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Artists · UK Singles Chart

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Charting Feb 5, 1978Aug 3, 1980 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 7 wk

Compare with other artists
Peak Power
0.30%
week of Feb 26, 1978
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
March 1977 – February 1978
Peak Five Years
5
August 1975 – August 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.88%
week of Feb 26, 1978
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

2 records · 5 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
Shot by Both Sides#4143.2
Sweet Heart Contract#5431.4

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At their peak

1977 in music

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

  1. 1Donna Summer106
  2. 2David Soul84
  3. 3ABBA81
  4. 4Boney M80
  5. 5Brotherhood Of Man79
  6. 6Showaddywaddy76
  7. 7Rod Stewart74
  8. 8Elvis Presley73
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra65
  10. 10The Stranglers65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.