Artists · Global Music Power
U2
Charting Aug 1, 1981 → Sep 16, 2017 · 550 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 355 wk (5 at #1), UK Singles Chart 419 wk (5 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
- 2.24%
- week of Aug 15, 1987
- Career Power
- 397
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 79
- February 1987 – February 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 155
- April 1987 – March 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 18
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 550
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.24%
- week of May 30, 1987
- Comebacks
- 4
- January 1992, July 1995, February 2001, February 2005
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | May 27, 1989 | Jan 25, 1992 | 139 | 113 | 2.24% | 1.08% |
| After decline | Nov 7, 1992 | Jul 22, 1995 | 141 | 64 | 2.24% | 1.13% |
| After decline | Nov 4, 1995 | Feb 3, 2001 | 274 | 79 | 2.24% | 1.07% |
| After decline | May 12, 2001 | Feb 19, 2005 | 197 | 47 | 2.24% | 1.03% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).