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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Shot In The Dark

Charting Apr 4, 1981 → May 2, 1981 · 5 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 5 wk

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Peak Power
0.10%
week of May 2, 1981
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
May 1980 – May 1981
Peak Five Years
1
May 1976 – May 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
5
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.32%
week of Apr 25, 1981
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

1 song · 1 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
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At their peak

1980 in music →

Shot In The Dark's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1980 to May 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Diana Ross110
  2. 2Blondie110
  3. 3Air Supply108
  4. 4John Lennon99
  5. 5Eddie Rabbitt87
  6. 6Kenny Rogers85
  7. 7Barbra Streisand78
  8. 8Queen78
  9. 9Christopher Cross77
  10. 10Billy Joel75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.