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Michael Ball portraitMichael Ball

Charting Jan 15, 1989May 1, 2020 · 46 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 46 wk

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Peak Power
1.79%
week of Mar 26, 1989
Career Power
51
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
29
November 1988 – November 1989
Peak Five Years
41
September 1988 – September 1993
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
46
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.40%
week of Feb 19, 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

12 records · 51 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
Love Changes Everything#21528.4
One Step Out of Time#2079.8
You'll Never Walk Alonewith Captain Tom Moore#122.8
The Rose#4242.6
From Here to Eternity#3642.3
(Something Inside) So Strong#4021.4
If I Can Dream#5121.0
It's Still You#5820.8
The Lovers We Were#6320.7
The First Man You Rememberwith Diana Morrison#6840.5
Wherever You Are#8020.4
Sunset Boulevard#7210.3

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At their peak

1988 in music

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

  1. 1Bobby Brown75
  2. 2Jason Donovan69
  3. 3Kylie Minogue64
  4. 4London Boys63
  5. 5Cliff Richard60
  6. 6Madonna60
  7. 7Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers56
  8. 8Holly Johnson56
  9. 9Donna Summer53
  10. 10Erasure52

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.