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Charting Mar 18, 1978Jan 29, 2022 · 212 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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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.

Peak Power
2.87%
week of Jan 8, 1994
Career Power
175
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
2
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
84
July 1993 – July 1994
Peak Five Years
112
June 1991 – May 1996
Top-five weeks
16
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
212
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.95%
week of Dec 11, 1993
Comebacks
2
October 1993, November 1995
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceApr 7, 1979Oct 23, 19937592131.21%1.13%
After declineJul 30, 1994Nov 25, 199569642.87%1.08%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).