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 · top artist of the week in it — UK Singles Chart 181 wk (1 at #1)

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

Peak Power: 1.84%; week of Nov 25, 1990
Career Power: 226; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

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; June 1994, November 1996, October 1998

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Apr 7, 1991	Jun 26, 1994	166	73	1.85%	1.00%
After decline	Sep 25, 1994	Nov 3, 1996	110	42	1.85%	1.07%
After decline	Jun 1, 1997	Oct 18, 1998	71	62	1.85%	1.13%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds 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 Back	#22January 1992	6	January 1992 – February 1992	6.8	6.8
I'll Sail This Ship Alone	#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 Gold	#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 Book	#43December 1990	6	December 1990 – January 1991	3.5	4.0
We Are Each Other	#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 Eyes	#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
Manchester	#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
36D	#46September 1992	2	September 1992 – September 1992	1.5	1.5
Let Love Speak Up Itself	#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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