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Charting May 10, 1980 → May 31, 1980 · 4 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 4 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Peak Power
0.05%
week of May 31, 1980
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
June 1979 – May 1980
Peak Five Years
1
June 1975 – May 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
4
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.16%
week of May 17, 1980
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 Global Music Power

1 song · 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Irene#5640.5

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At their peak

Photos's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from June 1979 to May 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer117
  2. 2Michael Jackson98
  3. 3Dr. Hook84
  4. 4Blondie77
  5. 5Kenny Rogers77
  6. 6Commodores70
  7. 7Electric Light Orchestra64
  8. 8Eagles61
  9. 9The Knack56
  10. 10Rupert Holmes55

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.