Artists · UK Singles Chart

W.A.S.P.

Also credited as Wasp

Charting May 27, 1984 → Jun 11, 1995 · 53 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 53 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 53 wk Global Music Power · 53 wk

Peak Power: 0.60%; week of Jun 11, 1989
Career Power: 37; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 17; October 1988 – October 1989
Peak Five Years: 31; June 1987 – June 1992
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 53; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.02%; week of Mar 29, 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

17 records · 37 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
Mean Man	#21March 1989	5	February 1989 – March 1989	5.8	5.7
The Real MeApple Music	#23May 1989	5	May 1989 – June 1989	5.5	5.5
Forever FreeApple Music	#25September 1989	5	September 1989 – October 1989	5.4	5.4
I Don't Need No Doctor	#31November 1987	5	October 1987 – November 1987	4.3	4.3
Scream Until You Like ItApple Music	#32September 1987	5	August 1987 – September 1987	3.9	3.9
Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue)Apple Music	#17March 1992	2	March 1992 – April 1992	3.5	3.5
Sunset and Babylon	#38October 1993	2	October 1993 – October 1993	1.5	1.5
The Idol	#41May 1992	2	May 1992 – June 1992	1.4	1.4
Animal (Fuck Like a Beast) {1988}	#61February 1988	3	February 1988 – February 1988	1.1	1.1
Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)	#83June 1984	5	May 1984 – June 1984	0.8	0.8
95-Nasty	#70October 1986	3	September 1986 – October 1986	0.8	0.8
Wild Child	#71May 1986	2	May 1986 – June 1986	0.6	0.6
Blind in Texas	#77October 1985	3	October 1985 – November 1985	0.5	0.5
I Am One	#56October 1992	1	October 1992	0.5	0.5
I Wanna Be Somebody	#77August 1984	2	August 1984 – August 1984	0.5	0.5
School Daze	#81November 1984	2	November 1984 – November 1984	0.4	0.4
Black Forever/Goodbye America	#88June 1995	1	June 1995	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1988 in music →

W.A.S.P.'s best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1988 to October 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.