Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Robert Palmer

Charting Dec 4, 1976 → Jun 8, 1991 · 180 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 180 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 141 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19762003
First crown May 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 180 wk UK Singles Chart · 141 wk Global Music Power · 261 wk

Peak Power: 2.14%; week of Nov 22, 1986
Career Power: 205; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 77; January 1986 – January 1987
Peak Five Years: 140; February 1986 – February 1991
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 180; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of May 3, 1986
Comebacks: 3; Apr 1986, after 6 quiet years · Aug 1988 · Apr 1991

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

15 records · 205 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
Addicted To LoveApple Music	#1May 1986	22	February 1986 – July 1986	37.1	36.9
Simply IrresistibleApple Music	#2September 1988	20	July 1988 – November 1988	35.1	34.9
I Didn't Mean To Turn You OnApple Music	#2November 1986	22	August 1986 – January 1987	32.2	31.9
Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)Apple Music	#14September 1979	15	July 1979 – October 1979	19.2	19.0
Every Kinda PeopleApple Music	#16June 1978	18	March 1978 – July 1978	19.2	18.9
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)/I Want You	#16April 1991	17	February 1991 – June 1991	18.9	18.6
Early In The MorningApple Music	#19December 1988	15	October 1988 – January 1989	15.9	15.8
You're Amazing	#28January 1991	13	November 1990 – February 1991	10.1	9.9
HyperactiveApple Music	#33July 1986	12	June 1986 – August 1986	7.4	7.8
Can We Still Be FriendsApple Music	#52February 1980	9	December 1979 – February 1980	3.3	3.2
Tell Me I'm Not DreamingApple Music	#60August 1989	8	July 1989 – August 1989	2.4	2.3
Man Smart, Woman SmarterApple Music	#63January 1977	7	December 1976 – January 1977	2.1	2.1
You Are In My SystemApple Music	#78July 1983	6	June 1983 – July 1983	1.2	1.2
Discipline Of LoveApple Music	#82November 1985	5	November 1985 – December 1985	0.9	0.9
Sweet LiesApple Music	#94March 1988	2	March 1988 – April 1988	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Robert Palmer's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1986 to January 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.