Artists · Global Music Power
David Foster
Charting Aug 24, 1985 → Mar 12, 1988 · 33 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 33 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · 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, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.84%
- week of Nov 30, 1985
- Career Power
- 15
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 15
- August 1985 – August 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 15
- March 1983 – March 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 33
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.51%
- week of Nov 16, 1985
- 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 Global Music Power
3 records · 15 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental)Apple Music | #15 | 22 | 14.6 | ||
| The Best Of Mewith Olivia Newton-JohnApple Music | #80 | 8 | 0.5 | ||
| Winter GamesApple Music | #85 | 3 | 0.4 |
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At their peak
David Foster's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from August 1985 to August 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston105
- 2Madonna98
- 3Mr. Mister79
- 4Dire Straits77
- 5Heart72
- 6Billy Ocean72
- 7John Mellencamp71
- 8a-ha67
- 9Starship66
- 10Wham!63
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.