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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Charting Jun 26, 1983Oct 16, 1994 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Peak Power
0.43%
week of Aug 7, 1983
Career Power
7
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
6
September 1982 – September 1983
Peak Five Years
6
April 1981 – March 1986
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.05%
week of Jul 17, 1983
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 · 7 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
Forbidden Colourswith David Sylvian#1696.0
Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)with David Sylvian#5830.6
Field Workwith Thomas Dolby#9830.2
Love & Hatewith Holly Johnson#9710.1

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At their peak

1982 in music

Ryuichi Sakamoto's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1982 to September 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Wham!98
  2. 2Culture Club81
  3. 3Spandau Ballet77
  4. 4Michael Jackson73
  5. 5Eurythmics65
  6. 6Modern Romance63
  7. 7Tears For Fears62
  8. 8Musical Youth60
  9. 9Shalamar58
  10. 10Eddy Grant57

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.