Artists · UK Singles Chart
Bad News
Charting Sep 6, 1987 → Dec 13, 1987 · 8 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 8 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.28%
- week of Oct 4, 1987
- Career Power
- 4
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 4
- December 1986 – December 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 4
- December 1982 – December 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 8
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.80%
- week of Sep 13, 1987
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
2 records · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemian Rhapsody | #44 | 5 | 3.2 | ||
| Cashing in on ChristmasApple Music | #81 | 3 | 0.5 |
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At their peak
1986 in music →Bad News's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1986 to December 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna89
- 2Rick Astley66
- 3Erasure64
- 4Whitney Houston61
- 5Five Star61
- 6Jackie Wilson59
- 7Curiosity Killed The Cat57
- 8Alison Moyet56
- 9Mel & Kim56
- 10Terence Trent D'Arby55
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.