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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Bill Nelson

Charting Jun 29, 1980Sep 23, 1984 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Peak Power
0.16%
week of Jul 20, 1980
Career Power
3
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
June 1980 – June 1981
Peak Five Years
3
September 1979 – September 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.60%
week of Jul 6, 1980
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 · 3 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
Do You Dream in Colour#5241.8
Youth of Nation on Fire#7330.9
Acceleration#7830.7

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At their peak

1980 in music

Bill Nelson's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1980 to June 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants120
  2. 2Madness92
  3. 3John Lennon81
  4. 4Odyssey72
  5. 5Shakin' Stevens71
  6. 6Diana Ross70
  7. 7Bad Manners70
  8. 8Sheena Easton69
  9. 9Stevie Wonder63
  10. 10David Bowie58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.