Artists · UK Singles Chart

Selecter

Charting Oct 7, 1979 → Oct 17, 1993 · 31 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 31 wk

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UK Singles Chart · 31 wk Global Music Power · 31 wk

Peak Power: 1.09%; week of Apr 27, 1980
Career Power: 38; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 37; September 1979 – September 1980
Peak Five Years: 37; September 1975 – September 1980
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 31; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.76%; week of Nov 11, 1979
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

5 records · 38 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
On My RadioApple Music	#8November 1979	9	October 1979 – December 1979	14.1	14.1
Missing WordsApple Music	#23April 1980	8	March 1980 – May 1980	9.7	9.6
Three Minute HeroApple Music	#16February 1980	6	January 1980 – March 1980	9.5	9.5
The WhisperApple Music	#36August 1980	5	August 1980 – September 1980	3.5	3.5
The 2 Tone (Ep)with The Special AKA, Madness, The Beat	#30October 1993	3	October 1993 – October 1993	0.8	3.2

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Selecter's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1979 to September 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.