Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Paul Hardcastle
Charting Jan 12, 1985 → Aug 31, 1985 · 32 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 32 wk, UK Singles Chart 67 wk (5 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
19842011Longest reign 5 weeks (May–Jun 1985) · First crown May 1985
- Peak Power
- 1.21%
- week of Aug 10, 1985
- Career Power
- 22
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 22
- September 1984 – August 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 22
- September 1980 – August 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 32
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.21%
- week of Jul 27, 1985
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
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
2 records · 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19Apple Music | #15 | 14 | 17.3 | ||
| Rain ForestApple Music | #57 | 18 | 5.1 |
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At their peak
1984 in music →Paul Hardcastle's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1984 to August 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna160
- 2Prince And The Revolution125
- 3Billy Ocean115
- 4Bruce Springsteen108
- 5Bryan Adams102
- 6Tina Turner99
- 7Phil Collins96
- 8Daryl Hall and John Oates92
- 9Duran Duran88
- 10Wham!87
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.