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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Break Machine

Charting Jan 22, 1984Sep 23, 1984 · 33 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 33 wk

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Peak Power
1.71%
week of Apr 8, 1984
Career Power
48
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
48
October 1983 – September 1984
Peak Five Years
48
September 1979 – September 1984
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
33
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.29%
week of Mar 18, 1984
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 · 48 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
Street Dance#31626.9
Break Dance Party#91013.7
Are You Ready#2787.4

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At their peak

1983 in music

Break Machine's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1983 to September 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Frankie Goes To Hollywood134
  2. 2Howard Jones103
  3. 3Lionel Richie98
  4. 4Billy Joel93
  5. 5Thompson Twins88
  6. 6Michael Jackson80
  7. 7Nik Kershaw76
  8. 8Queen72
  9. 9Culture Club70
  10. 10Tina Turner64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.