Artists · UK Singles Chart

Edwin Starr

Charting May 12, 1966 → Oct 31, 1993 · 81 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 94 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 81 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 94 wk UK Singles Chart · 81 wk Global Music Power · 159 wk

Peak Power: 1.55%; week of Dec 6, 1970
Career Power: 105; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 40; August 1978 – July 1979
Peak Five Years: 61; February 1966 – February 1971
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 81; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.30%; week of Nov 8, 1970
Comebacks: 2; November 1970, February 1979

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 14, 1969	Nov 8, 1970	77	51	1.31%	1.01%
After absence	Apr 4, 1971	Feb 25, 1979	411	406	1.55%	1.17%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

15 records · 105 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
WarApple Music	#3November 1970	12	October 1970 – January 1971	26.2	26.1
ContactApple Music	#6February 1979	12	January 1979 – April 1979	22.6	22.6
Stop Her on Sight (Sos)/Headline NewsApple Music	#11January 1969	11	December 1968 – February 1969	18.8	18.6
H.a.p.p.y. RadioApple Music	#9June 1979	11	May 1979 – July 1979	17.7	17.7
Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)Apple Music	#35June 1966	8	May 1966 – June 1966	6.9	6.8
25 Miles	#36September 1969	6	September 1969 – October 1969	5.4	5.4
Headline News	#39August 1966	3	August 1966 – September 1966	2.7	2.7
It Ain't Fair	#56June 1985	5	May 1985 – June 1985	2.1	2.1
Stop The War Now	#33February 1971	1	February 1971	1.2	1.2
(I Heard It) Through the Grapevine	#83April 1986	4	April 1986 – April 1986	0.6	0.6
25 Miles {1989}	#82July 1989	2	July 1989 – July 1989	0.3	0.3
Smooth	#90September 1983	2	August 1983 – September 1983	0.3	0.3
War-Wild Thingwith Shadow:Troggs, Wolf	#69October 1993	2	October 1993 – October 1993	0.2	0.7
Marvin	#89May 1984	1	May 1984	0.2	0.2
Whatever Makes Our Love Grow	#98October 1987	1	October 1987	0.1	0.1

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