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Charting Jul 13, 1997Aug 23, 1998 · 24 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itUK Singles Chart 24 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19971998

    First crown Aug 1997

Peak Power
1.93%
week of Sep 7, 1997
Career Power
44
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
42
January 1997 – January 1998
Peak Five Years
44
August 1993 – August 1998
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
24
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.42%
week of Aug 3, 1997
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

3 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Freed from Desire#21533.6
Let a Boy Cry#1178.6
Come Into My Life#3821.5

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At their peak

1997 in music

Gala's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1997 to January 1998. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Spice Girls85
  2. 2Backstreet Boys81
  3. 3Sash!65
  4. 4Boyzone60
  5. 5The Verve59
  6. 6No Doubt57
  7. 7Eternal57
  8. 8Hanson54
  9. 9Elton John52
  10. 10R. Kelly52

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.