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Laurie Anderson portraitLaurie Anderson

Charting Oct 11, 1981 → Nov 15, 1981 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 6 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19811981

    First crown Oct 1981

UK Singles Chart · 6 wkGlobal Music Power · 6 wk
Peak Power
1.07%
week of Nov 8, 1981
Career Power
13
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
13
November 1980 – November 1981
Peak Five Years
13
November 1976 – November 1981
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.44%
week of Oct 18, 1981
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 · 13 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
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At their peak

1980 in music →

Laurie Anderson's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from November 1980 to November 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants138
  2. 2Shakin' Stevens100
  3. 3Madness83
  4. 4John Lennon78
  5. 5Bad Manners76
  6. 6Spandau Ballet69
  7. 7Ultravox69
  8. 8Stevie Wonder63
  9. 9Toyah62
  10. 10Kim Wilde60

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.