Artists · Billboard Hot 100
El DeBarge
Charting Aug 31, 1985 → Feb 21, 1987 · 53 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 53 wk, UK Singles Chart 11 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.85%
- week of Jul 26, 1986
- Career Power
- 40
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 37
- March 1986 – February 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 40
- March 1982 – February 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 2
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 53
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.33%
- week of Jul 5, 1986
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
5 records · 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who's Johnny ("Short Circuit" Theme)Apple Music | #3 | 19 | 29.8 | ||
| Love AlwaysApple Music | #43 | 12 | 5.2 | ||
| You Wear It Wellwith DebargeApple Music | #46 | 10 | 2.4 | ||
| Someone | #70 | 9 | 2.0 | ||
| The Heart Is Not So Smartwith DebargeApple Music | #75 | 7 | 0.7 |
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At their peak
1986 in music →El DeBarge's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1986 to February 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Janet Jackson130
- 2Madonna124
- 3Genesis91
- 4Billy Ocean89
- 5The Bangles82
- 6Lionel Richie78
- 7Miami Sound Machine77
- 8Robert Palmer76
- 9Huey Lewis & The News75
- 10Glass Tiger62
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.