Artists · Global Music Power
The Truth
Charting Feb 5, 1966 → Dec 24, 1988 · 40 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 9 wk, UK Singles Chart 31 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · 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, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.22%
- week of Jul 9, 1983
- Career Power
- 9
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 5
- February 1983 – February 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 7
- July 1982 – July 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 40
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.53%
- week of Jun 25, 1983
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
8 records · 9 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confusion (Hits Us Every Time)Apple Music | #22 | 10 | 2.8 | ||
| Girl | #27 | 6 | 2.1 | ||
| A Step in the Right DirectionApple Music | #32 | 7 | 1.8 | ||
| Weapons Of LoveApple Music | #65 | 9 | 1.6 | ||
| No Stone UnturnedApple Music | #66 | 3 | 0.3 | ||
| Open Our Eyes | #77 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Exception of LoveApple Music | #92 | 2 | 0.1 | ||
| 5 Live | #97 | 1 | 0.0 |
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At their peak
The Truth's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from February 1983 to February 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Michael Jackson153
- 2Culture Club125
- 3Lionel Richie103
- 4Duran Duran95
- 5The Police90
- 6Billy Joel90
- 7David Bowie78
- 8Daryl Hall and John Oates72
- 9Eurythmics71
- 10Irene Cara70
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.