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Malcolm McLaren portraitMalcolm McLaren

Charting Feb 20, 1983Sep 27, 1998 · 48 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 48 wk

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Peak Power
1.79%
week of Aug 28, 1983
Career Power
57
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
January 1983 – January 1984
Peak Five Years
49
January 1980 – January 1985
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
48
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.30%
week of Jul 31, 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 UK Singles Chart

8 records · 57 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
Double Dutch#31327.5
Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)#131014.3
Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt ft Lisa Marie & the Bootzilla Orchestra#2987.1
Soweto#3254.5
Duck for the Oyster#5452.4
Magic's Backwith Alison Limerick#4730.8
Carmen#7930.6
Buffalo Gals Stampede#6510.4

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At their peak

1983 in music

Malcolm McLaren's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from January 1983 to January 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson100
  2. 2Culture Club85
  3. 3Wham!84
  4. 4Eurythmics81
  5. 5Paul Young80
  6. 6David Bowie68
  7. 7Kajagoogoo68
  8. 8Thompson Twins66
  9. 9Spandau Ballet65
  10. 10Tracey Ullman59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.