Artists · Billboard Hot 100
John Cougar
Charting Oct 13, 1979 → Mar 5, 1983 · 101 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 101 wk (13 at #1), UK Singles Chart 10 wk
- Peak Power
- 4.07%
- week of Oct 16, 1982
- Career Power
- 169
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 13
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 120
- March 1982 – March 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 169
- March 1978 – March 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 20
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 101
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.28%
- week of Oct 2, 1982
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 169 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurts So GoodApple Music | #2 | 28 | 56.0 | |
| Jack & DianeApple Music | #1 | 22 | 45.2 | |
| Ain't Even Done With The NightApple Music | #17 | 21 | 23.0 | |
| Hand To Hold On ToApple Music | #19 | 18 | 18.5 | |
| This TimeApple Music | #27 | 17 | 13.7 | |
| I Need A LoverApple Music | #28 | 14 | 12.4 | |
| Small Paradise | #87 | 3 | 0.5 |
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