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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Dream Academy

Charting Nov 30, 1985Jun 28, 1986 · 31 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 31 wk, UK Singles Chart 18 wk

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Peak Power
1.60%
week of Mar 15, 1986
Career Power
34
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
34
July 1985 – June 1986
Peak Five Years
34
July 1981 – June 1986
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
31
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.89%
week of Mar 1, 1986
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

2 records · 34 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
Life In A Northern Town#72126.7
The Love Parade#36117.4

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At their peak

1985 in music

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

  1. 1Whitney Houston132
  2. 2Heart108
  3. 3John Mellencamp99
  4. 4Mr. Mister98
  5. 5Phil Collins93
  6. 6Dire Straits85
  7. 7Prince And The Revolution85
  8. 8Starship84
  9. 9Sting83
  10. 10Tears For Fears79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.