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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Big Audio Dynamite portraitBig Audio Dynamite

Charting Dec 29, 1985Nov 13, 1994 · 37 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 27 wk, UK Singles Chart 37 wk

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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
37
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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

10 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
E = MC2#11912.7
Medicine Show#2975.0
V Thirteen#4952.5
C'Mon Every Beatbox#5141.9
Just Play Music#5131.4
Looking for a Song#6820.7
Other 99#8120.4
Contact#8620.3
Sightsee MC#9420.3
The Bottom Line#9710.1

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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:

  1. 1Madonna96
  2. 2Five Star87
  3. 3a-ha70
  4. 4The Communards65
  5. 5The Bangles58
  6. 6The Housemartins58
  7. 7The Status Quo56
  8. 8Janet Jackson53
  9. 9The Real Thing50
  10. 10Genesis47

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.