Artists · UK Singles Chart

PJ Harvey

Also credited as Polly Jean Harvey

Charting Feb 23, 1992 → Oct 3, 2004 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 29 wk

Peak Power: 0.21%; week of Jan 24, 1999
Career Power: 20; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 5; November 1994 – October 1995
Peak Five Years: 9; January 1994 – January 1999
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 29; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.54%; week of Sep 20, 1998
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

15 records · 20 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
A Perfect Day EliseApple Music	#25September 1998	2	September 1998 – September 1998	2.1	2.1
The Letter	#28May 2004	2	May 2004 – May 2004	1.9	1.9
50FT QueenieApple Music	#27April 1993	2	April 1993 – May 1993	1.9	1.9
C'Mon BillyApple Music	#29July 1995	2	July 1995 – July 1995	1.9	1.9
The Wind	#29January 1999	2	January 1999 – January 1999	1.8	1.8
Send His Love to MeApple Music	#34October 1995	2	October 1995 – October 1995	1.5	1.5
You Come Through	#41July 2004	2	July 2004 – August 2004	1.3	1.3
Down by the WaterApple Music	#38February 1995	2	February 1995 – February 1995	1.3	1.3
Man-SizeApple Music	#42July 1993	2	July 1993 – July 1993	1.3	1.3
Good Fortune	#41November 2000	2	November 2000 – November 2000	1.3	1.3
A Place Called Home	#43March 2001	2	March 2001 – March 2001	1.1	1.1
This Is Love	#41October 2001	2	October 2001 – October 2001	1.0	1.0
Shame	#45September 2004	2	September 2004 – October 2004	1.0	1.0
Henry Leewith Nick CaveApple Music	#36March 1996	2	March 1996 – March 1996	0.7	1.3
Sheela-Na-Gig	#69February 1992	1	February 1992	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1994 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s.