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Real McCoy

Also credited as (MC Sar and) the Real McCoy

Charting Aug 27, 1994 → Aug 9, 1997 · 99 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 99 wk, UK Singles Chart 38 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Global Music Power

    3 crowns

    19931997

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1995) · First crown Nov 1994

Peak Power
3.81%
week of May 6, 1995
Career Power
184
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
155
September 1994 – September 1995
Peak Five Years
184
August 1992 – August 1997
Top-five weeks
27
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
99
weeks with chart power
Dominance
4.86%
week of Apr 8, 1995
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 · 184 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
Another Night#34596.2
Run Away#32042.7
Come And Get Your Love#192021.9
One More Time#272017.1
Automatic Lover (Call For Love)#52195.7

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At their peak

1994 in music →

Real McCoy's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1994 to September 1995. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Boyz II Men200
  2. 2TLC166
  3. 3Real McCoy155
  4. 4Madonna130
  5. 5Sheryl Crow120
  6. 6Hootie & The Blowfish114
  7. 7Brandy112
  8. 8The Notorious B.I.G.104
  9. 9Bon Jovi100
  10. 10Melissa Etheridge98

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.