Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Christopher Cross

Charting Feb 16, 1980 → Nov 23, 1985 · 143 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 143 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 27 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Steven Miller, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Oct 1981) · First crown Oct 1981
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19801985
First crown Oct 1981

Billboard Hot 100 · 143 wk UK Singles Chart · 27 wk Global Music Power · 154 wk

Peak Power: 2.64%; week of Sep 13, 1980
Career Power: 221; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 100; February 1980 – February 1981
Peak Five Years: 219; July 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks: 18; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 143; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.59%; week of Aug 30, 1980
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

10 records · 221 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
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)Apple Music	#1October 1981	24	August 1981 – January 1982	48.2	47.5
Ride Like The WindApple Music	#2April 1980	21	February 1980 – July 1980	43.4	43.1
SailingApple Music	#1August 1980	21	June 1980 – November 1980	34.9	34.7
All RightApple Music	#12March 1983	16	January 1983 – May 1983	25.8	25.5
Think Of LauraApple Music	#9February 1984	17	December 1983 – March 1984	23.4	22.9
Never Be The SameApple Music	#15November 1980	19	October 1980 – February 1981	22.1	21.6
Say You'll Be MineApple Music	#20May 1981	14	March 1981 – June 1981	13.4	13.2
No Time For TalkApple Music	#33June 1983	10	May 1983 – July 1983	7.2	7.1
Charm The SnakeApple Music	#68November 1985	5	October 1985 – November 1985	1.3	1.2
A Chance For HeavenApple Music	#76July 1984	5	June 1984 – July 1984	1.0	1.0

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Christopher Cross's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to February 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.