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Second Image

Charting Jul 17, 1982Feb 9, 1985 · 17 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 17 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
0.04%
week of Aug 18, 1984
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
August 1983 – August 1984
Peak Five Years
2
February 1980 – February 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
17
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.18%
week of Aug 11, 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 Global Music Power

6 records · 2 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
Sing and Shout#5330.4
Don't You#6840.3
Starting Again#6530.3
Star#6020.3
Better Take Time#6730.2
Special Lady#8020.1

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At their peak

Second Image's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from August 1983 to August 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Lionel Richie129
  2. 2Billy Joel113
  3. 3Culture Club110
  4. 4Michael Jackson87
  5. 5Duran Duran87
  6. 6Cyndi Lauper74
  7. 7Eurythmics68
  8. 8Thompson Twins68
  9. 9Huey Lewis & The News67
  10. 10The Pointer Sisters67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.