Artists · UK Singles Chart

Sonia

Charting Jun 18, 1989 → Jul 31, 1994 · 79 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 79 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19891994
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1989) · First crown Jul 1989

UK Singles Chart · 79 wk Global Music Power · 79 wk

Peak Power: 1.83%; week of Aug 20, 1989
Career Power: 116; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 61; July 1989 – June 1990
Peak Five Years: 116; June 1988 – June 1993
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 79; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of Jul 16, 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 · 116 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
You'll Never Stop Me from Loving You	#1July 1989	13	June 1989 – September 1989	28.6	28.5
Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)Apple Music	#10June 1991	8	May 1991 – July 1991	14.6	14.6
Listen to Your HeartApple Music	#10January 1990	10	December 1989 – February 1990	14.2	14.1
Better the Devil You KnowApple Music	#15May 1993	7	April 1993 – June 1993	10.8	10.8
Counting Every MinuteApple Music	#16April 1990	7	April 1990 – May 1990	9.7	9.7
End of the WorldApple Music	#18September 1990	7	August 1990 – September 1990	9.4	9.4
Can't Forget YouApple Music	#17October 1989	6	October 1989 – November 1989	7.5	7.4
You to Me Are EverythingApple Music	#13November 1991	5	November 1991 – December 1991	7.3	7.3
Be Young Be Foolish Be HappyApple Music	#22September 1991	5	August 1991 – September 1991	6.0	6.0
You've Got a Friendwith Big Fun	#14June 1990	6	June 1990 – July 1990	4.8	9.5
Boogie NightsApple Music	#30September 1992	3	September 1992 – September 1992	2.7	2.7
Hopelessly Devoted to You	#61July 1994	2	July 1994 – July 1994	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1989 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.