Artists · UK Singles Chart
Big Audio Dynamite
Charting Dec 29, 1985 → Nov 5, 1989 · 35 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 35 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.95%
- week of Apr 27, 1986
- Career Power
- 25
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- March 1986 – March 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 25
- November 1984 – November 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 35
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.50%
- week of Apr 6, 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 →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
9 records · 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E = MC2Apple Music | #11 | 9 | 12.7 | ||
| Medicine ShowApple Music | #29 | 7 | 5.0 | ||
| V ThirteenApple Music | #49 | 5 | 2.5 | ||
| C'Mon Every BeatboxApple Music | #51 | 4 | 1.9 | ||
| Just Play MusicApple Music | #51 | 3 | 1.4 | ||
| Other 99Apple Music | #81 | 2 | 0.4 | ||
| ContactApple Music | #86 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Sightsee MC | #94 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| The Bottom Line | #97 | 1 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
1986 in music →Big Audio Dynamite's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1986 to March 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna96
- 2Five Star87
- 3a-ha70
- 4The Communards65
- 5The Bangles58
- 6The Housemartins58
- 7The Status Quo56
- 8Janet Jackson53
- 9The Real Thing50
- 10Genesis47
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.