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Charting Mar 13, 1982Jan 6, 2024 · 421 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 309 wk (11 at #1), UK Singles Chart 263 wk (16 at #1)

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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
3.26%
week of Nov 16, 1991
Career Power
472
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
17
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
112
June 1991 – June 1992
Peak Five Years
239
June 1991 – June 1996
Top-five weeks
40
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
421
weeks with chart power
Dominance
4.08%
week of Sep 14, 1991
Comebacks
3
May 1987, July 1991, December 1996
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineFeb 15, 1986May 30, 198767342.15%1.10%
After absenceNov 21, 1987Jul 27, 19911921872.15%1.24%
After declineOct 21, 1995Dec 7, 199659223.26%1.18%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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