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Stan Ridgway portraitStan Ridgway

Charting Jan 29, 1984Jun 4, 1989 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Peak Power
1.52%
week of Aug 24, 1986
Career Power
22
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
22
September 1985 – September 1986
Peak Five Years
22
June 1984 – June 1989
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.20%
week of Aug 3, 1986
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

3 records · 22 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
Camouflage#41222.1
Calling Out to Carol#9120.3
Don't Box Me Inwith Stewart Copeland#9110.1

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At their peak

1985 in music

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

  1. 1Madonna130
  2. 2a-ha95
  3. 3Whitney Houston74
  4. 4Five Star74
  5. 5Level 4268
  6. 6Wham!62
  7. 7Pet Shop Boys57
  8. 8Jennifer Rush56
  9. 9Queen53
  10. 10The Real Thing51

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.