Artists · Global Music Power
Megadeth
Charting Dec 12, 1987 → Jan 14, 1995 · 46 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 15 wk, UK Singles Chart 34 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · 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, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.20%
- week of Feb 3, 1990
- Career Power
- 13
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- June 1992 – June 1993
- Peak Five Years
- 11
- January 1990 – December 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 46
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.82%
- week of Oct 17, 1992
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
10 records · 13 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symphony Of DestructionApple Music | #71#15 | 153 | 3.5 | ||
| No More Mr. Nice GuyApple Music | #13 | 6 | 2.5 | ||
| Hangar 18Apple Music | #26 | 4 | 1.3 | ||
| Skin O' My TeethApple Music | #13 | 3 | 1.1 | ||
| Train of ConsequencesApple Music | #22 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| Sweating BulletsApple Music | #26 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| Holy Wars...The Punishment DueApple Music | #24 | 3 | 1.0 | ||
| Anarchy in the UK | #45 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Mary JaneApple Music | #46 | 2 | 0.4 | ||
| Wake Up DeadApple Music | #65 | 4 | 0.4 |
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At their peak
Megadeth's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from June 1992 to June 1993. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston120
- 2Boyz II Men104
- 3Jon Secada96
- 4Arrested Development94
- 5TLC90
- 6En Vogue90
- 7Madonna89
- 8Bobby Brown78
- 9Snap!72
- 10Shai70
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.