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Artists · UK Singles Chart

River City People

Charting Jul 23, 1989 → Mar 8, 1992 · 29 weeks with chart power

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

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Peak Power
1.10%
week of Aug 12, 1990
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
18
March 1990 – February 1991
Peak Five Years
25
March 1987 – March 1992
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.33%
week of Jul 29, 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

7 records · 25 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
Carry the Blame/California Dreamin#131015.4
Standing in the Need of Love#3642.7
(What's Wrong with) Dreaming {1990}#4032.2
Special Way#4431.9
(What's Wrong with) Dreaming#7051.2
Walking on Ice#6220.8
When I Was Young#6220.8

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At their peak

1990 in music →

River City People's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1990 to February 1991. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1New Kids On The Block98
  2. 2Snap!90
  3. 3Madonna79
  4. 4MC Hammer72
  5. 5Adamski57
  6. 6Roxette56
  7. 7Betty Boo53
  8. 8The Righteous Brothers52
  9. 9Kylie Minogue51
  10. 10Black Box49

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.