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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Telex

Charting Jul 15, 1979Aug 26, 1979 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsUK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
0.42%
week of Aug 19, 1979
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
September 1978 – August 1979
Peak Five Years
5
September 1974 – August 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.12%
week of Aug 5, 1979
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

1 song · 5 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
Rock Around the Clock#3475.3

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At their peak

1978 in music

Telex's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1978 to August 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M105
  2. 2Blondie96
  3. 3ABBA78
  4. 4Chic73
  5. 5Village People71
  6. 6Bee Gees66
  7. 7Olivia Newton-John65
  8. 8John Travolta60
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra60
  10. 10Earth, Wind & Fire59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.