Artists · UK Singles Chart

Japan

Charting Oct 12, 1980 → May 29, 1983 · 78 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 78 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 78 wk Global Music Power · 78 wk

Peak Power: 1.69%; week of Aug 15, 1982
Career Power: 85; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; September 1981 – September 1982
Peak Five Years: 85; June 1978 – May 1983
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 78; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.08%; week of Apr 4, 1982
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

12 records · 85 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 Second That EmotionApple Music	#9July 1982	11	June 1982 – September 1982	17.4	17.4
GhostsApple Music	#5April 1982	8	March 1982 – May 1982	15.9	15.9
Quiet LifeApple Music	#19October 1981	9	September 1981 – November 1981	11.7	11.8
NightporterApple Music	#29November 1982	9	November 1982 – January 1983	8.0	8.0
Visions of ChinaApple Music	#32November 1981	12	November 1981 – January 1982	6.9	7.1
Cantonese BoyApple Music	#24May 1982	6	May 1982 – June 1982	6.8	6.8
Life in TokyoApple Music	#28October 1982	6	October 1982 – November 1982	5.2	5.2
European SonApple Music	#31January 1982	6	January 1982 – February 1982	5.0	4.9
All Tomorrow's PartiesApple Music	#38March 1983	4	March 1983 – March 1983	3.2	3.2
The Art of PartiesApple Music	#48May 1981	5	May 1981 – May 1981	2.4	2.4
Canton (Live)Apple Music	#42May 1983	3	May 1983 – May 1983	1.8	1.8
Gentlemen Take PolaroidsApple Music	#60October 1980	2	October 1980 – October 1980	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Japan's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1981 to September 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.