Artists · UK Singles Chart

Jimmy Nail

Charting Apr 21, 1985 → May 2, 1999 · 78 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 78 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19851999
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul 1992) · First crown Jul 1992

UK Singles Chart · 78 wk Global Music Power · 78 wk

Peak Power: 1.94%; week of Aug 30, 1992
Career Power: 108; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 44; November 1994 – November 1995
Peak Five Years: 87; January 1992 – December 1996
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 78; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Jul 19, 1992
Comebacks: 2; Jul 1992, after 7 quiet years · Dec 1994

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

13 records · 108 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
Ain't No DoubtApple Music	#1July 1992	12	July 1992 – September 1992	31.1	31.1
Crocodile ShoesApple Music	#4December 1994	23	November 1994 – April 1995	29.0	29.3
Love Don't Live Here AnymoreApple Music	#3May 1985	11	April 1985 – June 1985	20.0	20.0
Cowboy DreamsApple Music	#13February 1995	8	February 1995 – April 1995	9.0	9.1
Country BoyApple Music	#25November 1996	8	November 1996 – December 1996	6.9	6.7
Big RiverApple Music	#18October 1995	5	October 1995 – November 1995	5.4	5.3
LoveApple Music	#33December 1995	5	December 1995 – January 1996	3.4	3.4
Calling Out Your NameApple Music	#65April 1995	5	April 1995 – July 1995	1.1	1.1
Laura	#58September 1992	2	September 1992 – October 1992	0.8	0.8
Big River '96	#72January 1996	3	January 1996 – February 1996	0.7	0.7
The Flame Still Burnswith Strange Fruit	#47November 1998	3	November 1998 – January 1999	0.6	1.2
Blue Beyond the Grey	#87May 1999	1	May 1999	0.2	0.2
Black & Whitewith Ranking Roger	#76October 1997	1	October 1997	0.1	0.3

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At their peak

1994 in music →

Jimmy Nail's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1994 to November 1995. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.