Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Housemartins

Charting Mar 2, 1986 → May 11, 2003 · 65 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 65 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19862003
First crown Dec 1986

UK Singles Chart · 65 wk Global Music Power · 65 wk

Peak Power: 2.04%; week of Jan 11, 1987
Career Power: 90; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; June 1986 – June 1987
Peak Five Years: 90; May 1983 – May 1988
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 65; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.66%; week of Dec 14, 1986
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

9 records · 90 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
Happy HourApple Music	#3June 1986	13	June 1986 – August 1986	24.8	24.7
Caravan of LoveApple Music	#1December 1986	11	November 1986 – February 1987	21.8	21.6
BuildApple Music	#15November 1987	10	November 1987 – January 1988	10.7	10.6
Think for a MinuteApple Music	#18October 1986	12	September 1986 – December 1986	10.1	10.2
Five Get Over ExcitedApple Music	#11May 1987	6	May 1987 – June 1987	9.4	9.4
Me and the FarmerApple Music	#15September 1987	5	August 1987 – September 1987	7.8	7.7
There Is Always Something There to Remind Me	#35May 1988	4	April 1988 – May 1988	3.4	3.4
SheepApple Music	#56March 1986	6	March 1986 – April 1986	2.1	2.1
Change the Worldwith Dino Lenny	#51May 2003	2	May 2003 – May 2003	0.4	0.8

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At their peak

1986 in music →

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

1Madonna105
2Five Star87
3The Housemartins64
4The Communards62
5Mel & Kim61
6a-ha58
7Europe56
8Bon Jovi54
9Jackie Wilson53
10Erasure53

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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