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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Bb

Charting Jul 12, 1981Oct 18, 1987 · 17 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 17 wk

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Peak Power
0.16%
week of Oct 5, 1986
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
October 1985 – October 1986
Peak Five Years
4
October 1982 – October 1987
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
17
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.55%
week of Sep 21, 1986
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 · 5 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
Dreamerwith Q#3551.9
On the Beatwith Q#4151.6
Geniewith Q#4041.4
Ricochetwith Q#7130.4

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At their peak

1985 in music

Bb's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna123
  2. 2a-ha96
  3. 3Five Star82
  4. 4Whitney Houston74
  5. 5Pet Shop Boys64
  6. 6Level 4264
  7. 7Wham!62
  8. 8Queen58
  9. 9Amazulu54
  10. 10Billy Ocean52

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.