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Steve 'Silk' Hurley portraitSteve 'Silk' Hurley

Charting Jan 4, 1987 → Apr 5, 1987 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 10 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19871987

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan 1987) · First crown Jan 1987

UK Singles Chart · 10 wkGlobal Music Power · 10 wk
Peak Power
1.58%
week of Feb 15, 1987
Career Power
22
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
22
April 1986 – April 1987
Peak Five Years
22
April 1982 – April 1987
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.54%
week of Jan 25, 1987
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

1 song · 22 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
Jack Your Body#11022.2

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Steve 'Silk' Hurley's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1986 to April 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna102
  2. 2Five Star87
  3. 3a-ha69
  4. 4The Communards65
  5. 5Janet Jackson60
  6. 6The Housemartins57
  7. 7The Status Quo56
  8. 8Genesis51
  9. 9Jackie Wilson50
  10. 10The Bangles50

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.