Artists · UK Singles Chart

Peter Gabriel

Charting Apr 3, 1977 → Nov 30, 2003 · 121 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 129 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 121 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 129 wk UK Singles Chart · 121 wk Global Music Power · 198 wk

Peak Power: 1.77%; week of Jun 22, 1986
Career Power: 125; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 47; April 1986 – April 1987
Peak Five Years: 56; January 1986 – January 1991
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 121; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.20%; week of Jun 1, 1986
Comebacks: 2; March 1980, May 1986

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Aug 28, 1977	Mar 9, 1980	132	127	1.24%	1.02%
After absence	Aug 3, 1980	May 25, 1986	302	105	1.42%	1.22%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

22 records · 125 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
SledgehammerApple Music	#4May 1986	18	April 1986 – August 1986	30.4
Games Without FrontiersApple Music	#4March 1980	11	February 1980 – April 1980	20.2
Solsbury Hill	#13May 1977	9	April 1977 – May 1977	16.5
Big TimeApple Music	#13March 1987	9	March 1987 – May 1987	10.0
SteamApple Music	#10January 1993	7	January 1993 – February 1993	9.6
Don't Give Upwith Kate Bush	#9November 1986	10	October 1986 – January 1987	7.7
No Self Control	#33May 1980	6	May 1980 – June 1980	4.4
Digging In The DirtApple Music	#24September 1992	4	September 1992 – October 1992	3.9
Biko {1987}	#49November 1987	6	November 1987 – December 1987	3.0
Biko	#38August 1980	3	August 1980 – August 1980	2.6
Blood of Eden	#43April 1993	4	March 1993 – April 1993	2.2
Solsbury Hill/Shaking the Tree	#57December 1990	5	December 1990 – January 1991	2.2
Red Rain	#46July 1987	4	July 1987 – July 1987	1.9
Shock The MonkeyApple Music	#58October 1982	5	September 1982 – October 1982	1.9
KISS That Frog	#46September 1993	3	September 1993 – October 1993	1.6
I Don't Remember	#62July 1983	4	July 1983 – July 1983	1.4
SW Live Ep	#39August 1994	2	August 1994 – September 1994	1.4
More Than This	#47January 2003	2	January 2003 – January 2003	1.0
Walk Through the Fire	#69June 1984	3	May 1984 – June 1984	1.0
Lovetown	#49June 1994	2	June 1994 – June 1994	0.9
Shakin' the Treewith Youssou N'Dour	#61June 1989	3	May 1989 – June 1989	0.6
Burn You Up Burn You Down	#78November 2003	1	November 2003	0.2

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