Artists · UK Singles Chart
And Why Not?
Charting Oct 8, 1989 → Jul 8, 1990 · 22 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 22 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.98%
- week of Feb 18, 1990
- Career Power
- 19
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 19
- July 1989 – July 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 19
- July 1985 – July 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.33%
- week of Feb 4, 1990
- 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
4 records · 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Face | #13 | 8 | 11.3 | ||
| Restless Days (She Screams Out Loud) | #38 | 8 | 5.2 | ||
| Something You Got | #39 | 4 | 2.2 | ||
| The Cage | #89 | 2 | 0.3 |
At their peak
1989 in music →And Why Not?'s best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1989 to July 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1New Kids On The Block95
- 2Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers94
- 3Kylie Minogue83
- 4Black Box75
- 5Madonna71
- 6Jason Donovan64
- 7Erasure62
- 8Sonia57
- 9Lisa Stansfield55
- 10Soul II Soul55
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.