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Soft Cell portraitSoft Cell

Charting Jan 16, 1982Nov 6, 1982 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 43 wk, UK Singles Chart 101 wk (2 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19812003

    Longest 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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Tainted Love#84338.6

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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:

  1. 1Daryl Hall and John Oates103
  2. 2Olivia Newton-John102
  3. 3Air Supply99
  4. 4John Mellencamp94
  5. 5Rick Springfield92
  6. 6The J. Geils Band90
  7. 7Juice Newton88
  8. 8Go-Go's86
  9. 9Joan Jett & the Blackhearts83
  10. 10Journey81

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.