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Charting Jun 8, 1985Jun 2, 2007 · 303 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 104 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 268 wk (4 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
1.90%
week of Jul 26, 1986
Career Power
184
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
2
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
48
May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years
107
November 1984 – November 1989
Top-five weeks
11
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
303
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.03%
week of Jul 15, 1989
Comebacks
1
July 1989
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineDec 13, 1986Jul 1, 1989133431.90%1.13%

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).