Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Bobby McFerrin
Charting Jul 30, 1988 → Jan 21, 1989 · 26 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 26 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 16 wk
Honours
- Peak Power
- 1.93%
- week of Oct 22, 1988
- Career Power
- 35
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 2
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 35
- January 1988 – January 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 35
- February 1984 – January 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 26
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.56%
- week of Sep 24, 1988
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")Apple Music | #1 | 26 | 34.8 |
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At their peak
1988 in music →Bobby McFerrin's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1988 to January 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1George Michael122
- 2Def Leppard110
- 3Michael Jackson107
- 4INXS101
- 5Taylor Dayne94
- 6Rick Astley94
- 7Whitney Houston85
- 8Debbie Gibson78
- 9Terence Trent D'Arby76
- 10Steve Winwood76
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.