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Artists United Against Apartheid

Charting Nov 2, 1985Jan 25, 1986 · 13 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 13 wk, UK Singles Chart 9 wk

Compare with other artists
Peak Power
0.56%
week of Jan 11, 1986
Career Power
9
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
9
February 1985 – January 1986
Peak Five Years
9
February 1981 – January 1986
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
13
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.99%
week of Dec 14, 1985
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 Billboard Hot 100

1 song · 9 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
Sun City#38138.7

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At their peak

1985 in music

Artists United Against Apartheid's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1985 to January 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Phil Collins126
  2. 2Madonna123
  3. 3Bryan Adams112
  4. 4Tears For Fears105
  5. 5Kool & The Gang99
  6. 6Bruce Springsteen95
  7. 7Glenn Frey90
  8. 8Tina Turner87
  9. 9Wham!81
  10. 10Survivor80

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.