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Arcade Fire portraitArcade Fire

Charting Apr 2, 2005Aug 26, 2017 · 34 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 1 wk, UK Singles Chart 33 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Peak Power
0.11%
week of Sep 17, 2005
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
3
December 2004 – December 2005
Peak Five Years
4
August 2002 – August 2007
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
34
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.59%
week of Sep 10, 2005
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 Global Music Power

12 records · 5 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Rebellion (Lies)#1930.9
Everything Now#5070.9
Power Out#2630.7
Wake Up#2930.6
Laika#3020.6
Keep the Car Running#5650.5
Reflektor#99#44140.5
Ready to Start#6720.2
Cold Wind#5210.2
We Used to Wait#7510.1
Intervention#8110.1
No Cars Go#8510.1

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At their peak

Arcade Fire's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from December 2004 to December 2005. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Kelly Clarkson165
  2. 250 Cent142
  3. 3Mariah Carey137
  4. 4Green Day124
  5. 5Gwen Stefani114
  6. 6Black Eyed Peas95
  7. 7Ciara94
  8. 8Destiny's Child74
  9. 9Mario72
  10. 10The Game69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.