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The Primitives portraitThe Primitives

Charting Mar 1, 1987Aug 4, 1991 · 32 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 32 wk

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Peak Power
1.25%
week of Apr 3, 1988
Career Power
34
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
25
September 1987 – September 1988
Peak Five Years
34
August 1986 – August 1991
Top-five weeks
1
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
32
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.09%
week of Mar 13, 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

8 records · 34 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
Crash#51017.4
Sick of It#2444.5
Out of Reach#2544.5
Way Behind Me#3643.6
Secrets#4931.7
Thru the Flowers#7740.9
You Are the Way#5820.8
Stop Killing Me#7820.4

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At their peak

1987 in music

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

  1. 1Kylie Minogue87
  2. 2Rick Astley80
  3. 3Bros79
  4. 4Michael Jackson77
  5. 5T'Pau73
  6. 6Belinda Carlisle70
  7. 7Pet Shop Boys67
  8. 8Tiffany62
  9. 9Debbie Gibson54
  10. 10Bananarama53

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.