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Paul Gardiner

Charting Jul 19, 1981Jul 22, 1984 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.10%
week of Aug 9, 1981
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
August 1980 – August 1981
Peak Five Years
1
July 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.33%
week of Aug 2, 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

2 records · 1 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
Stormtrooper in Dragwith Gary Numan#4941.0
Venus in Furs#8920.3

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At their peak

1980 in music

Paul Gardiner's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from August 1980 to August 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants124
  2. 2Madness92
  3. 3Shakin' Stevens86
  4. 4John Lennon81
  5. 5Bad Manners80
  6. 6Sheena Easton76
  7. 7Stevie Wonder76
  8. 8Odyssey64
  9. 9Spandau Ballet62
  10. 10Ultravox60

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.