Artists · Global Music Power
The Kane Gang
Charting Apr 14, 1984 → Apr 30, 1988 · 71 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 24 wk, UK Singles Chart 47 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
- 0.42%
- week of Jan 9, 1988
- Career Power
- 20
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 10
- March 1984 – March 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 20
- May 1983 – April 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 71
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.76%
- week of Aug 4, 1984
- 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
7 records · 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MotortownApple Music | #36#45 | 167 | 7.4 | ||
| Closest Thing to HeavenApple Music | #12 | 11 | 5.1 | ||
| Respect YourselfApple Music | #21 | 11 | 3.7 | ||
| Don't Look Any FurtherApple Music | #64#52 | 84 | 2.1 | ||
| Gun LawApple Music | #53 | 4 | 0.6 | ||
| Smalltown CreedApple Music | #60 | 7 | 0.6 | ||
| What Time Is ItApple Music | #84 | 3 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
The Kane Gang's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from March 1984 to March 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1The Pointer Sisters103
- 2Madonna100
- 3Cyndi Lauper96
- 4Lionel Richie89
- 5Bruce Springsteen83
- 6Tina Turner83
- 7Duran Duran81
- 8The Cars78
- 9Chicago76
- 10Prince And The Revolution71
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.