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Eddy Grant portraitEddy Grant

Charting Apr 16, 1983Sep 8, 1984 · 41 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 41 wk, UK Singles Chart 116 wk (3 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19792001

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Nov 1982) · First crown Nov 1982

Peak Power
2.38%
week of Aug 13, 1983
Career Power
58
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
45
October 1982 – September 1983
Peak Five Years
58
September 1979 – September 1984
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
41
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.47%
week of Jul 2, 1983
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

3 records · 58 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
Electric Avenue#22242.4
Romancing The Stone#261712.8
I Don't Wanna Dance#5372.5

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At their peak

1982 in music

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

  1. 1Michael Jackson153
  2. 2Men At Work141
  3. 3Daryl Hall and John Oates107
  4. 4Culture Club104
  5. 5Lionel Richie100
  6. 6Laura Branigan92
  7. 7Duran Duran87
  8. 8Stray Cats76
  9. 9Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band72
  10. 10Journey69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.