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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ready For The World

Charting Aug 3, 1985 → Apr 4, 1987 · 55 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 55 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 13 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    19851987

    First crown Oct 1985

Billboard Hot 100 · 55 wkUK Singles Chart · 13 wkGlobal Music Power · 57 wk
Peak Power
2.01%
week of Nov 2, 1985
Career Power
72
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
49
April 1985 – April 1986
Peak Five Years
72
April 1982 – April 1987
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
55
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.56%
week of Oct 12, 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 →

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

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

3 records · 72 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Oh Sheila#12134.7
Love You Down#91923.7
Digital Display#211813.9

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Ready For The World's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1985 to April 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Whitney Houston108
  2. 2Tears For Fears103
  3. 3Phil Collins102
  4. 4Bryan Adams94
  5. 5Wham!94
  6. 6Sting89
  7. 7Bruce Springsteen88
  8. 8Simple Minds88
  9. 9Heart87
  10. 10Madonna85

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.