Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Michael Jackson

Charting Oct 30, 1971 → Aug 8, 2026 · 574 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 574 wk (43 at #1), UK Singles Chart 622 wk (19 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 574 wk UK Singles Chart · 622 wk Global Music Power · 803 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 4.24%; week of Jun 11, 1983
Career Power: 1,054; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 43; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 179; January 1983 – January 1984
Peak Five Years: 359; August 1979 – August 1984
Top-five weeks: 119; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 574; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.67%; week of Apr 16, 1983
Comebacks: 7; October 1979, January 1983, October 1987, December 1991, September 1995, January 2002, May 2026

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Feb 10, 1973	Oct 6, 1979	347	158	2.36%	1.23%
After decline	Sep 27, 1980	Jan 22, 1983	121	74	3.07%	1.17%
After absence	Jun 30, 1984	Oct 17, 1987	172	155	4.24%	1.70%
After absence	Mar 18, 1989	Dec 28, 1991	145	140	4.24%	1.63%
After decline	Dec 18, 1993	Sep 16, 1995	91	78	4.24%	1.54%
After absence	Feb 3, 1996	Jan 19, 2002	311	209	4.24%	1.53%
After absence	Apr 20, 2002	May 30, 2026	1258	213	4.24%	1.49%

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

52 records · 1,054 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Billie JeanApple Music	#1March 1983	32	January 1983 – June 2026	63.2
Rock With YouApple Music	#1January 1980	25	November 1979 – May 2026	47.7
Beat ItApple Music	#1April 1983	28	February 1983 – May 2026	46.7
ThrillerApple Music	#4March 1984	26	February 1984 – November 2025	44.9
You Are Not AloneApple Music	#1September 1995	20	September 1995 – January 1996	43.2
Remember The TimeApple Music	#3March 1992	20	January 1992 – June 1992	42.6
Black Or WhiteApple Music	#1December 1991	20	November 1991 – April 1992	41.3
Don't Stop 'til You Get EnoughApple Music	#1October 1979	26	July 1979 – June 2026	35.0
Will You Be ThereApple Music	#7September 1993	20	July 1993 – November 1993	34.7
Got To Be ThereApple Music	#4December 1971	14	October 1971 – January 1972	33.6
Man In The MirrorApple Music	#1March 1988	17	February 1988 – May 1988	33.6
The Way You Make Me FeelApple Music	#1January 1988	18	November 1987 – March 1988	32.1
Rockin' RobinApple Music	#2April 1972	13	March 1972 – June 1972	31.0
Human NatureApple Music	#7September 1983	23	July 1983 – July 2026	30.5
BenApple Music	#1October 1972	16	August 1972 – November 1972	30.4
ButterfliesApple Music	#14January 2002	20	November 2001 – March 2002	30.0
Dirty DianaApple Music	#1July 1988	15	May 1988 – May 2026	27.4
In The ClosetApple Music	#6May 1992	20	April 1992 – September 1992	26.7
Wanna Be Startin' SomethinApple Music	#5July 1983	15	May 1983 – September 1983	26.1
BadApple Music	#1October 1987	14	September 1987 – December 1987	25.2
Smooth CriminalApple Music	#7January 1989	15	November 1988 – February 1989	24.1
She's Out Of My LifeApple Music	#10June 1980	16	April 1980 – August 1980	24.0
Say Say Saywith Paul McCartneyApple Music	#1December 1983	22	October 1983 – March 1984	23.3
Off The WallApple Music	#10April 1980	17	February 1980 – June 1980	20.6
Who Is ItApple Music	#14May 1993	18	April 1993 – August 1993	20.1
The Girl Is Minewith Paul McCartneyApple Music	#2January 1983	18	November 1982 – March 1983	19.1
You Rock My WorldApple Music	#10September 2001	20	September 2001 – January 2002	18.9
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)Apple Music	#10November 1983	16	October 1983 – January 1984	18.8
Another Part Of MeApple Music	#11September 1988	13	July 1988 – October 1988	17.7
Heal The WorldApple Music	#27March 1993	20	December 1992 – April 1993	15.9
I Wanna Be Where You AreApple Music	#16July 1972	11	May 1972 – August 1972	14.8
JamApple Music	#26August 1992	14	July 1992 – October 1992	13.4
I Just Can't Stop Loving Youwith Siedah GarrettApple Music	#1September 1987	14	August 1987 – November 1987	13.1
Scream/Childhoodwith Janet JacksonApple Music	#5June 1995	17	June 1995 – October 1995	12.9
ChicagoApple Music	#26June 2026	10	June 2026 – August 2026	11.6
Just A Little Bit Of YouApple Music	#23August 1975	12	June 1975 – August 1975	10.6
They Don't Care About UsApple Music	#30June 1996	13	June 1996 – August 1996	9.5
Love Never Felt So Goodwith Justin TimberlakeApple Music	#9May 2014	20	May 2014 – September 2014	8.9
Farewell My Summer LoveApple Music	#38June 1984	12	May 1984 – August 1984	7.0
Blood On The Dance FloorApple Music	#42May 1997	11	May 1997 – July 1997	4.6
With A Child's Heart	#50June 1973	7	May 1973 – June 1973	3.4
We're Almost There	#54April 1975	8	March 1975 – April 1975	3.1
Don't Matter To Mefeatured credit · with Drake	#9July 2018	5	July 2018 – August 2018	2.7
Ease On Down The Roadwith Diana Ross	#41October 1978	9	September 1978 – November 1978	2.7
One Day In Your LifeApple Music	#55May 1981	7	April 1981 – May 1981	2.5
Hold My Handwith Akon	#39January 2011	9	December 2010 – January 2011	2.2
One More Chance	#83December 2003	5	December 2003 – January 2004	0.7
You Can't Win (Part 1)	#81March 1979	3	February 1979 – March 1979	0.6
Slave To The Rhythm	#45June 2014	1	June 2014	0.3
Stranger In MoscowApple Music	#91August 1997	2	August 1997 – August 1997	0.3
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008with Akon	#81February 2008	3	February 2008 – February 2008	0.3
Get Itwith Stevie Wonder	#80May 1988	6	May 1988 – June 1988	0.3

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