Artists · Global Music Power
Rick Astley
Charting Aug 1, 1987 → Jun 19, 2010 · 153 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 119 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 83 wk (12 at #1)
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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
- 2.21%
- week of Apr 2, 1988
- Career Power
- 169
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 88
- October 1987 – October 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 158
- August 1986 – July 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 15
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 153
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.52%
- week of Mar 12, 1988
- Comebacks
- 1
- April 1991
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jul 1, 1989 | Apr 27, 1991 | 95 | 71 | 2.21% | 1.08% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).