Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Meat Loaf portraitMeat Loaf

Charting Mar 18, 1978Mar 9, 1996 · 113 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 113 wk, UK Singles Chart 168 wk (14 at #1)

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Peak Power
2.69%
week of Jan 8, 1994
Career Power
155
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
88
July 1993 – July 1994
Peak Five Years
113
March 1991 – March 1996
Top-five weeks
11
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
113
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.63%
week of Nov 20, 1993
Comebacks
2
October 1993, November 1995
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceMar 3, 1979Oct 23, 19937646231.59%1.08%
After declineAug 20, 1994Nov 25, 199566612.69%1.01%

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

9 records · 155 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)#12255.3
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad#112328.5
Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through#132025.9
I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)#132024.3
Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than...#38117.0
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth#39136.7
Paradise By The Dashboard Light#39106.0
Not A Dry Eye In The House#8240.6
I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us#8430.5

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