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Phil Lynott portraitPhil Lynott

Charting Mar 30, 1980Feb 1, 1987 · 42 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 42 wk

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Peak Power
0.90%
week of Feb 7, 1982
Career Power
33
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
13
February 1981 – February 1982
Peak Five Years
24
June 1980 – June 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
42
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.29%
week of Jan 17, 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

7 records · 33 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
Yellow Pearl {1981 Re-Release}#14911.9
Out in the Fieldswith Gary Moore#5109.0
Dear Miss Lonely Hearts#3264.8
King's Call#3564.3
Yellow Pearl#5631.3
King's Call {1987}#6841.1
Nineteen#7640.8

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At their peak

1981 in music

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

  1. 1Shakin' Stevens120
  2. 2Adam & the Ants113
  3. 3The Human League103
  4. 4Bucks Fizz90
  5. 5Kim Wilde76
  6. 6Toyah75
  7. 7Madness73
  8. 8Soft Cell68
  9. 9Kool & The Gang64
  10. 10Bad Manners64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.