Artists · Billboard Hot 100

John Mellencamp

Also credited as J Mellencamp and John Cougar

Charting Oct 13, 1979 → Nov 11, 2006 · 369 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 369 wk (13 crowns), UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Image credits

Photo: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1982

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
13 crowns
19792006
Longest reign 13 weeks (Jul–Oct 1982) · First crown Jul 1982

Billboard Hot 100 · 369 wk UK Singles Chart · 14 wk Global Music Power · 268 wk

Peak Power: 4.07%; week of Oct 16, 1982
Career Power: 502; share-weeks
Crowns: 13; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 120; March 1982 – March 1983
Peak Five Years: 251; October 1981 – September 1986
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 369; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.28%; week of Oct 2, 1982
Comebacks: 3; Oct 1985 · Oct 1987 · Nov 1996, after 8 quiet years

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

27 records · 502 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
Hurts So GoodApple Music	#2August 1982	28	April 1982 – October 1982	56.0	60.4
Jack & DianeApple Music	#1October 1982	22	July 1982 – December 1982	45.2	48.5
Wild Nightwith MeShell NdegeocelloApple Music	#3September 1994	42	May 1994 – March 1995	37.2	75.1
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)Apple Music	#14October 1996	24	August 1996 – February 1997	36.2	35.5
Small TownApple Music	#6December 1985	18	November 1985 – March 1986	30.3	30.7
R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)Apple Music	#2April 1986	17	February 1986 – May 1986	29.4	29.9
Lonely Ol' NightApple Music	#6October 1985	20	August 1985 – January 1986	28.0	28.5
Cherry BombApple Music	#8January 1988	21	October 1987 – March 1988	25.5	26.0
Pink HousesApple Music	#8February 1984	16	December 1983 – March 1984	23.2	22.7
Ain't Even Done With The NightApple Music	#17May 1981	21	January 1981 – June 1981	23.0	22.5
Paper In FireApple Music	#9October 1987	16	August 1987 – November 1987	22.3	22.3
Hand To Hold On ToApple Music	#19January 1983	18	November 1982 – March 1983	18.5	19.3
Check It OutApple Music	#14April 1988	15	February 1988 – May 1988	18.3	18.3
Pop SingerApple Music	#15June 1989	12	April 1989 – July 1989	14.1	13.9
This TimeApple Music	#27December 1980	17	September 1980 – January 1981	13.7	13.3
Get A Leg UpApple Music	#14November 1991	15	October 1991 – January 1992	12.7	12.5
I Need A LoverApple Music	#28December 1979	14	October 1979 – January 1980	12.5	12.3
Rain On The ScarecrowApple Music	#21June 1986	12	April 1986 – July 1986	11.2	11.5
RumbleseatApple Music	#28August 1986	13	June 1986 – September 1986	9.4	9.3
Just Another DayApple Music	#46March 1997	20	February 1997 – July 1997	8.9	8.8
Again TonightApple Music	#36March 1992	13	February 1992 – April 1992	7.7	7.6
Dance NakedApple Music	#41December 1994	17	October 1994 – February 1995	6.4	7.7
Human WheelsApple Music	#48November 1993	14	September 1993 – December 1993	6.1	6.0
Jackie BrownApple Music	#48August 1989	8	July 1989 – September 1989	3.0	3.0
Rooty Toot TootApple Music	#61June 1988	8	May 1988 – July 1988	2.2	2.2
Small ParadiseApple Music	#87February 1980	3	February 1980 – March 1980	0.5	0.5
Our Country	#88November 2006	1	November 2006	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1982 in music →

John Mellencamp's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1982 to March 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.