Artists · Global Music Power

R.E.M. portraitR.E.M.

Charting Jul 23, 1983Apr 19, 2008 · 263 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 237 wk, UK Singles Chart 74 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.

Peak Power
1.87%
week of Jul 6, 1991
Career Power
177
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
0
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
51
December 1990 – November 1991
Peak Five Years
123
August 1990 – August 1995
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
263
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.97%
week of Jun 8, 1991
Comebacks
2
May 1991, February 1995
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineAug 19, 1989May 25, 199192801.17%1.06%
After declineJan 4, 1992Feb 4, 1995161381.87%1.06%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).