Artists · UK Singles Chart

Vesta Williams

Charting Dec 7, 1986 → May 24, 1987 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 16 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 16 wk Global Music Power · 16 wk

Peak Power: 1.06%; week of Feb 22, 1987
Career Power: 16; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 16; May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 16; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 16; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.24%; week of Feb 8, 1987
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

3 records · 16 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
Once Bitten Twice ShyApple Music	#14February 1987	13	December 1986 – March 1987	15.1	15.0
Suddenly It's MagicApple Music	#88May 1987	2	May 1987 – May 1987	0.3	0.3
Don't Blow a Good Thing	#89March 1987	1	March 1987	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1986 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.