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Charting May 7, 1983Mar 31, 1984 · 32 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 32 wk, UK Singles Chart 265 wk (5 crowns)

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Artist of the Year

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    5 crowns

    19792013

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Jan 1980) · First crown Jan 1980

Peak Power
1.69%
week of Aug 13, 1983
Career Power
38
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
38
April 1983 – March 1984
Peak Five Years
38
April 1979 – March 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
32
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.91%
week of Jul 23, 1983
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 Billboard Hot 100

3 records · 38 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
Our House#71928.0
It Must Be Love#33128.9
The Sun And The Rain#7251.1

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At their peak

1983 in music

Madness's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1983 to March 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson169
  2. 2Culture Club145
  3. 3Lionel Richie124
  4. 4The Police122
  5. 5Duran Duran111
  6. 6Billy Joel102
  7. 7Daryl Hall and John Oates95
  8. 8Irene Cara89
  9. 9David Bowie82
  10. 10Eurythmics80

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.