Artists · UK Singles Chart

Vera Lynn

Charting Nov 14, 1952 → Aug 28, 2020 · 47 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 47 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
First crown Nov 1952
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19522020
First crown Nov 1952

UK Singles Chart · 47 wk Global Music Power · 47 wk

Peak Power: 2.31%; week of Jan 7, 1955
Career Power: 104; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 42; January 1954 – January 1955
Peak Five Years: 101; November 1952 – November 1957
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 47; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.94%; week of Nov 14, 1952
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1954 · Dec 1956

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

12 records · 104 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
My Son My SonApple Music	#1November 1954	14	October 1954 – January 1955	42.3	41.2
A House with Love in It	#17December 1956	13	October 1956 – January 1957	23.5	21.9
Forget Me Not	#5December 1952	6	November 1952 – December 1952	14.6	16.9
Travellin' HomeApple Music	#20July 1957	5	June 1957 – July 1957	8.1	7.9
The Homing Waltz	#9November 1952	3	November 1952 – November 1952	5.9	7.8
The Faithful Hussar (Don't Cry My Love)	#29March 1957	2	March 1957 – March 1957	2.9	2.6
Land of Hope and GloryApple Music	#17August 2020	1	August 2020	2.2	2.0
The Windsor Waltz	#11June 1953	1	June 1953	2.0	2.5
Who Are We	#30June 1956	1	June 1956	1.3	1.3
Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart	#10November 1952	1	November 1952	1.0	2.6
We'll Meet Again	#55May 2020	1	May 2020	0.6	0.5
We'll Meet Againwith Katherine Jenkins	#72April 2020	2	April 2020 – April 2020	0.3	0.5

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At their peak

1954 in music →

Vera Lynn's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1954 to January 1955. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.