Artists · UK Singles Chart

Tornados

Charting Aug 30, 1962 → Oct 17, 1963 · 51 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 51 wk (6 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
19621963
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct 1962) · First crown Oct 1962

UK Singles Chart · 51 wk Global Music Power · 51 wk

Peak Power: 3.19%; week of Feb 7, 1963
Career Power: 117; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 115; August 1962 – August 1963
Peak Five Years: 117; October 1958 – October 1963
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 51; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.46%; week of Jan 17, 1963
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

5 records · 117 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
TelstarApple Music	#1October 1962	25	August 1962 – February 1963	61.2	62.9
GlobetrotterApple Music	#5January 1963	11	January 1963 – March 1963	23.0	23.5
RobotApple Music	#17April 1963	12	March 1963 – June 1963	17.2	17.1
Ice Cream Man	#18June 1963	9	June 1963 – August 1963	13.9	13.6
DragonflyApple Music	#41October 1963	2	October 1963 – October 1963	1.6	1.6

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Tornados's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1962 to August 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.