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Dennis DeYoung portraitDennis DeYoung

Charting Sep 8, 1984Jul 12, 1986 · 36 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 36 wk

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Peak Power
1.49%
week of Dec 1, 1984
Career Power
30
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
26
February 1984 – February 1985
Peak Five Years
30
July 1981 – July 1986
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
36
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.63%
week of Nov 10, 1984
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 · 30 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
Desert Moon#102225.2
Call Me#54114.0
Don't Wait For Heroes#8340.4
This Is The Time#9330.4

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At their peak

1984 in music

Dennis DeYoung's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1984 to February 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Cyndi Lauper143
  2. 2Lionel Richie121
  3. 3The Pointer Sisters109
  4. 4Huey Lewis & The News107
  5. 5The Cars100
  6. 6Madonna99
  7. 7Duran Duran96
  8. 8Bruce Springsteen93
  9. 9Tina Turner93
  10. 10Culture Club84

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.