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Fred Wedlock portraitFred Wedlock

Charting Jan 25, 1981Mar 29, 1981 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Peak Power
1.23%
week of Mar 8, 1981
Career Power
17
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
17
March 1980 – March 1981
Peak Five Years
17
April 1976 – March 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.05%
week of Feb 15, 1981
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

1 song · 17 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
The Oldest Swinger in Town#61017.3

At their peak

1980 in music

Fred Wedlock's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1980 to March 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants89
  2. 2Madness88
  3. 3John Lennon76
  4. 4Roxy Music69
  5. 5Diana Ross67
  6. 6Bad Manners66
  7. 7Blondie65
  8. 8Odyssey61
  9. 9Sheena Easton58
  10. 10UB4057

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.