Artists · UK Singles Chart

Lionel Richie

Charting Sep 6, 1981 → Apr 5, 2009 · 203 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 301 wk (18 at #1), UK Singles Chart 203 wk (5 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 301 wk UK Singles Chart · 203 wk Global Music Power · 344 wk

Peak Power: 2.61%; week of Apr 29, 1984
Career Power: 272; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 5; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 98; September 1983 – September 1984
Peak Five Years: 193; May 1982 – April 1987
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 203; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Apr 8, 1984
Comebacks: 1; September 1992

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 1, 1987	Sep 13, 1992	288	260	2.61%	1.09%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

28 records · 272 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
HelloApple Music	#1March 1984	15	March 1984 – June 1984	37.2	37.0
All Night Long (All Night)Apple Music	#2October 1983	16	September 1983 – January 1984	30.7	31.5
My DestinyApple Music	#7September 1992	13	August 1992 – November 1992	26.9	26.9
TrulyApple Music	#6November 1982	11	November 1982 – January 1983	22.2	22.0
Say You, Say MeApple Music	#8December 1985	13	November 1985 – February 1986	22.0	21.5
Dancing On The CeilingApple Music	#7August 1986	11	July 1986 – September 1986	18.2	18.1
Stuck On YouApple Music	#12July 1984	12	June 1984 – September 1984	16.5	16.2
Running With The NightApple Music	#9January 1984	12	November 1983 – February 1984	13.9	14.5
Penny LoverApple Music	#18October 1984	7	October 1984 – November 1984	10.1	10.1
Endless Lovewith Diana RossApple Music	#7September 1981	12	September 1981 – November 1981	10.1	20.2
Ballerina GirlApple Music	#17January 1987	7	December 1986 – February 1987	9.8	9.7
AngelApple Music	#18October 2000	5	October 2000 – November 2000	6.0	6.0
Don't Wanna Lose YouApple Music	#17March 1996	10	March 1996 – June 1996	6.0	5.9
Do It To MeApple Music	#33May 1992	6	May 1992 – June 1992	5.0	5.0
Just For YouApple Music	#20March 2004	4	March 2004 – April 2004	4.8	4.8
You AreApple Music	#43February 1983	7	January 1983 – March 1983	4.8	4.7
Don't Stop the MusicApple Music	#34December 2000	6	December 2000 – March 2001	3.9	3.9
I Call It LoveApple Music	#45October 2006	6	September 2006 – October 2006	3.3	3.3
Love Will Conquer AllApple Music	#45October 1986	5	October 1986 – November 1986	3.2	3.2
Sela	#43April 1987	6	March 1987 – April 1987	3.1	3.1
Tender Heart	#29March 2001	3	March 2001 – March 2001	2.6	2.6
Closest Thing to Heaven	#26June 1998	3	June 1998 – August 1998	2.5	2.5
To Love a Womanwith Enrique Iglesias	#19April 2003	4	April 2003 – May 2003	2.4	4.7
I Forgot	#34June 2001	3	June 2001 – August 2001	1.9	1.9
Love Oh Love	#52November 1992	4	November 1992 – December 1992	1.7	1.7
My LoveApple Music	#70May 1983	6	April 1983 – May 1983	1.5	1.5
Just Gofeat. Akon	#52March 2009	3	March 2009 – April 2009	0.9	1.2
Still in Love	#66November 1996	2	November 1996 – November 1996	0.5	0.5

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