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Level 42 portraitLevel 42

Charting Feb 15, 1986Aug 29, 1987 · 49 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 49 wk, UK Singles Chart 179 wk

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Peak Power
1.79%
week of Jun 21, 1986
Career Power
56
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
August 1985 – August 1986
Peak Five Years
56
September 1982 – August 1987
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
49
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.90%
week of May 31, 1986
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

4 records · 56 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
Something About You#72733.0
Lessons In Love#121821.5
Running In The Family#8340.7
Hot Water#8740.5

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At their peak

1985 in music

Level 42's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1985 to August 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Whitney Houston114
  2. 2John Mellencamp105
  3. 3Heart100
  4. 4Mr. Mister98
  5. 5Starship86
  6. 6Billy Ocean81
  7. 7Dire Straits80
  8. 8Madonna78
  9. 9Phil Collins72
  10. 10Stevie Wonder71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.