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 · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 82 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 77 wk (3 at #1)
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- Peak Power
- 2.17%
- week of Jun 14, 1986
- Career Power
- 105
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top artist
- 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
- February 1989
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Nov 8, 1986 | Feb 25, 1989 | 120 | 104 | 2.17% | 1.05% |
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
7 records · 105 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Believing | #62 | 6 | 1.4 | |
| Word Of Mouth | #78 | 6 | 1.2 |
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