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The Buggles portraitThe Buggles

Charting Nov 10, 1979Jan 12, 1980 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 28 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19791980

    First crown Oct 1979

Peak Power
0.41%
week of Dec 29, 1979
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
January 1979 – January 1980
Peak Five Years
5
January 1975 – January 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.93%
week of Dec 15, 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 Billboard Hot 100

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
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At their peak

1979 in music

The Buggles's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1979 to January 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer152
  2. 2Chic100
  3. 3Kenny Rogers89
  4. 4Bee Gees86
  5. 5Little River Band82
  6. 6Peaches & Herb76
  7. 7Supertramp75
  8. 8Commodores72
  9. 9Village People68
  10. 10Styx68

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.