Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ray Parker Jr.

Charting Apr 19, 1980 → Nov 15, 2025 · 185 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 185 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 66 wk

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Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug 1984) · First crown Aug 1984
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19802025
Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1984) · First crown Sep 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 185 wk UK Singles Chart · 66 wk Global Music Power · 217 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.42%; week of Sep 15, 1984
Career Power: 188; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 67; January 1984 – January 1985
Peak Five Years: 172; March 1981 – February 1986
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 185; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Aug 25, 1984
Comebacks: 1; Jan 1984

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

13 records · 188 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
GhostbustersApple Music	#1August 1984	26	June 1984 – November 2025	50.4	48.3
The Other WomanApple Music	#4June 1982	21	March 1982 – August 1982	35.9	35.8
I Still Can't Get Over Loving YouApple Music	#12February 1984	19	November 1983 – March 1984	23.1	22.6
JamieApple Music	#14January 1985	17	November 1984 – March 1985	20.6	20.3
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)with RaydioApple Music	#4June 1981	27	March 1981 – September 1981	20.1	40.2
Girls Are More FunApple Music	#34November 1985	15	October 1985 – January 1986	8.5	8.3
Bad BoyApple Music	#35January 1983	12	December 1982 – February 1983	8.2	8.1
That Old Songwith RaydioApple Music	#21September 1981	15	July 1981 – October 1981	6.0	12.5
Let Me GoApple Music	#38August 1982	9	July 1982 – September 1982	5.5	5.6
Two Places At The Same Timewith RaydioApple Music	#30June 1980	14	April 1980 – July 1980	5.1	10.1
All I'm Missing Is Youfeatured credit · with Glenn MedeirosApple Music	#32October 1990	13	August 1990 – November 1990	2.6	8.4
I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep AloneApple Music	#68September 1987	7	August 1987 – October 1987	1.9	1.8
One Sunny Day (From Quicksilver)with Helen Terry	#96February 1986	3	February 1986 – March 1986	0.2	0.4

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Ray Parker Jr.'s best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1984 to January 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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