Artists · Global Music Power
The Alarm
Charting Apr 16, 1983 → Jul 3, 2004 · 97 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 37 wk, UK Singles Chart 72 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.29%
- week of Dec 2, 1989
- Career Power
- 25
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- April 1983 – April 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 18
- May 1983 – April 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 97
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.67%
- week of Jan 18, 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 →
Songs on the Global Music Power
19 records · 25 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain In The SummertimeApple Music | #71#18 | 85 | 3.4 | ||
| 68 GunsApple Music | #17 | 7 | 3.1 | ||
| Sold Me Down The RiverApple Music | #50 | 13 | 2.9 | ||
| StrengthApple Music | #61#40 | 104 | 2.8 | ||
| Where Were You Hiding When the Storm BrokeApple Music | #22 | 6 | 2.2 | ||
| Spirit of '76Apple Music | #22 | 6 | 1.8 | ||
| Presence Of LoveApple Music | #77#44 | 63 | 1.5 | ||
| Absolute RealityApple Music | #35 | 6 | 1.4 | ||
| A New South Wales/The Rock ft the Morrison Orpheus Male Voice Choirfeat. the Morrison Orpheus Male Voice ChoirApple Music | #31 | 5 | 1.0 | ||
| The Chant Has Just BegunApple Music | #48 | 4 | 0.7 | ||
| Sold Me Down the Ruver/Yn Cymraeg | #43 | 3 | 0.6 | ||
| The DeceiverApple Music | #51 | 4 | 0.6 | ||
| Love Don't Come EasyApple Music | #48 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Knife EdgeApple Music | #43 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Rescue MeApple Music | #48 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Unsafe Building 1990 | #54 | 3 | 0.4 | ||
| RawApple Music | #51 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| New Home New Life | #45 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Stand | #86 | 3 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
The Alarm's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from April 1983 to April 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Michael Jackson135
- 2Culture Club127
- 3Lionel Richie106
- 4The Police101
- 5Billy Joel96
- 6Duran Duran82
- 7Eurythmics79
- 8Irene Cara72
- 9David Bowie70
- 10Daryl Hall and John Oates69
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.