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Artists · UK Singles Chart

The Truth

Charting Feb 3, 1966Dec 25, 1988 · 31 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 9 wk, UK Singles Chart 31 wk

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Peak Power
0.69%
week of Jul 10, 1983
Career Power
23
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
February 1983 – February 1984
Peak Five Years
16
November 1979 – November 1984
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
31
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.71%
week of Jun 26, 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

7 records · 23 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
Confusion (Hits Us Every Time)#22108.9
Girl#2766.8
A Step in the Right Direction#3276.0
No Stone Unturned#6630.9
Open Our Eyes#7720.5
Exception of Love#9220.3
5 Live#9710.1

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At their peak

1983 in music

The Truth's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from February 1983 to February 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson99
  2. 2Eurythmics91
  3. 3Paul Young85
  4. 4Culture Club84
  5. 5Thompson Twins75
  6. 6Wham!72
  7. 7David Bowie68
  8. 8Spandau Ballet62
  9. 9Tracey Ullman61
  10. 10The Style Council60

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.