Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Dire Straits
Charting Feb 10, 1979 → May 31, 1986 · 83 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 83 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 138 wk
- Peak Power
- 2.31%
- week of Feb 1, 1986
- Career Power
- 122
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top artist
- 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
- September 1985
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Sep 15, 1979 | Sep 7, 1985 | 312 | 127 | 1.89% | 1.08% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 122 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money For NothingApple Music | #1 | 22 | 38.9 | |
| Walk Of LifeApple Music | #7 | 21 | 31.9 | |
| Sultans Of SwingApple Music | #4 | 15 | 30.2 | |
| So Far AwayApple Music | #19 | 14 | 14.2 | |
| Lady Writer | #45 | 7 | 3.5 | |
| SkateawayApple Music | #58 | 10 | 3.0 | |
| Industrial Disease | #75 | 4 | 0.8 |
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