Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Christians

Charting Jan 25, 1987 → Mar 14, 1993 · 89 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 89 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 89 wk Global Music Power · 89 wk

Peak Power: 1.34%; week of Feb 7, 1988
Career Power: 89; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 43; February 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years: 82; September 1985 – September 1990
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 89; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.77%; week of Oct 23, 1988
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

13 records · 89 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
Ideal WorldApple Music	#14January 1988	14	November 1987 – March 1988	18.2	18.1
Harvest for the WorldApple Music	#8October 1988	8	October 1988 – December 1988	14.2	14.2
Forgotten TownApple Music	#22March 1987	11	January 1987 – April 1987	13.0	13.0
Hooverville (and They Promised Us the World)Apple Music	#21July 1987	10	June 1987 – August 1987	10.1	10.1
WordsApple Music	#18December 1989	8	December 1989 – February 1990	8.2	8.1
Born AgainApple Music	#25May 1988	7	April 1988 – May 1988	6.5	6.5
When the Fingers Point	#34October 1987	7	September 1987 – November 1987	5.0	5.0
Ferry Cross the Merseywith Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly JohnsonApple Music	#1May 1989	7	May 1989 – June 1989	4.4	17.6
What's in a WordApple Music	#33September 1992	5	August 1992 – September 1992	4.4	4.4
The BottleApple Music	#39February 1993	3	February 1993 – March 1993	1.9	1.8
Greenbank DriveApple Music	#63September 1990	4	September 1990 – September 1990	1.2	1.2
I Found Out	#56April 1990	3	March 1990 – April 1990	1.0	1.0
FatherApple Music	#55November 1992	2	November 1992 – November 1992	1.0	1.0

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At their peak

1987 in music →

The Christians's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.