Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Buggles portraitThe Buggles

Charting Sep 16, 1979Nov 23, 1980 · 28 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 28 wk (1 at #1)

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Peak Power
1.65%
week of Nov 4, 1979
Career Power
40
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
1
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
39
May 1979 – April 1980
Peak Five Years
40
November 1975 – November 1980
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
28
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.52%
week of Oct 14, 1979
Comebacks
0
none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the UK Singles Chart

4 records · 40 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Video Killed The Radio Star#11123.5
The Plastic Age#16811.5
Clean Clean#3853.7
Elstree#5541.5

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