Artists · Global Music Power
Billy Idol
Charting Jul 3, 1982 → Sep 10, 1994 · 214 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 171 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 109 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · 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 sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 1.91%
- week of Nov 28, 1987
- Career Power
- 186
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 55
- December 1986 – November 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 140
- March 1983 – March 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 11
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 214
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.07%
- week of Oct 31, 1987
- Comebacks
- 2
- December 1986, July 1990
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 26, 1985 | Dec 13, 1986 | 98 | 38 | 1.70% | 1.11% |
| After decline | Apr 16, 1988 | Jul 21, 1990 | 118 | 86 | 1.91% | 1.11% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).