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The Sisters of Mercy portraitThe Sisters of Mercy

Charting Jun 10, 1984Sep 5, 1993 · 48 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 48 wk

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Peak Power
0.83%
week of Oct 18, 1987
Career Power
52
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
25
July 1987 – July 1988
Peak Five Years
44
May 1987 – May 1992
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
48
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.28%
week of Apr 26, 1992
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

11 records · 52 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
This Corrosion#7810.6
Temple of Love (1992)#359.6
Dominion#1369.2
More#1446.1
Lucretia My Reflection#2054.8
Under the Gun#1933.6
Doctor Jeep#3743.1
Body and Soul/Train#4652.1
Walk Away#4541.9
No Time to Cry#6331.0
Body and Soul#7620.4

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At their peak

1987 in music

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

  1. 1Rick Astley102
  2. 2T'Pau88
  3. 3Pet Shop Boys82
  4. 4Michael Jackson74
  5. 5Bros67
  6. 6Belinda Carlisle66
  7. 7Wet Wet Wet65
  8. 8Kylie Minogue64
  9. 9Tiffany61
  10. 10Bananarama61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.