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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

John Parr portraitJohn Parr

Charting Dec 15, 1984Jan 17, 1987 · 50 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 50 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19842006

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1985) · First crown Sep 1985

Peak Power
2.23%
week of Sep 28, 1985
Career Power
55
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
54
December 1984 – November 1985
Peak Five Years
55
January 1982 – January 1987
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
50
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.58%
week of Sep 14, 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

5 records · 55 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
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)#12237.6
Naughty Naughty#232015.3
Magical#7351.0
Blame It On The Radio#8861.0
Love Grammar#8920.3

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At their peak

1984 in music

John Parr's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1984 to November 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna153
  2. 2Bryan Adams125
  3. 3Phil Collins123
  4. 4Wham!111
  5. 5Bruce Springsteen100
  6. 6Tears For Fears99
  7. 7Prince And The Revolution93
  8. 8Kool & The Gang93
  9. 9Tina Turner87
  10. 10Billy Ocean86

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.