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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Heartbeat

Charting Oct 18, 1987 → Apr 24, 1988 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
0.36%
week of Nov 8, 1987
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
May 1987 – April 1988
Peak Five Years
5
May 1983 – April 1988
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.21%
week of Oct 25, 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

2 records · 5 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
Tears from Heaven#3243.8
The Winner#7030.8

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At their peak

1987 in music →

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

  1. 1Rick Astley102
  2. 2Pet Shop Boys92
  3. 3Whitney Houston79
  4. 4T'Pau79
  5. 5Wet Wet Wet74
  6. 6Madonna65
  7. 7Michael Jackson62
  8. 8Johnny Hates Jazz62
  9. 9Terence Trent D'Arby59
  10. 10Sinitta56

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.