Artists · UK Singles Chart
Boris Gardiner
Charting Jan 11, 1970 → Aug 23, 1987 · 37 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 37 wk (3 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19701987Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug 1986) · First crown Aug 1986
- Peak Power
- 2.26%
- week of Oct 26, 1986
- Career Power
- 64
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 3
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 45
- December 1985 – December 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 45
- August 1982 – August 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 37
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.52%
- week of Aug 17, 1986
- Comebacks
- 1
- Aug 1986, after 16 quiet years
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
5 records · 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Want to Wake Up with YouApple Music | #1 | 15 | 33.1 | ||
| Elizabethan Reggae | #14 | 14 | 18.4 | ||
| You're Everything to MeApple Music | #11 | 8 | 11.2 | ||
| The Meaning of ChristmasApple Music | #69 | 4 | 0.9 | ||
| Friends and Loverswith Gwen Guthrie | #97 | 1 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →Boris Gardiner's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1985 to December 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna118
- 2Five Star94
- 3a-ha84
- 4Pet Shop Boys62
- 5The Bangles62
- 6Whitney Houston55
- 7Billy Ocean53
- 8The Status Quo52
- 9The Communards52
- 10Janet Jackson52
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.