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Boy George portraitBoy George

Charting Dec 26, 1987Jul 3, 1993 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 29 wk, UK Singles Chart 51 wk (2 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19871995

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Mar 1987) · First crown Mar 1987

Peak Power
1.17%
week of May 29, 1993
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
19
July 1992 – July 1993
Peak Five Years
19
July 1988 – July 1993
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.22%
week of May 15, 1993
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

2 records · 25 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
The Crying Game (From "The Crying Game")#151718.9
Live My Life (From The Film "Hiding Out")#40126.2

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At their peak

1992 in music

Boy George's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1992 to July 1993. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Whitney Houston138
  2. 2Boyz II Men124
  3. 3TLC116
  4. 4Jon Secada116
  5. 5En Vogue109
  6. 6Bobby Brown108
  7. 7Shai106
  8. 8P.M. Dawn104
  9. 9Arrested Development100
  10. 10Madonna97

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.