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Falco

Charting Feb 8, 1986Jul 26, 1986 · 25 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 25 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 28 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    3 crowns

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar–Apr 1986) · First crown Mar 1986

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    First crown May 1986

  • Global Music Power

    5 crowns

    19861987

    Longest reign 5 weeks (Mar–Apr 1986) · First crown Mar 1986

Peak Power
2.11%
week of May 3, 1986
Career Power
47
share-weeks
Crowns
3
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
47
August 1985 – July 1986
Peak Five Years
47
August 1981 – July 1986
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
25
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.57%
week of Apr 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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

2 records · 47 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
Rock Me Amadeus#11733.6
Vienna Calling#181413.9

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At their peak

1985 in music

Falco's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1985 to July 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Whitney Houston122
  2. 2Heart105
  3. 3John Mellencamp102
  4. 4Mr. Mister98
  5. 5Starship85
  6. 6Dire Straits84
  7. 7Billy Ocean81
  8. 8Phil Collins79
  9. 9Prince And The Revolution77
  10. 10Sting72

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.