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Charting Nov 27, 1982 → Feb 4, 1995 · 66 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 66 wk

UK Singles Chart · 66 wk Global Music Power · 66 wk

Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Peak Power: 0.19%; week of Sep 27, 1986
Career Power: 13; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 4; May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 7; February 1989 – January 1994
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 66; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.63%; week of Jan 8, 1994
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 Global Music Power

18 records · 13 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
HeartlandApple Music	#29	11	August 1986 – November 1986	2.6	2.6
The Beat(En) GenerationApple Music	#18	5	March 1989 – April 1989	1.9	1.9
Dis-Infected Ep	#17	4	January 1994 – January 1994	1.7	1.7
Dogs of LustApple Music	#25	4	January 1993 – January 1993	1.5	1.5
InfectedApple Music	#48	7	October 1986 – January 1987	0.8	0.8
Slow Emotion ReplayApple Music	#35	3	April 1993 – April 1993	0.8	0.8
Love Is Stronger Than DeathApple Music	#39	3	June 1993 – June 1993	0.6	0.6
I Saw the LightApple Music	#31	2	January 1995 – February 1995	0.6	0.6
Gravitate to MeApple Music	#63	4	July 1989 – August 1989	0.4	0.4
Sweet Bird of Truth {1987}	#55	3	May 1987 – May 1987	0.4	0.4
This Is the DayApple Music	#71	4	September 1983 – September 1983	0.3	0.3
Uncertain SmileApple Music	#68	4	November 1982 – January 1983	0.3	0.3
Slow Train to DawnApple Music	#64	3	January 1987 – February 1987	0.3	0.3
Shades of Blue (Ep)	#54	2	February 1991 – March 1991	0.3	0.3
Armageddon Days Are Here	#70	2	October 1989 – October 1989	0.2	0.2
PerfectApple Music	#79	3	February 1983 – March 1983	0.2	0.2
Sweet Bird of TruthApple Music	#88	2	June 1986 – June 1986	0.1	0.1
Uncertain Smile {1983}	#100	1	November 1983	0.0	0.0

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At their peak

The The's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from May 1986 to May 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.