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Bobby McFerrin portraitBobby McFerrin

Charting Jul 30, 1988Jan 21, 1989 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 26 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 16 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep–Oct 1988) · First crown Sep 1988

  • Global Music Power

    4 crowns

    19881989

    Longest reign 4 weeks (Sep–Oct 1988) · First crown Sep 1988

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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")#12634.8

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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:

  1. 1George Michael122
  2. 2Def Leppard110
  3. 3Michael Jackson107
  4. 4INXS101
  5. 5Taylor Dayne94
  6. 6Rick Astley94
  7. 7Whitney Houston85
  8. 8Debbie Gibson78
  9. 9Terence Trent D'Arby76
  10. 10Steve Winwood76

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.