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Scandal portraitScandal

Charting Nov 13, 1982Apr 27, 1985 · 67 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 67 wk, UK Singles Chart 2 wk

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Peak Power
1.34%
week of Oct 13, 1984
Career Power
37
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
32
May 1984 – April 1985
Peak Five Years
37
May 1980 – April 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
67
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.02%
week of Sep 29, 1984
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

5 records · 37 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
The Warriorfeat. Patty Smyth#72122.9
Beat Of A Heartfeat. Patty Smyth#41144.6
Hands Tiedfeat. Patty Smyth#41134.3
Love's Got A Line On Youfeat. Patty Smyth#59133.2
Goodbye To Youfeat. Patty Smyth#65111.8

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At their peak

1984 in music

Scandal's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1984 to April 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna139
  2. 2Bruce Springsteen116
  3. 3Cyndi Lauper112
  4. 4Chicago106
  5. 5Tina Turner105
  6. 6The Pointer Sisters105
  7. 7The Cars96
  8. 8Prince And The Revolution92
  9. 9Duran Duran91
  10. 10Lionel Richie91

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.