 18, 1971
Career Power: 129; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 58; January 1971 – January 1972
Peak Five Years: 67; March 1968 – February 1973
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 99; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of Jun 6, 1971
Comebacks: 1; Apr 2005, after 33 quiet years

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

9 records · 129 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
Re(Is This the Way to) Amarillofeat. Peter Kay	#1March 2005	39	March 2005 – January 2006	41.0	58.3
I Did What I Did for MariaApple Music	#2June 1971	17	May 1971 – August 1971	33.4	33.2
Is This the Way to AmarilloApple Music	#18January 1972	13	November 1971 – February 1972	18.7	18.6
Las VegasApple Music	#21February 1971	9	January 1971 – February 1971	11.6	11.5
(Is This the Way to) the World CupApple Music	#8June 2006	5	June 2006 – July 2006	10.7	10.6
Avenues and AlleywaysApple Music	#26July 2005	7	February 1973 – August 2005	5.8	6.1
Drive Safely DarlinApple Music	#35January 1976	4	January 1976 – February 1976	3.7	3.7
Walk Like a Pantherfeatured credit · with All Seeing IApple Music	#10January 1999	8	January 1999 – April 1999	3.2	10.5
Merry Xmas EverybodyApple Music	#49December 2005	3	December 2005 – December 2005	1.2	1.1

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At their peak

1971 in music →

Tony Christie's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1971 to January 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.