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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Black Slate

Charting Sep 14, 1980 → Jan 4, 1981 · 14 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Peak Power
1.10%
week of Nov 2, 1980
Career Power
17
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
17
January 1980 – January 1981
Peak Five Years
17
January 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
14
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.68%
week of Oct 5, 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

2 records · 17 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
Amigo#9914.9
Boom Boom#5152.4

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At their peak

1980 in music →

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

  1. 1Madness85
  2. 2Blondie69
  3. 3The Nolans67
  4. 4The Police62
  5. 5ABBA61
  6. 6UB4060
  7. 7The Beat60
  8. 8Bad Manners60
  9. 9Matchbox59
  10. 10Diana Ross58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.