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Julie Covington portraitJulie Covington

Charting Dec 19, 1976Jul 23, 1978 · 35 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itUK Singles Chart 35 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19761978

    First crown Feb 1977

Peak Power
2.23%
week of Mar 13, 1977
Career Power
61
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
46
January 1977 – January 1978
Peak Five Years
61
July 1973 – July 1978
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
35
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.52%
week of Feb 6, 1977
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

4 records · 61 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
Don't Cry for Me Argentina#11538.5
Only Women Bleed#121118.2
Okwith Rula Lenska, Charlotte Cornwell, Sue Jones-Davies#1062.9
Don't Cry for Me Argentina {1978}#6331.1

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At their peak

1977 in music

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

  1. 1David Soul100
  2. 2Boney M96
  3. 3Showaddywaddy86
  4. 4Elvis Presley86
  5. 5Donna Summer85
  6. 6ABBA76
  7. 7Rod Stewart63
  8. 8Smokie62
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra59
  10. 10The Stranglers59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.