Artists · UK Singles Chart

Afrika Bambaataa

Charting Feb 13, 1983 → Nov 14, 2004 · 40 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 40 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 40 wk Global Music Power · 40 wk

Peak Power: 0.42%; week of Apr 3, 1988
Career Power: 13; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 6; May 1987 – May 1988
Peak Five Years: 7; October 1986 – October 1991
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 40; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.02%; week of Mar 20, 1988
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

13 records · 13 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
Reckless ft UB40with The Family	#17March 1988	9	February 1988 – April 1988	5.5	10.9
Just Get Up and DanceApple Music	#45October 1991	3	October 1991 – October 1991	1.8	1.8
Got to Get Upwith Carpe DiemApple Music	#22October 1998	4	October 1998 – November 1998	1.8	3.6
Unitywith James BrownApple Music	#49September 1984	5	August 1984 – September 1984	1.2	2.4
Looking for the Perfect BeatApple Music	#86March 1983	5	February 1983 – March 1983	0.8	0.8
Planet Rockwith P Oakenfold	#47August 2001	2	August 2001 – August 2001	0.5	1.0
Pupunanny - the MixesApple Music	#78July 1995	2	July 1995 – July 1995	0.5	0.5
Frantic SituationApple Music	#89October 1984	3	October 1984 – October 1984	0.5	0.5
Planet Rockwith Soul Sonic ForceApple Music	#79September 1998	2	September 1998 – September 1998	0.2	0.4
Renegades of Funkwith Soul Sonic Force	#93November 2004	2	September 2001 – November 2004	0.1	0.3
D-Funktionalfeatured credit · with Mekon	#72March 2004	1	March 2004	0.1	0.3
Agharta - the City of Shamballawith Westbam	#92June 1999	1	June 1999	0.1	0.2
So Nuff Funkywith The Family	#99May 1988	1	May 1988	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Afrika Bambaataa's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1987 to May 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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