Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Michael McDonald

Charting Jan 12, 1980 → Jun 16, 1990 · 100 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 100 wk, UK Singles Chart 54 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 100 wk UK Singles Chart · 54 wk Global Music Power · 117 wk

Peak Power: 2.14%; week of Sep 20, 1986
Career Power: 109; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 48; November 1985 – October 1986
Peak Five Years: 106; November 1981 – October 1986
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 100; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.21%; week of Oct 23, 1982
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1986

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

8 records · 109 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)Apple Music	#4October 1982	19	August 1982 – December 1982	33.3	33.0
Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared")Apple Music	#7August 1986	20	June 1986 – October 1986	28.2	28.9
On My Ownwith Patti LaBelleApple Music	#1June 1986	23	March 1986 – August 1986	20.2	41.1
Yah Mo B Therewith James IngramApple Music	#19March 1984	18	December 1983 – April 1984	9.6	18.8
No Lookin' BackApple Music	#34September 1985	12	July 1985 – October 1985	8.4	8.2
I Gotta TryApple Music	#44December 1982	11	November 1982 – January 1983	6.2	6.5
Let Me Go, Lovewith Nicolette LarsonApple Music	#35February 1980	11	January 1980 – March 1980	3.2	6.4
Take It To HeartApple Music	#98June 1990	2	June 1990 – June 1990	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Michael McDonald's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.