Artists · UK Singles Chart

Kirsty Maccoll

Charting Jun 7, 1981 → Jan 2, 2026 · 210 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 210 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 210 wk Global Music Power · 210 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.34%; week of Mar 10, 1985
Career Power: 140; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 18; March 1984 – March 1985
Peak Five Years: 43; October 1984 – October 1989
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 210; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.86%; week of Feb 17, 1985
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1989

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

16 records · 140 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
Fairytale of New Yorkfeatured credit · with The PoguesApple Music	#2December 1987	139	November 1987 – January 2026	77.9	246.8
A New EnglandApple Music	#7February 1985	11	January 1985 – March 1985	18.4	18.4
DaysApple Music	#12July 1989	12	June 1989 – August 1995	15.7	15.6
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's ElvisApple Music	#14July 1981	9	June 1981 – August 1981	11.2	11.2
Walking Down MadisonApple Music	#23June 1991	7	May 1991 – June 1991	7.6	7.6
Free WorldApple Music	#43April 1989	7	March 1989 – May 1989	3.5	3.5
CarolineApple Music	#58February 1995	2	February 1995 – March 1995	0.9	0.9
My AffairApple Music	#56August 1991	2	August 1991 – August 1991	0.9	0.9
InnocenceApple Music	#80October 1989	4	September 1989 – October 1989	0.8	0.8
Don't Come the Cowboy with Me Sonny Jim	#82April 1990	4	March 1990 – April 1990	0.7	0.7
Fairytale of New York {1991}featured credit · with The Pogues	#38December 1991	4	December 1991 – January 1992	0.7	2.4
TerryApple Music	#82November 1983	3	November 1983 – December 1983	0.5	0.5
In These Shoes?	#81March 2000	2	March 2000 – March 2000	0.4	0.4
Perfect Daywith Evan DandoApple Music	#75June 1995	2	June 1995 – June 1995	0.3	0.5
Mambo de la Luna	#89November 1999	1	November 1999	0.2	0.2
Miss Otis Regrets/Do I Love Youwith The Pogues, Aztec Camera	#85November 1990	1	November 1990	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Kirsty Maccoll's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1984 to March 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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