Artists · UK Singles Chart

Prelude

Charting Jan 20, 1974 → Aug 8, 1982 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 21 wk, UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 21 wk UK Singles Chart · 26 wk Global Music Power · 47 wk

Peak Power: 0.85%; week of Mar 10, 1974
Career Power: 24; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 12; March 1973 – March 1974
Peak Five Years: 12; August 1977 – August 1982
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 26; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.78%; week of Mar 3, 1974
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

4 records · 24 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
After The GoldrushApple Music	#21March 1974	9	January 1974 – March 1974	11.6	11.5
After the Gold Rush {1982}	#28June 1982	7	May 1982 – June 1982	6.9	6.9
Platinum BlondeApple Music	#45May 1980	7	April 1980 – June 1980	3.8	3.8
Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)Apple Music	#55August 1982	3	July 1982 – August 1982	1.2	1.2

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At their peak

1973 in music →

Prelude's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from March 1973 to March 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.