Artists · Billboard Hot 100

George Michael

Charting Dec 22, 1984 → Jan 14, 2017 · 269 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 269 wk (15 crowns), UK Singles Chart 347 wk (7 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1988

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
15 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (May–Jun 1988) · First crown Feb 1985
UK Singles Chart
7 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Apr 1986) · First crown Apr 1986
Global Music Power
4 crowns
19842024
First crown Jan 1988

Billboard Hot 100 · 269 wk UK Singles Chart · 347 wk Global Music Power · 473 wk

Peak Power: 3.03%; week of Mar 19, 1988
Career Power: 452; share-weeks
Crowns: 15; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 141; November 1987 – November 1988
Peak Five Years: 310; April 1986 – March 1991
Top-five weeks: 39; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 269; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.75%; week of Feb 27, 1988
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1990 · Jun 1996

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

20 records · 452 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Careless WhisperApple Music	#1February 1985	22	December 1984 – January 2017	45.0	44.0
FaithApple Music	#1December 1987	21	October 1987 – January 2017	40.0	40.5
I Want Your Sex (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")Apple Music	#2August 1987	20	June 1987 – October 1987	35.1	34.8
One More TryApple Music	#1May 1988	18	April 1988 – August 1988	34.4	35.3
Father FigureApple Music	#1February 1988	17	January 1988 – May 1988	31.7	32.6
MonkeyApple Music	#1August 1988	16	July 1988 – October 1988	30.5	30.7
Too FunkyApple Music	#10August 1992	20	June 1992 – October 1992	28.5	28.0
FastloveApple Music	#8June 1996	19	May 1996 – September 1996	27.8	27.5
Praying For TimeApple Music	#1October 1990	14	September 1990 – December 1990	26.9	27.2
Freedom	#8December 1990	16	October 1990 – February 1991	25.5	25.9
A Different CornerApple Music	#7June 1986	16	April 1986 – August 1986	24.3	23.9
Kissing A FoolApple Music	#5November 1988	15	October 1988 – January 1989	23.3	23.0
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Mewith Elton JohnApple Music	#1February 1992	20	December 1991 – April 1992	21.5	41.8
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)with Aretha FranklinApple Music	#1April 1987	17	February 1987 – June 1987	15.8	31.6
Jesus To A ChildApple Music	#7February 1996	14	February 1996 – May 1996	14.1	14.0
Heaven Help Mewith Deon EstusApple Music	#5April 1989	16	February 1989 – June 1989	11.9	23.5
Waiting For That DayApple Music	#27March 1991	10	January 1991 – March 1991	7.8	8.3
Somebody To Lovewith QueenApple Music	#30May 1993	9	May 1993 – July 1993	3.5	6.8
Mother's Pride	#46March 1991	9	February 1991 – March 1991	3.2	4.3
Killer/Papa Was A Rollin' StoneApple Music	#69July 1993	7	July 1993 – August 1993	1.5	1.5

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At their peak

1987 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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