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Charting Jan 24, 1987 → Nov 5, 1988 · 67 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 67 wk, UK Singles Chart 53 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19862000

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Nov–Dec 1986) · First crown Nov 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 67 wkUK Singles Chart · 53 wkGlobal Music Power · 96 wk
Peak Power
2.01%
week of Oct 24, 1987
Career Power
71
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
62
January 1987 – January 1988
Peak Five Years
71
November 1983 – November 1988
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
67
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.31%
week of Oct 17, 1987
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

5 records · 71 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
Carrie#31929.6
The Final Countdown#81822.4
Rock The Night#30138.7
Superstitious#31138.5
Cherokee#72101.9

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Europe's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1987 to January 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna108
  2. 2Whitney Houston100
  3. 3Expose95
  4. 4U289
  5. 5George Michael86
  6. 6Heart78
  7. 7Fleetwood Mac76
  8. 8Prince74
  9. 9Huey Lewis & The News73
  10. 10Steve Winwood73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.