Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Dire Straits
Charting Feb 10, 1979 → May 31, 1986 · 83 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 83 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 138 wk
Honours
- Peak Power
- 2.31%
- week of Feb 1, 1986
- Career Power
- 123
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 3
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 85
- June 1985 – May 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 86
- June 1981 – May 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 83
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.58%
- week of Sep 28, 1985
- Comebacks
- 1
- Sep 1985, after 6 quiet years
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
7 records · 123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money For NothingApple Music | #1 | 22 | 38.9 | ||
| Walk Of LifeApple Music | #7 | 21 | 32.0 | ||
| Sultans Of SwingApple Music | #4 | 15 | 30.2 | ||
| So Far AwayApple Music | #19 | 14 | 14.2 | ||
| Lady WriterApple Music | #45 | 7 | 3.5 | ||
| SkateawayApple Music | #58 | 10 | 3.0 | ||
| Industrial DiseaseApple Music | #75 | 4 | 0.8 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →Dire Straits's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1985 to May 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston129
- 2Phil Collins102
- 3Heart101
- 4John Mellencamp93
- 5Tears For Fears92
- 6Mr. Mister91
- 7Prince And The Revolution90
- 8Sting89
- 9Dire Straits85
- 10Starship83
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.