Artists · UK Singles Chart

London Boys

Charting Dec 4, 1988 → Jan 27, 1991 · 50 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 50 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 50 wk Global Music Power · 50 wk

Peak Power: 2.41%; week of Jul 30, 1989
Career Power: 68; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; December 1988 – December 1989
Peak Five Years: 68; February 1986 – January 1991
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 50; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.49%; week of Jul 2, 1989
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

6 records · 68 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
Requiem	#4May 1989	24	December 1988 – July 1989	30.8	31.0
London NightsApple Music	#2July 1989	9	June 1989 – August 1989	22.5	22.4
Harlem DesireApple Music	#17September 1989	7	September 1989 – October 1989	9.4	9.4
My Love	#46December 1989	6	November 1989 – December 1989	3.0	3.0
Freedom	#54January 1991	3	January 1991 – January 1991	1.3	1.3
Chapel of Love	#75June 1990	3	June 1990 – June 1990	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1988 in music →

London Boys's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from December 1988 to December 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.