Artists · UK Singles Chart

Adam & the Ants

Charting Jul 27, 1980 → Mar 28, 1982 · 77 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 77 wk (8 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year: 1981

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
8 crowns
19801982
Longest reign 4 weeks (Mar 1981) · First crown Mar 1981

UK Singles Chart · 77 wk Global Music Power · 77 wk

Peak Power: 3.92%; week of Mar 15, 1981
Career Power: 189; share-weeks
Crowns: 8; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 144; October 1980 – October 1981
Peak Five Years: 189; April 1977 – March 1982
Top-five weeks: 30; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 77; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.63%; week of Jan 18, 1981
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 · 189 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
AntmusicApple Music	#2January 1981	17	November 1980 – March 1981	34.4	36.2
Stand and DeliverApple Music	#1May 1981	15	May 1981 – August 1981	31.8	31.6
Prince CharmingApple Music	#1September 1981	12	September 1981 – November 1981	27.7	27.6
Kings of the Wild FrontierApple Music	#2March 1981	18	July 1980 – May 1981	25.3	25.7
Ant RapApple Music	#3January 1982	10	December 1981 – February 1982	24.3	23.9
Dog Eat DogApple Music	#4November 1980	15	October 1980 – January 1981	19.5	20.6
Young ParisiansApple Music	#9January 1981	12	December 1980 – March 1981	10.8	17.6
Deutscher Girls	#13February 1982	6	February 1982 – March 1982	10.2	10.1
CartroubleApple Music	#33February 1981	9	January 1981 – March 1981	2.7	7.0
Antmusic (Ep)Apple Music	#46March 1982	4	March 1982 – March 1982	1.4	2.2
ZeroxApple Music	#45February 1981	9	January 1981 – March 1981	1.0	4.4

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Adam & the Ants's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1980 to October 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.