Artists · UK Singles Chart

Nightmares on Wax

Charting Dec 24, 1989 → Mar 9, 2003 · 18 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 18 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 18 wk Global Music Power · 18 wk

Peak Power: 0.33%; week of Nov 18, 1990
Career Power: 6; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 5; November 1989 – November 1990
Peak Five Years: 5; November 1985 – November 1990
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 18; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.97%; week of Nov 4, 1990
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 · 6 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
Aftermath/I'm for RealApple Music	#38November 1990	5	October 1990 – November 1990	3.9	3.9
DextrousApple Music	#91February 1990	6	December 1989 – February 1990	0.8	0.8
Finer	#63June 1999	2	June 1999 – June 1999	0.5	0.5
70'S 80'S	#76March 2003	2	March 2003 – March 2003	0.4	0.4
Know My Name	#81August 2002	2	August 2002 – September 2002	0.3	0.3
Still Smokin...	#78June 1996	1	June 1996	0.3	0.2

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At their peak

1989 in music →

Nightmares on Wax's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1989 to November 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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