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Artists · UK Singles Chart

George Duke portraitGeorge Duke

Charting Jul 6, 1980May 12, 1985 · 8 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 35 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Peak Power
0.36%
week of Aug 10, 1980
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
4
August 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years
5
May 1980 – May 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
8
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.04%
week of Jul 20, 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 UK Singles Chart

2 records · 5 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
Brazilian Love Affair#3664.4
Thief in the Night#8920.3

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At their peak

1979 in music

George Duke's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson79
  2. 2Blondie77
  3. 3The Police75
  4. 4Dr. Hook71
  5. 5Madness70
  6. 6Electric Light Orchestra68
  7. 7B.A. Robertson64
  8. 8ABBA61
  9. 9The Gibson Brothers59
  10. 10Gary Numan56

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.