Artists · Global Music Power
Balaam and the Angel
Charting Sep 21, 1985 → Sep 16, 1989 · 17 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 17 wk
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
- 0.03%
- week of Apr 12, 1986
- Career Power
- 1
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 1
- July 1985 – June 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 1
- September 1984 – September 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 17
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.10%
- week of Mar 29, 1986
- 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 Global Music Power
7 records · 1 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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| She KnowsApple Music | #70 | 4 | 0.4 | ||
| I Like the Things You Do to Me | #82 | 3 | 0.2 | ||
| I'll Show You Something SpecialApple Music | #77 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Slow DownApple Music | #87 | 3 | 0.1 | ||
| Day and NightApple Music | #81 | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| I Took a LittleApple Music | #93 | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| Live Free or Die | #96 | 1 | 0.0 |
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At their peak
Balaam and the Angel's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from July 1985 to June 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston114
- 2Madonna95
- 3Dire Straits81
- 4Mr. Mister78
- 5Heart75
- 6Phil Collins72
- 7Billy Ocean69
- 8John Mellencamp68
- 9a-ha65
- 10Sting65
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.