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Chris de Burgh portraitChris de Burgh

Charting Apr 30, 1983Aug 8, 1987 · 58 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 58 wk, UK Singles Chart 92 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19822025

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul–Aug 1986) · First crown Jul 1986

Peak Power
2.02%
week of Jun 20, 1987
Career Power
54
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
37
August 1986 – August 1987
Peak Five Years
54
August 1982 – August 1987
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
58
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.31%
week of May 30, 1987
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

4 records · 54 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 Lady In Red#32637.1
Don't Pay The Ferryman#34149.2
High On Emotion#44136.6
Ship To Shore#7151.3

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At their peak

1986 in music

Chris de Burgh's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1986 to August 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Genesis118
  2. 2Madonna117
  3. 3Huey Lewis & The News114
  4. 4Janet Jackson112
  5. 5Bon Jovi101
  6. 6Lionel Richie91
  7. 7Bruce Hornsby & The Range86
  8. 8Cyndi Lauper78
  9. 9Steve Winwood76
  10. 10Robbie Nevil73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.