Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Beautiful South

Charting May 28, 1989 → Jul 16, 2006 · 181 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 181 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19892006
First crown Oct 1990

UK Singles Chart · 181 wk Global Music Power · 181 wk

Peak Power: 1.84%; week of Nov 25, 1990
Career Power: 226; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 46; January 1989 – January 1990
Peak Five Years: 108; June 1989 – June 1994
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 181; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Oct 21, 1990
Comebacks: 3; Jun 1994 · Nov 1996 · Oct 1998

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

33 records · 226 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 Little TimeApple Music	#1October 1990	14	September 1990 – December 1990	28.5	29.0
Perfect 10Apple Music	#2September 1998	14	September 1998 – December 1998	24.5	24.8
Song for WhoeverApple Music	#2July 1989	11	May 1989 – August 1989	24.1	24.0
Don't Marry HerApple Music	#8December 1996	11	December 1996 – February 1997	17.6	17.2
RotterdamApple Music	#5October 1996	9	October 1996 – December 1996	16.3	16.1
You Keep It All InApple Music	#8October 1989	8	September 1989 – November 1989	15.2	15.1
Everybody's TalkinApple Music	#12June 1994	8	May 1994 – July 1994	12.3	12.2
DumbApple Music	#16December 1998	10	December 1998 – March 1999	8.3	8.2
One Last Love SongApple Music	#14November 1994	9	November 1994 – January 1995	7.3	7.2
How Long's a Tear Take to Dry?Apple Music	#12March 1999	6	March 1999 – April 1999	7.0	6.9
Old Red Eyes Is BackApple Music	#22January 1992	6	January 1992 – February 1992	6.8	6.8
I'll Sail This Ship AloneApple Music	#31December 1989	8	November 1989 – January 1990	6.6	6.6
Bell Bottomed TearApple Music	#16June 1992	5	June 1992 – July 1992	6.5	6.5
Good as GoldApple Music	#23March 1994	6	March 1994 – April 1994	6.3	6.2
Pretenders to the ThroneApple Music	#18November 1995	8	November 1995 – January 1996	6.2	6.1
Blackbird on the Wire	#23March 1997	9	March 1997 – June 1997	4.9	4.9
Closer Than MostApple Music	#22October 2000	9	October 2000 – December 2000	3.9	3.9
My BookApple Music	#43December 1990	6	December 1990 – January 1991	3.5	4.0
We Are Each OtherApple Music	#30March 1992	3	March 1992 – March 1992	3.1	3.1
Livin' Thing	#24October 2004	2	October 2004 – October 2004	2.2	2.2
Prettiest EyesApple Music	#37August 1994	3	August 1994 – September 1994	2.2	2.2
Just a Few Things That I Ain't	#30October 2003	2	October 2003 – October 2003	1.7	1.7
ManchesterApple Music	#41May 2006	3	May 2006 – May 2006	1.5	1.5
This Will Be Our Year	#36February 2005	2	February 2005 – February 2005	1.5	1.4
36DApple Music	#46September 1992	2	September 1992 – September 1992	1.5	1.5
Let Love Speak Up ItselfApple Music	#51March 1991	3	March 1991 – March 1991	1.4	1.4
This Old Skin	#43December 2004	2	December 2004 – December 2004	1.2	1.2
The Table	#46July 1999	2	July 1999 – July 1999	1.1	1.1
Liars' Bar	#43June 1997	2	June 1997 – July 1997	1.1	1.1
Let Go with the Flow	#47December 2003	2	December 2003 – December 2003	1.0	1.0
The Root of All Evil	#50November 2001	2	November 2001 – November 2001	0.8	0.8
The River/Just Checkin	#59December 2000	1	December 2000	0.5	0.5
The Rose of My Cologne	#99July 2006	1	July 2006	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1989 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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