Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Soft Cell
Charting Jan 16, 1982 → Nov 6, 1982 · 43 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 43 wk, UK Singles Chart 101 wk (2 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19812003Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug–Sep 1981) · First crown Aug 1981
- Peak Power
- 1.81%
- week of Aug 14, 1982
- Career Power
- 39
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 39
- November 1981 – November 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 39
- November 1977 – November 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.78%
- week of Jul 17, 1982
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tainted LoveApple Music | #8 | 43 | 38.6 |
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At their peak
1981 in music →Soft Cell's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1981 to November 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Daryl Hall and John Oates103
- 2Olivia Newton-John102
- 3Air Supply99
- 4John Mellencamp94
- 5Rick Springfield92
- 6The J. Geils Band90
- 7Juice Newton88
- 8Go-Go's86
- 9Joan Jett & the Blackhearts83
- 10Journey81
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.