Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paul Young

Charting Oct 1, 1983 → May 2, 1992 · 119 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 119 wk, UK Singles Chart 141 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19831997
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul 1983) · First crown Jul 1983

Billboard Hot 100 · 119 wk UK Singles Chart · 141 wk Global Music Power · 231 wk

Peak Power: 2.23%; week of Aug 24, 1985
Career Power: 124; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; February 1985 – February 1986
Peak Five Years: 85; January 1982 – January 1987
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 119; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.59%; week of Jul 27, 1985
Comebacks: 1; Sep 1990, after 5 quiet years

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

9 records · 124 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
Everytime You Go AwayApple Music	#1July 1985	23	May 1985 – October 1985	39.6	39.6
Oh GirlApple Music	#8October 1990	23	July 1990 – December 1990	26.2	25.8
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse DownApple Music	#13November 1985	14	September 1985 – December 1985	18.1	18.1
Come Back And StayApple Music	#22April 1984	15	February 1984 – May 1984	14.5	14.3
What Becomes Of The BrokenheartedApple Music	#22March 1992	14	February 1992 – May 1992	13.1	12.7
Love Of The Common PeopleApple Music	#45June 1984	11	May 1984 – July 1984	4.7	4.6
Everything Must ChangeApple Music	#56January 1986	11	November 1985 – February 1986	4.1	4.1
Some PeopleApple Music	#65December 1986	10	November 1986 – January 1987	2.6	2.6
Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)Apple Music	#70October 1983	7	October 1983 – November 1983	1.6	1.6

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Paul Young's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1985 to February 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.