Artists · Global Music Power
Merry Clayton
Charting Jun 6, 1970 → May 21, 1988 · 41 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 40 wk, UK Singles Chart 3 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
- 0.24%
- week of Sep 20, 1975
- Career Power
- 9
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 3
- May 1987 – May 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 5
- October 1970 – September 1975
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 41
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.54%
- week of Apr 23, 1988
- 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
6 records · 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (From The Motion Picture "Dirty Dancing")Apple Music | #45 | 11 | 3.2 | ||
| Keep Your Eye On The SparrowApple Music | #45 | 9 | 3.0 | ||
| After All This TimeApple Music | #71 | 7 | 1.2 | ||
| Gimme ShelterApple Music | #73 | 7 | 1.0 | ||
| Oh No, Not My BabyApple Music | #72 | 6 | 0.9 | ||
| YesApple Music | #70 | 3 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
Merry Clayton's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from May 1987 to May 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston117
- 2George Michael101
- 3Michael Jackson94
- 4Debbie Gibson85
- 5Tiffany80
- 6Heart78
- 7Pet Shop Boys70
- 8Whitesnake69
- 9Richard Marx68
- 10Belinda Carlisle68
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.