Artists · UK Singles Chart

David Sylvian

Charting Jun 26, 1983 → Mar 28, 1999 · 40 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 40 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 40 wk Global Music Power · 40 wk

Peak Power: 0.59%; week of Jun 17, 1984
Career Power: 23; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 13; June 1983 – June 1984
Peak Five Years: 20; October 1982 – October 1987
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 40; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.02%; week of Jun 3, 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

12 records · 23 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Red GuitarApple Music	#17June 1984	7	May 1984 – July 1984	7.3	7.3
Forbidden Colourswith Ryuichi SakamotoApple Music	#16July 1983	9	June 1983 – September 1983	6.0	11.9
The Ink in the WellApple Music	#36August 1984	3	August 1984 – August 1984	2.6	2.5
Taking the VeilApple Music	#53August 1986	4	August 1986 – August 1986	1.7	1.7
I Surrender	#40March 1999	2	March 1999 – March 1999	1.2	1.2
Pulling PunchesApple Music	#56October 1984	2	October 1984 – November 1984	1.0	1.0
Let the Happiness InApple Music	#66October 1987	2	October 1987 – October 1987	0.6	0.6
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)with Ryuichi SakamotoApple Music	#58June 1992	3	June 1992 – June 1992	0.6	1.2
Words with the Shaman	#72December 1985	2	December 1985 – December 1985	0.5	0.5
Pop SongApple Music	#83November 1989	2	November 1989 – November 1989	0.4	0.4
Jean the Birdmanwith Robert FrippApple Music	#68August 1993	2	August 1993 – August 1993	0.4	0.7
Silver MoonApple Music	#83October 1986	2	October 1986 – October 1986	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1983 in music →

David Sylvian's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from June 1983 to June 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.