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Charlene

Charting Mar 5, 1977 → Jan 8, 1983 · 41 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 41 wk, UK Singles Chart 12 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    First crown Jun 1982

  • Global Music Power

    3 crowns

    19771983

    Longest reign 3 weeks (May–Jun 1982) · First crown May 1982

Peak Power
1.96%
week of Jun 19, 1982
Career Power
36
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
January 1982 – January 1983
Peak Five Years
35
January 1978 – January 1983
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
41
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.31%
week of May 22, 1982
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 Billboard Hot 100

4 records · 36 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
I've Never Been To Me#32332.8
Used To Bewith Stevie Wonder#46112.8
It Ain't Easy Comin' Down#9740.5
Freddie#9630.4

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At their peak

1982 in music →

Charlene's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1982 to January 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1John Mellencamp112
  2. 2Daryl Hall and John Oates96
  3. 3Olivia Newton-John87
  4. 4The J. Geils Band84
  5. 5Joan Jett & the Blackhearts83
  6. 6Air Supply81
  7. 7Rick Springfield79
  8. 8Juice Newton79
  9. 9Stevie Wonder78
  10. 10Survivor75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.