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Frankie Goes To Hollywood portraitFrankie Goes To Hollywood

Charting Apr 7, 1984May 25, 1985 · 39 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 39 wk, UK Singles Chart 146 wk (18 crowns)

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Artist of the Year

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    18 crowns

    19832012

    Longest reign 12 weeks (Jun–Aug 1984) · First crown Jan 1984

Peak Power
1.46%
week of Apr 6, 1985
Career Power
33
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
31
June 1984 – May 1985
Peak Five Years
33
June 1980 – May 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
39
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.64%
week of Mar 23, 1985
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

3 records · 33 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
Relax#102322.4
Two Tribes#43157.3
Welcome To The Pleasure Dome#4883.6

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At their peak

1984 in music

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1984 to May 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna151
  2. 2Bruce Springsteen120
  3. 3Tina Turner109
  4. 4Chicago106
  5. 5Cyndi Lauper101
  6. 6The Pointer Sisters99
  7. 7Prince And The Revolution94
  8. 8Billy Ocean90
  9. 9The Cars85
  10. 10Duran Duran85

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.