Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Also credited as OMD
Charting Aug 31, 1985 → Jul 2, 1988 · 81 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 81 wk, UK Singles Chart 195 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.95%
- week of Jun 14, 1986
- Career Power
- 81
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 48
- January 1986 – January 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 81
- July 1983 – July 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 81
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.22%
- week of May 31, 1986
- Comebacks
- 1
- May 1988
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
5 records · 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If You LeaveApple Music | #4 | 20 | 31.5 | ||
| DreamingApple Music | #16 | 17 | 18.0 | ||
| (Forever) Live And DieApple Music | #19 | 17 | 14.5 | ||
| So In LoveApple Music | #26 | 17 | 13.1 | ||
| SecretApple Music | #63 | 13 | 3.6 |
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At their peak
1986 in music →Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1986 to January 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Janet Jackson110
- 2Billy Ocean102
- 3Madonna102
- 4Miami Sound Machine86
- 5Lionel Richie81
- 6Robert Palmer77
- 7Genesis72
- 8Whitney Houston72
- 9The Bangles71
- 10Mike + The Mechanics63
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.