Artists · Global Music Power
Definition of Sound
Charting Nov 17, 1990 → Feb 24, 1996 · 31 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 31 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
- 0.26%
- week of Apr 13, 1991
- Career Power
- 7
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 5
- March 1991 – February 1992
- Peak Five Years
- 7
- March 1991 – February 1996
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.63%
- week of Mar 30, 1991
- 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
9 records · 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wear Your Love Like HeavenApple Music | #17 | 9 | 3.5 | ||
| Moira Jane's CafeApple Music | #34 | 4 | 1.0 | ||
| Pass the VibesApple Music | #23 | 3 | 0.9 | ||
| Now Is Tomorrow {1991} | #46 | 4 | 0.6 | ||
| ChildApple Music | #48 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| Can I Get OverApple Music | #61 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Boom BoomApple Music | #59 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Now Is TomorrowApple Music | #94 | 4 | 0.2 | ||
| What Are You Under | #68 | 1 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
Definition of Sound's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from March 1991 to February 1992. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Color Me Badd107
- 2Mariah Carey103
- 3Amy Grant95
- 4Bryan Adams93
- 5Paula Abdul88
- 6Michael Bolton84
- 7Roxette70
- 8Extreme69
- 9Boyz II Men69
- 10Rod Stewart65
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.