Artists · Global Music Power
David Sylvian
Charting Jun 25, 1983 → Mar 27, 1999 · 40 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 40 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.18%
- week of Jun 16, 1984
- Career Power
- 7
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 4
- June 1983 – June 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 6
- October 1982 – October 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 40
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.63%
- week of Jun 2, 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 →
Songs on the Global Music Power
12 records · 7 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red GuitarApple Music | #17 | 7 | 2.3 | ||
| Forbidden Colourswith Ryuichi SakamotoApple Music | #16 | 9 | 1.9 | ||
| The Ink in the WellApple Music | #36 | 3 | 0.8 | ||
| Taking the VeilApple Music | #53 | 4 | 0.5 | ||
| I Surrender | #40 | 2 | 0.4 | ||
| Pulling PunchesApple Music | #56 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Let the Happiness InApple Music | #66 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)with Ryuichi SakamotoApple Music | #58 | 3 | 0.2 | ||
| Words with the Shaman | #72 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Pop SongApple Music | #83 | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| Jean the Birdmanwith Robert FrippApple Music | #68 | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| Silver MoonApple Music | #83 | 2 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
David Sylvian's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from June 1983 to June 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Culture Club122
- 2Lionel Richie113
- 3Billy Joel110
- 4Michael Jackson105
- 5The Police92
- 6Duran Duran89
- 7Eurythmics84
- 8Irene Cara65
- 9Elton John62
- 10Kool & The Gang57
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.