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Gregory Abbott portraitGregory Abbott

Charting Oct 18, 1986May 2, 1987 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 29 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 17 wk

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Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    First crown Jan 1987

  • Global Music Power

    2 crowns

    19861987

    First crown Dec 1986

Peak Power
2.25%
week of Feb 7, 1987
Career Power
45
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
45
May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years
45
May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.57%
week of Jan 17, 1987
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 · 45 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
Shake You Down#12240.9
I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)#56113.8

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At their peak

1986 in music

Gregory Abbott's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1986 to May 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Janet Jackson137
  2. 2Madonna137
  3. 3Genesis116
  4. 4Huey Lewis & The News98
  5. 5Lionel Richie89
  6. 6Bon Jovi77
  7. 7Billy Ocean76
  8. 8Peter Gabriel76
  9. 9The Bangles75
  10. 10Cyndi Lauper71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.