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Artists · UK Singles Chart

PHD

Charting Mar 28, 1982Jun 27, 1982 · 14 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Peak Power
1.67%
week of Jun 6, 1982
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
25
July 1981 – June 1982
Peak Five Years
25
July 1977 – June 1982
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
14
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.30%
week of May 9, 1982
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

1 song · 25 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
I Won't Let You Down#31425.0

At their peak

1981 in music

PHD's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from July 1981 to June 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Soft Cell98
  2. 2The Human League89
  3. 3Tight Fit79
  4. 4Imagination78
  5. 5Shakin' Stevens77
  6. 6Bucks Fizz77
  7. 7Madness77
  8. 8Adam & the Ants68
  9. 9Depeche Mode66
  10. 10Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark66

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.