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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Light of the World

Charting Apr 8, 1979Jun 30, 1985 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Peak Power
0.48%
week of Apr 19, 1981
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
11
April 1980 – April 1981
Peak Five Years
16
August 1978 – August 1983
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.09%
week of Apr 12, 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

8 records · 16 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
I'm So Happy/Time#3564.5
I Shot the Sheriff#4053.3
London Town#4153.1
Swingin#4552.6
Ride the Love Train#4931.7
London Town '85#7920.4
Jealous Lover#8020.4
Midnight Groovin#7210.3

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At their peak

1980 in music

Light of the World's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1980 to April 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants93
  2. 2Madness83
  3. 3John Lennon80
  4. 4Roxy Music74
  5. 5Bad Manners71
  6. 6Diana Ross68
  7. 7Odyssey61
  8. 8The Nolans61
  9. 9Stevie Wonder60
  10. 10Sheena Easton58

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.