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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Hugh Masekela portraitHugh Masekela

Charting Mar 22, 1987Apr 19, 1987 · 5 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 33 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 5 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19671987

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1968) · First crown Jul 1968

Peak Power
0.06%
week of Apr 19, 1987
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
April 1986 – April 1987
Peak Five Years
1
April 1982 – April 1987
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
5
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.17%
week of Apr 12, 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

1 song · 1 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
Bring Him Back Home#8850.7

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At their peak

1986 in music

Hugh Masekela's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1986 to April 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna109
  2. 2Five Star88
  3. 3The Communards65
  4. 4a-ha64
  5. 5Janet Jackson63
  6. 6The Housemartins57
  7. 7The Status Quo56
  8. 8Jackie Wilson52
  9. 9Mel & Kim52
  10. 10Genesis52

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.