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Mel & Kim portraitMel & Kim

Charting Feb 21, 1987Apr 4, 1987 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 7 wk, UK Singles Chart 52 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19861988

    First crown Mar 1987

Peak Power
0.10%
week of Apr 4, 1987
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
April 1986 – April 1987
Peak Five Years
1
April 1982 – April 1987
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.24%
week of Mar 21, 1987
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

1 song · 1 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
Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)#7871.3

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At their peak

1986 in music

Mel & Kim's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1986 to April 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Janet Jackson143
  2. 2Madonna132
  3. 3Genesis107
  4. 4Huey Lewis & The News93
  5. 5Lionel Richie85
  6. 6Billy Ocean79
  7. 7The Bangles78
  8. 8Peter Gabriel74
  9. 9Bon Jovi72
  10. 10Journey69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.