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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Billy Squier portraitBilly Squier

Charting Sep 27, 1981Oct 11, 1981 · 3 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 114 wk, UK Singles Chart 3 wk

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Peak Power
0.12%
week of Oct 11, 1981
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
October 1980 – October 1981
Peak Five Years
1
October 1976 – October 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
3
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.60%
week of Oct 4, 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

1 song · 1 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
The Stroke#5231.2

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At their peak

1980 in music

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

  1. 1Adam & the Ants143
  2. 2Shakin' Stevens90
  3. 3Madness89
  4. 4Bad Manners81
  5. 5John Lennon81
  6. 6Stevie Wonder72
  7. 7Spandau Ballet69
  8. 8Ultravox67
  9. 9The Nolans61
  10. 10Kim Wilde58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.