Artists · UK Singles Chart
X-Ray Spex
Charting Apr 23, 1978 → May 6, 1979 · 33 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 33 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.96%
- week of Dec 10, 1978
- Career Power
- 33
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 31
- April 1978 – April 1979
- Peak Five Years
- 33
- May 1974 – May 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 33
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.92%
- week of Nov 19, 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 →
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
4 records · 33 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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germ Free AdolescentsApple Music | #19 | 11 | 11.3 | ||
| IdentityApple Music | #24 | 10 | 10.4 | ||
| The Day the World Turned Day-GloApple Music | #23 | 8 | 9.1 | ||
| Highly InflammableApple Music | #45 | 4 | 2.5 |
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At their peak
1978 in music →X-Ray Spex's best twelve months on the UK Singles Chart ran from April 1978 to April 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Boney M135
- 2Bee Gees91
- 3Olivia Newton-John89
- 4John Travolta85
- 5Blondie85
- 6Darts83
- 7The Boomtown Rats71
- 8Father Abraham and the Smurfs65
- 9Chic64
- 10Village People58
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.