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Gary Numan portraitGary Numan

Charting Feb 16, 1980 → Aug 2, 1980 · 25 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 25 wk, UK Singles Chart 161 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19792007

    First crown Sep 1979

Billboard Hot 100 · 25 wkUK Singles Chart · 161 wkGlobal Music Power · 179 wk
Peak Power
1.89%
week of Jul 5, 1980
Career Power
36
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
36
August 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years
36
August 1975 – August 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
25
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.71%
week of Jun 21, 1980
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

1 song · 36 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.

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Gary Numan's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson125
  2. 2Donna Summer100
  3. 3Kenny Rogers92
  4. 4Commodores90
  5. 5Eagles87
  6. 6Dr. Hook80
  7. 7Rupert Holmes78
  8. 8Blondie76
  9. 9The Spinners71
  10. 10The Knack65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.