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George Thorogood & The Destroyers

Charting Jun 15, 1985 → Aug 3, 1985 · 8 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 8 wk

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Peak Power
0.18%
week of Jul 27, 1985
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
August 1984 – August 1985
Peak Five Years
2
August 1980 – August 1985
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
8
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.42%
week of Jul 20, 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

1 song · 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
Willie & The Hand Jive#6382.4

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At their peak

1984 in music →

George Thorogood & The Destroyers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1984 to August 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna158
  2. 2Prince And The Revolution123
  3. 3Bruce Springsteen112
  4. 4Billy Ocean110
  5. 5Tina Turner102
  6. 6Cyndi Lauper92
  7. 7Chicago92
  8. 8Daryl Hall and John Oates91
  9. 9Bryan Adams90
  10. 10Phil Collins86

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.