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Artists · UK Singles Chart

Way of the West

Charting Apr 19, 1981 → May 17, 1981 · 5 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 5 wk

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Peak Power
0.19%
week of May 17, 1981
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
May 1980 – May 1981
Peak Five Years
2
May 1976 – May 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
5
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.57%
week of May 3, 1981
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 · 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
Don't Say That's Just for White Boys#5452.2

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Way of the West's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from May 1980 to May 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Adam & the Ants104
  2. 2Madness87
  3. 3John Lennon81
  4. 4Roxy Music72
  5. 5Bad Manners71
  6. 6Diana Ross68
  7. 7Sheena Easton63
  8. 8Stevie Wonder63
  9. 9The Nolans61
  10. 10Odyssey61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.