Artists · Global Music Power
George Duke
Charting Jan 7, 1978 → May 11, 1985 · 43 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 35 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.39%
- week of Aug 8, 1981
- Career Power
- 13
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 10
- April 1981 – April 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 12
- April 1977 – April 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.66%
- week of Aug 8, 1981
- 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 Global Music Power
5 records · 13 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Babywith Stanley ClarkeApple Music | #19 | 20 | 6.4 | ||
| Shine OnApple Music | #41 | 9 | 3.1 | ||
| Reach For ItApple Music | #54 | 6 | 1.6 | ||
| Brazilian Love AffairApple Music | #36 | 6 | 1.4 | ||
| Thief in the NightApple Music | #89 | 2 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
George Duke's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from April 1981 to April 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Daryl Hall and John Oates106
- 2Foreigner80
- 3Sheena Easton79
- 4Juice Newton78
- 5Rick Springfield78
- 6Air Supply75
- 7Journey72
- 8Diana Ross70
- 9Olivia Newton-John68
- 10Kenny Rogers60
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.