Artists · Billboard Hot 100
USA For Africa
Charting Mar 23, 1985 → Jul 20, 1985 · 18 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 18 wk, UK Singles Chart 10 wk
Honours
Artist of the Week
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19852009Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr–May 1985) · First crown Apr 1985
- Peak Power
- 2.14%
- week of May 25, 1985
- Career Power
- 36
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 36
- July 1984 – July 1985
- Peak Five Years
- 36
- August 1980 – July 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 18
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.62%
- week of Apr 27, 1985
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Are The WorldApple Music | #1 | 18 | 36.3 |
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At their peak
1984 in music →USA For Africa's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1984 to July 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna158
- 2Prince And The Revolution117
- 3Bruce Springsteen112
- 4Billy Ocean108
- 5Tina Turner105
- 6Chicago93
- 7Cyndi Lauper92
- 8Daryl Hall and John Oates91
- 9Bryan Adams85
- 10Duran Duran82
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.