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Freddie Mercury portraitFreddie Mercury

Charting Sep 29, 1984May 18, 1985 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 86 wk (2 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19841993

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1993) · First crown Aug 1993

Peak Power
0.13%
week of Nov 3, 1984
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
May 1984 – May 1985
Peak Five Years
2
May 1980 – May 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.34%
week of Oct 27, 1984
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 · 2 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
Love Kills#6961.5
I Was Born To Love You#7640.8

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At their peak

1984 in music

Freddie Mercury's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1984 to May 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna149
  2. 2Bruce Springsteen121
  3. 3Tina Turner108
  4. 4Chicago106
  5. 5Cyndi Lauper103
  6. 6The Pointer Sisters100
  7. 7Prince And The Revolution93
  8. 8The Cars88
  9. 9Billy Ocean87
  10. 10Duran Duran86

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.