Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Alan Parsons Project

Charting Jul 24, 1976 → Mar 8, 1986 · 167 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 167 wk, UK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 167 wk UK Singles Chart · 6 wk Global Music Power · 167 wk

Peak Power: 2.37%; week of Nov 13, 1982
Career Power: 151; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 48; November 1980 – November 1981
Peak Five Years: 138; August 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 167; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.32%; week of Oct 16, 1982
Comebacks: 1; May 1984

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

16 records · 151 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
Eye In The SkyApple Music	#3October 1982	25	July 1982 – December 1982	44.5	44.1
TimeApple Music	#15August 1981	23	April 1981 – September 1981	24.9	24.8
Games People PlayApple Music	#16March 1981	23	December 1980 – May 1981	21.9	21.5
Don't Answer MeApple Music	#15May 1984	15	March 1984 – June 1984	17.2	17.1
Damned If I DoApple Music	#27December 1979	17	September 1979 – January 1980	14.3	14.1
Prime TimeApple Music	#34June 1984	11	May 1984 – July 1984	6.6	6.8
(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor FetherApple Music	#37September 1976	10	July 1976 – September 1976	5.7	5.6
You Don't BelieveApple Music	#54December 1983	10	November 1983 – January 1984	4.1	4.0
PsychobabbleApple Music	#57December 1982	10	November 1982 – January 1983	3.6	3.6
Let's Talk About MeApple Music	#56March 1985	10	February 1985 – April 1985	3.3	3.3
Snake EyesApple Music	#67November 1981	5	October 1981 – November 1981	1.3	1.3
Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)Apple Music	#71May 1985	5	April 1985 – May 1985	1.2	1.1
The RavenApple Music	#80October 1976	4	October 1976 – November 1976	0.8	0.8
StereotomyApple Music	#82March 1986	4	February 1986 – March 1986	0.7	0.7
Don't Let It ShowApple Music	#92January 1978	4	December 1977 – January 1978	0.6	0.6
What Goes UpApple Music	#87September 1978	3	September 1978 – October 1978	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1980 in music →

The Alan Parsons Project's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1980 to November 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.