Artists · UK Singles Chart

Black

Charting Sep 14, 1986 → Nov 22, 1998 · 55 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 55 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 55 wk Global Music Power · 55 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.69%; week of Sep 20, 1987
Career Power: 44; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 35; February 1987 – January 1988
Peak Five Years: 41; June 1986 – June 1991
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 55; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.77%; week of Aug 30, 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 →

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

14 records · 44 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
Wonderful Life {1987}	#8August 1987	9	August 1987 – October 1987	15.6	15.5
Sweetest SmileApple Music	#8July 1987	10	June 1987 – August 1987	15.1	15.4
Wonderful LifeApple Music	#42February 1994	9	September 1986 – March 1994	3.1	3.0
ParadiseApple Music	#38January 1988	4	January 1988 – January 1988	2.8	2.8
The Big OneApple Music	#54October 1988	4	September 1988 – October 1988	1.7	1.7
Now You're GoneApple Music	#66January 1989	4	January 1989 – January 1989	1.1	1.1
Everything's Coming Up RosesApple Music	#76April 1987	5	April 1987 – May 1987	1.1	1.1
Feels Like Change	#56April 1991	2	April 1991 – May 1991	1.1	1.1
Black & White Armywith White Army	#26May 1998	2	May 1998 – May 1998	0.9	1.8
I'm Not AfraidApple Music	#78October 1987	3	October 1987 – November 1987	0.7	0.7
Here It Comes Again	#70June 1991	1	June 1991	0.3	0.3
You're a Big Girl NowApple Music	#86November 1988	2	November 1988 – November 1988	0.3	0.3
Put Your Hands Upwith White Brothers	#87November 1998	1	November 1998	0.1	0.2
Esq/Slaveswith Rum	#91March 1991	1	March 1991	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Black's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1987 to January 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.