Artists · Global Music Power
Generation X
Charting Sep 10, 1977 → Feb 7, 1981 · 31 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 31 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 0.33%
- week of May 5, 1979
- Career Power
- 9
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 7
- July 1978 – June 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 9
- February 1976 – February 1981
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.77%
- week of Feb 10, 1979
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
6 records · 9 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King RockerApple Music | #11 | 9 | 4.0 | ||
| Valley of the DollsApple Music | #23 | 7 | 2.6 | ||
| Your GenerationApple Music | #36 | 4 | 1.2 | ||
| Dancing with MyselfApple Music | #60 | 6 | 0.7 | ||
| Ready Steady GoApple Music | #47 | 3 | 0.6 | ||
| Friday's AngelsApple Music | #62 | 2 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
Generation X's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from July 1978 to June 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Donna Summer99
- 2Olivia Newton-John99
- 3Bee Gees94
- 4Village People88
- 5Chic77
- 6Billy Joel64
- 7Andy Gibb63
- 8Foreigner61
- 9Peaches & Herb60
- 10Blondie57
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.