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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Ian and the Blockheads

Charting Dec 3, 1978Mar 11, 1979 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itUK Singles Chart 15 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19781979

    First crown Jan 1979

Peak Power
2.08%
week of Feb 18, 1979
Career Power
34
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
March 1978 – March 1979
Peak Five Years
34
March 1974 – March 1979
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.53%
week of Jan 21, 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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

1 song · 34 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
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick#11534.5

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At their peak

1978 in music

Ian and the Blockheads's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1978 to March 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M131
  2. 2Blondie99
  3. 3Bee Gees97
  4. 4Olivia Newton-John89
  5. 5Darts89
  6. 6John Travolta85
  7. 7The Boomtown Rats76
  8. 8Showaddywaddy67
  9. 9Father Abraham and the Smurfs65
  10. 10Chic57

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.