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Asian Dub Foundation portraitAsian Dub Foundation

Charting Nov 2, 1997Jan 1, 2021 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Peak Power
0.20%
week of May 3, 1998
Career Power
6
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
July 1997 – July 1998
Peak Five Years
6
February 1998 – February 2003
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.25%
week of Apr 26, 1998
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

9 records · 6 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Buzzin#3121.8
Real Great Britain#4121.2
New Way, New Life#4920.8
Black White#5220.8
Free Satpal Ram#5620.7
Fortress Europe#5720.7
Comin' Over Herewith Lee#6510.2
Naxalite#9410.1
1000 Mirrorswith S Oconnor#8110.1

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At their peak

1997 in music

Asian Dub Foundation's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1997 to July 1998. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1All Saints95
  2. 2Aqua92
  3. 3Robbie Williams73
  4. 4Backstreet Boys73
  5. 5Celine Dion72
  6. 6Spice Girls67
  7. 7Will Smith65
  8. 8Boyzone61
  9. 9Elton John60
  10. 10Oasis60

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.