Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Mike + The Mechanics
Charting Nov 23, 1985 → May 11, 1991 · 82 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 82 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 77 wk (3 crowns)
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Honours
- Peak Power
- 2.17%
- week of Jun 14, 1986
- Career Power
- 105
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 1
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 65
- October 1985 – October 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 104
- June 1984 – May 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 82
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.56%
- week of Mar 25, 1989
- Comebacks
- 1
- Feb 1989
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Living YearsApple Music | #1 | 20 | 34.5 | ||
| Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)Apple Music | #6 | 24 | 27.9 | ||
| All I Need Is A MiracleApple Music | #5 | 19 | 27.0 | ||
| Taken InApple Music | #32 | 15 | 10.4 | ||
| Nobody's PerfectApple Music | #63 | 11 | 2.7 | ||
| Seeing Is BelievingApple Music | #62 | 6 | 1.4 | ||
| Word Of MouthApple Music | #78 | 6 | 1.2 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →Mike + The Mechanics's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1985 to October 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston98
- 2Mr. Mister97
- 3John Mellencamp95
- 4Billy Ocean90
- 5Heart89
- 6Miami Sound Machine86
- 7Starship82
- 8Madonna77
- 9Janet Jackson77
- 10Lionel Richie76
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.