Artists · Global Music Power
Van Halen
Charting Jan 28, 1978 → Jan 28, 2012 · 260 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 252 wk (4 at #1), UK Singles Chart 60 wk
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
- 2.10%
- week of Apr 21, 1984
- Career Power
- 218
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 64
- December 1983 – December 1984
- Peak Five Years
- 147
- January 1984 – January 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 260
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.36%
- week of Mar 10, 1984
- Comebacks
- 2
- May 1986, September 1988
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 17, 1984 | May 3, 1986 | 76 | 38 | 2.10% | 1.12% |
| After decline | Dec 13, 1986 | Sep 3, 1988 | 90 | 75 | 2.10% | 1.08% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).