Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Jam

Charting May 1, 1977 → Apr 29, 2012 · 142 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 142 wk (7 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
7 crowns
19772012
Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar 1980) · First crown Mar 1980

UK Singles Chart · 142 wk Global Music Power · 142 wk

Peak Power: 2.29%; week of Feb 6, 1983
Career Power: 255; share-weeks
Crowns: 7; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 73; February 1982 – January 1983
Peak Five Years: 229; February 1978 – February 1983
Top-five weeks: 25; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 142; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.80%; week of Jan 30, 1983
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

35 records · 255 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
Start	#1August 1980	8	August 1980 – October 1980	21.2	21.0
Beat SurrenderApple Music	#1November 1982	9	November 1982 – January 1983	20.4	20.5
Going Underground/Dreams of ChildrenApple Music	#1March 1980	9	March 1980 – May 1980	20.4	20.7
Town Called Malice/PreciousApple Music	#1February 1982	12	February 1982 – February 1983	19.9	20.6
The Eton RiflesApple Music	#3November 1979	12	October 1979 – January 1980	18.9	18.8
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)Apple Music	#2September 1982	9	September 1982 – February 1983	15.9	16.1
All Around the WorldApple Music	#13August 1977	11	July 1977 – May 1980	14.7	15.8
Strange TownApple Music	#15April 1979	13	March 1979 – May 1980	14.5	15.6
Absolute BeginnersApple Music	#4October 1981	6	October 1981 – November 1981	12.7	12.5
Funeral PyreApple Music	#4May 1981	6	May 1981 – July 1981	11.9	11.9
David Watts/'A' Bomb in Wardour StreetApple Music	#25September 1978	8	August 1978 – October 1978	11.2	11.2
Down in the Tube Station at MidnightApple Music	#15October 1978	7	October 1978 – November 1978	10.8	10.6
When You're YoungApple Music	#17September 1979	7	August 1979 – September 1979	9.9	9.8
That's EntertainmentApple Music	#21February 1981	7	February 1981 – March 1981	9.8	9.6
Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock HeroApple Music	#8July 1982	5	June 1982 – July 1982	9.3	9.2
In the CityApple Music	#36May 2002	12	May 1977 – May 2002	7.8	8.7
Going Underground/Dreams of Children {1983}Apple Music	#21January 1983	6	January 1983 – February 1983	6.1	6.7
News of the WorldApple Music	#27March 1978	8	March 1978 – May 1980	5.8	7.2
Modern World	#36November 1977	7	October 1977 – May 1980	3.7	5.0
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight {1983}	#30January 1983	6	January 1983 – February 1983	3.7	5.1
The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to ..)Apple Music	#30October 1997	2	October 1997 – October 1997	1.7	1.7
All Around the World {1983}	#38January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	1.1	3.0
News of the World {1983}	#39January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	1.0	3.0
Strange Town {1983}	#42January 1983	5	January 1983 – February 1983	0.8	3.2
That's Entertainment {1991}	#57June 1991	2	June 1991 – June 1991	0.8	0.8
Eton Rifles {1983}	#54February 1983	3	January 1983 – February 1983	0.4	1.6
Town Called Malice	#75April 2012	1	April 2012	0.3	0.3
David Watts/'A' Bomb in Wardour Street {1983}Apple Music	#50January 1983	7	April 1980 – February 1983	0.2	3.4
In the City {1983}	#47January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	0.2	2.3
Modern World {1983}	#51January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	0.1	1.9
When You're Young {1983}	#53January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	0.1	1.8
Start {1983}	#62January 1983	3	January 1983 – February 1983	0.0	1.0
That's Entertainment {1983}	#60January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	0.0	1.3
Funeral Pyre {1983}	#82January 1983	4	January 1983 – February 1983	0.0	0.7
Absolute Beginners {1983}	#83January 1983	3	January 1983 – February 1983	0.0	0.5

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At their peak

1982 in music →

The Jam's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1982 to January 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.