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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Big Sound Authority

Charting Jan 13, 1985 → Jun 16, 1985 · 12 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 12 wk

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Peak Power
0.78%
week of Mar 3, 1985
Career Power
12
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
12
June 1984 – June 1985
Peak Five Years
12
June 1980 – June 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
12
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.76%
week of Feb 17, 1985
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

2 records · 12 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 House (Is Where Your Love Stands)#21910.3
A Bad Town#5431.3

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Big Sound Authority's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1984 to June 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Frankie Goes To Hollywood117
  2. 2Wham!76
  3. 3Tears For Fears76
  4. 4Nik Kershaw75
  5. 5Alison Moyet73
  6. 6Madonna66
  7. 7Black Lace65
  8. 8Bronski Beat61
  9. 9Ray Parker Jr.60
  10. 10Stevie Wonder58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.