Artists · Billboard Hot 100
John Cougar Mellencamp
Charting Oct 15, 1983 → Jun 23, 1984 · 31 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 31 wk, UK Singles Chart 19 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.51%
- week of Dec 31, 1983
- Career Power
- 43
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 43
- July 1983 – June 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 43
- July 1979 – June 1984
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 31
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.73%
- week of Dec 10, 1983
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
2 records · 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crumblin' DownApple Music | #9 | 16 | 24.6 | ||
| The Authority Song | #15 | 15 | 18.6 |
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At their peak
1983 in music →John Cougar Mellencamp's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1983 to June 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Culture Club140
- 2Lionel Richie127
- 3Billy Joel121
- 4Michael Jackson118
- 5The Police115
- 6Duran Duran106
- 7Eurythmics98
- 8Irene Cara83
- 9Daryl Hall and John Oates78
- 10Huey Lewis & The News78
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.