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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Tubeway Army

Charting May 13, 1979 → Aug 26, 1979 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — UK Singles Chart 16 wk (4 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    4 crowns

    19791979

    Longest reign 4 weeks (Jun–Jul 1979) · First crown Jun 1979

Peak Power
2.17%
week of Jul 29, 1979
Career Power
35
share-weeks
Crowns
4
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
September 1978 – August 1979
Peak Five Years
35
September 1974 – August 1979
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.53%
week of Jul 1, 1979
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

1 song · 35 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
Are 'Friends' Electric?#11634.9

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At their peak

1978 in music →

Tubeway Army's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from September 1978 to August 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boney M105
  2. 2Blondie96
  3. 3ABBA78
  4. 4Chic73
  5. 5Village People71
  6. 6Bee Gees66
  7. 7Olivia Newton-John65
  8. 8John Travolta60
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra60
  10. 10Earth, Wind & Fire59

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.