Artists · UK Singles Chart
Hot Gossip
Charting Nov 5, 1978 → Apr 29, 1979 · 19 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 19 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.87%
- week of Jan 14, 1979
- Career Power
- 15
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 15
- May 1978 – April 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 15
- May 1974 – April 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.50%
- week of Dec 10, 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 →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
2 records · 15 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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooperwith Sarah Brightman | #6 | 14 | 13.8 | ||
| Adventures of a Love Crusaderwith Sarah Brightman | #53 | 5 | 1.2 |
At their peak
1978 in music →Hot Gossip's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1978 to April 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Boney M135
- 2Bee Gees90
- 3Olivia Newton-John89
- 4John Travolta85
- 5Blondie83
- 6Darts82
- 7The Boomtown Rats69
- 8Father Abraham and the Smurfs65
- 9Chic62
- 10Village People58
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.