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Simon May

Also credited as Simon May Orchestra

Charting Oct 3, 1976Oct 2, 1988 · 52 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 52 wk

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Peak Power
1.35%
week of Nov 14, 1976
Career Power
49
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
25
October 1985 – October 1986
Peak Five Years
30
October 1983 – October 1988
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
52
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.87%
week of Oct 17, 1976
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

8 records · 49 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
Summer of My Life#7817.8
Howards' Way Theme#211211.9
Always Therewith Marti Webb#13148.5
Anyone Can Fall in Lovewith Anita Dobson#4117.7
Eastenders#7691.7
We'll Gather Lilacs#4921.3
The Holiday Suite#9110.2
The Olympic Track#9610.1

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At their peak

1985 in music

Simon May's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from October 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna122
  2. 2a-ha94
  3. 3Five Star83
  4. 4Whitney Houston74
  5. 5Pet Shop Boys67
  6. 6Wham!62
  7. 7Level 4261
  8. 8Queen59
  9. 9Amazulu55
  10. 10Billy Ocean52

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.