Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sting

Charting Jun 8, 1985 → May 6, 2006 · 231 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 231 wk, UK Singles Chart 170 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 231 wk UK Singles Chart · 170 wk Global Music Power · 303 wk

Peak Power: 2.36%; week of Nov 2, 1985
Career Power: 258; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 89; April 1985 – April 1986
Peak Five Years: 132; May 1983 – May 1988
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 231; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.34%; week of Aug 3, 1985
Comebacks: 4; November 1987, March 1991, May 1993, September 2000

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	May 31, 1986	Nov 28, 1987	78	71	2.36%	1.10%
After absence	Jun 11, 1988	Mar 9, 1991	143	136	2.36%	1.20%
After decline	Jun 8, 1991	May 1, 1993	99	89	2.36%	1.01%
After absence	May 14, 1994	Sep 16, 2000	331	122	2.36%	1.01%

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

19 records · 258 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
If You Love Somebody Set Them FreeApple Music	#3August 1985	18	June 1985 – October 1985	33.5	33.6
We'll Be TogetherApple Music	#7December 1987	18	October 1987 – February 1988	26.4	26.2
Fortress Around Your HeartApple Music	#8October 1985	20	August 1985 – January 1986	25.0	26.2
All This TimeApple Music	#5March 1991	15	January 1991 – April 1991	22.4	22.2
Desert Rosefeat. Cheb MamiApple Music	#17August 2000	26	May 2000 – November 2000	22.4	31.4
If I Ever Lose My Faith In YouApple Music	#17May 1993	20	February 1993 – July 1993	20.8	20.4
All for Lovewith Bryan Adams, Rod StewartApple Music	#1January 1994	22	November 1993 – April 1994	19.3	56.1
Fields Of GoldApple Music	#23July 1993	20	June 1993 – October 1993	18.0	17.8
Be Still My Beating HeartApple Music	#15March 1988	14	January 1988 – April 1988	16.8	16.7
Love Is The Seventh WaveApple Music	#17December 1985	13	November 1985 – February 1986	15.7	16.2
RussiansApple Music	#16March 1986	13	January 1986 – April 1986	14.5	14.5
When We DanceApple Music	#38December 1994	18	October 1994 – February 1995	11.2	11.0
You Still Touch MeApple Music	#60June 1996	13	May 1996 – August 1996	4.3	4.3
Nothing 'Bout MeApple Music	#57November 1993	11	October 1993 – December 1993	3.5	3.9
Always On Your Sidewith Sheryl CrowApple Music	#33March 2006	8	March 2006 – May 2006	1.9	3.7
Let Your Soul Be Your PilotApple Music	#86March 1996	5	March 1996 – March 1996	0.9	0.9
Englishman In New YorkApple Music	#84April 1988	4	April 1988 – May 1988	0.7	0.7
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop CryingApple Music	#94November 1996	3	November 1996 – November 1996	0.4	0.4
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Cryingwith Toby KeithApple Music	#84December 1997	5	December 1997 – January 1998	0.4	0.7

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At their peak

1985 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.