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Charting Jan 8, 1977Feb 8, 1986 · 71 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 71 wk, UK Singles Chart 43 wk

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Peak Power
0.89%
week of Nov 13, 1982
Career Power
33
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
14
December 1981 – December 1982
Peak Five Years
29
February 1981 – February 1986
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
71
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.77%
week of Oct 30, 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 Billboard Hot 100

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
New World Man#211211.9
The Big Money#45146.3
Tom Sawyer#44135.8
The Spirit Of Radio#5183.2
Limelight#5593.2
Closer To The Heart#69112.5
Fly By Night/In The Mood#8840.6

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At their peak

1981 in music

Rush's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1981 to December 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Olivia Newton-John100
  2. 2Air Supply89
  3. 3The J. Geils Band88
  4. 4Juice Newton85
  5. 5Rick Springfield85
  6. 6Joan Jett & the Blackhearts83
  7. 7Go-Go's80
  8. 8Survivor78
  9. 9Stevie Wonder77
  10. 10Journey73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.