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Gordon Giltrap portraitGordon Giltrap

Charting Jan 8, 1978May 6, 1979 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Peak Power
0.75%
week of Feb 19, 1978
Career Power
10
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
9
February 1977 – February 1978
Peak Five Years
10
May 1974 – May 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.76%
week of Feb 5, 1978
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 · 10 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
Heartsong#2179.0
Fear of the Dark#5831.1

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At their peak

1977 in music

Gordon Giltrap's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1977 to February 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer105
  2. 2David Soul87
  3. 3Boney M82
  4. 4ABBA79
  5. 5Brotherhood Of Man77
  6. 6Showaddywaddy77
  7. 7Elvis Presley75
  8. 8Rod Stewart72
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra64
  10. 10The Stranglers64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.