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Charting Oct 25, 1986Feb 7, 1987 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 16 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Peak Power
1.05%
week of Jan 17, 1987
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
February 1986 – February 1987
Peak Five Years
16
February 1982 – February 1987
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.91%
week of Dec 27, 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

1 song · 16 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
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades#191616.1

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At their peak

1986 in music

Timbuk 3's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1986 to February 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Janet Jackson126
  2. 2Madonna118
  3. 3Billy Ocean96
  4. 4Genesis87
  5. 5The Bangles82
  6. 6Miami Sound Machine81
  7. 7Robert Palmer77
  8. 8Lionel Richie76
  9. 9Huey Lewis & The News69
  10. 10Pet Shop Boys62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.