Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Chris de Burgh
Charting Apr 30, 1983 → Aug 8, 1987 · 58 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 58 wk, UK Singles Chart 92 wk (3 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19822025Longest 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 →
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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lady In RedApple Music | #3 | 26 | 37.1 | ||
| Don't Pay The FerrymanApple Music | #34 | 14 | 9.2 | ||
| High On EmotionApple Music | #44 | 13 | 6.6 | ||
| Ship To ShoreApple Music | #71 | 5 | 1.3 |
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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:
- 1Genesis118
- 2Madonna117
- 3Huey Lewis & The News114
- 4Janet Jackson112
- 5Bon Jovi101
- 6Lionel Richie91
- 7Bruce Hornsby & The Range86
- 8Cyndi Lauper78
- 9Steve Winwood76
- 10Robbie Nevil73
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.