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Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Salsoul Orchestra

Charting Apr 23, 1978Mar 20, 1983 · 6 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 39 wk, UK Singles Chart 6 wk

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Peak Power
0.11%
week of May 14, 1978
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
May 1977 – May 1978
Peak Five Years
2
March 1978 – March 1983
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
6
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.40%
week of May 7, 1978
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

2 records · 2 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
Dance a Little Bit Closerwith Charo#4441.3
Ooh I Love It (Love Break)#8320.3

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At their peak

1977 in music

The Salsoul Orchestra's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1977 to May 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer122
  2. 2Bee Gees82
  3. 3Showaddywaddy74
  4. 4The Stranglers73
  5. 5Boney M70
  6. 6Darts68
  7. 7Hot Chocolate66
  8. 8Wings66
  9. 9Brotherhood Of Man64
  10. 10Rod Stewart64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.