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Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Darling Buds portraitThe Darling Buds

Charting May 29, 1988 → Sep 6, 1992 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Peak Power
0.49%
week of Jan 29, 1989
Career Power
15
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
12
August 1988 – July 1989
Peak Five Years
15
September 1987 – September 1992
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.43%
week of Jan 15, 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

8 records · 15 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
Hit the Ground#2765.2
Burst#5052.9
You've Got to Choose#4542.3
Let's Go Round There#4942.0
Tiny Machine#6030.9
Crystal Clear#8530.5
It's All Up to You#8630.5
Sure Thing#7110.3

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At their peak

1988 in music →

The Darling Buds's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1988 to July 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Kylie Minogue92
  2. 2Jason Donovan75
  3. 3Bobby Brown65
  4. 4Inner City64
  5. 5Michael Jackson60
  6. 6Guns N' Roses58
  7. 7Kim Wilde56
  8. 8Erasure56
  9. 9Phil Collins55
  10. 10Brother Beyond55

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.