Eras
Who was the most powerful artist in a year, who dominated a decade, who held #1 the longest. Every figure is a defined metric summed or maximised over a date range of stored weekly rows — nothing is weighted by opinion.
Strongest five-year period
1,071
Peak Five Years · best rolling 260-week Power Share total
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- The Beatles3 periods
- TLC3 periods
- Elton John2 periods
- Madonna2 periods
- Janet Jackson2 periods
- Usher2 periods
- Destiny's Child2 periods
- Katy Perry2 periods
- The Weeknd2 periods
- Morgan Wallen2 periods
- The Everly Brothers1 period
- Frankie Avalon1 period
- Connie Francis1 period
- Chubby Checker1 period
- Brenda Lee1 period
- The Beach Boys1 period
- The Monkees1 period
- Aretha Franklin1 period
- Creedence Clearwater Revival1 period
- Jackson 51 period
- Carpenters1 period
- Al Green1 period
- Eagles1 period
- Captain & Tennille1 period
- Fleetwood Mac1 period
- Andy Gibb1 period
- Donna Summer1 period
- Queen1 period
- Daryl Hall John Oates1 period
- John Cougar1 period
- Michael Jackson1 period
- Cyndi Lauper1 period
- George Michael1 period
- New Kids On The Block1 period
- Mariah Carey1 period
- SWV1 period
- Ace Of Base1 period
- Celine Dion1 period
- Spice Girls1 period
- Ashanti1 period
- 50 Cent1 period
- Kelly Clarkson1 period
- Chris Brown1 period
- Fergie1 period
- Rihanna1 period
- Lady Gaga1 period
- Ke$ha1 period
- Flo Rida1 period
- Bruno Mars1 period
- twenty one pilots1 period
- Ed Sheeran1 period
- Drake1 period
- Post Malone1 period
- Olivia Rodrigo1 period
- Harry Styles1 period
- Sabrina Carpenter1 period
- Ella Langley1 period
Leaders in 1966
Jan 1, 1966 → Dec 31, 1966 · 53 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1The Beatles124
- 2The Lovin' Spoonful111
- 3The Rolling Stones104
- 4The Beach Boys98
- 5The Supremes94
- 6The Mamas & The Papas93
- 7Simon & Garfunkel89
- 8Herman's Hermits87
- 9Gary Lewis And The Playboys76
- 10Johnny Rivers71
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beatles | 124 | 2.35% | 5.54% | 3.80% | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 2 | The Lovin' Spoonful | 111 | 2.10% | 3.56% | 2.89% | 1 | 14 | 50 |
| 3 | The Rolling Stones | 104 | 1.97% | 3.83% | 2.98% | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | The Beach Boys | 98 | 1.86% | 3.56% | 2.46% | 1 | 14 | 44 |
| 5 | The Supremes | 94 | 1.77% | 3.56% | 2.66% | 2 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | The Mamas & The Papas | 93 | 1.76% | 4.30% | 2.83% | 5 | 8 | 45 |
| 7 | Simon & Garfunkel | 89 | 1.68% | 3.57% | 2.45% | 0 | 10 | 45 |
| 8 | Herman's Hermits | 87 | 1.63% | 3.29% | 2.29% | 0 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Gary Lewis And The Playboys | 76 | 1.43% | 3.34% | 2.41% | 0 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Johnny Rivers | 71 | 1.34% | 3.53% | 2.13% | 1 | 9 | 40 |
| 11 | Nancy Sinatra | 66 | 1.25% | 3.52% | 2.16% | 1 | 7 | 39 |
| 12 | Petula Clark | 66 | 1.24% | 3.55% | 2.01% | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 13 | The Righteous Brothers | 64 | 1.21% | 3.58% | 2.48% | 2 | 9 | 42 |
| 14 | Stevie Wonder | 60 | 1.14% | 3.31% | 1.66% | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| 15 | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | 60 | 1.14% | 3.02% | 2.06% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 16 | Frank Sinatra | 60 | 1.13% | 3.54% | 1.97% | 0 | 6 | 36 |
| 17 | The Temptations | 59 | 1.12% | 3.32% | 1.99% | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 18 | Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels | 59 | 1.11% | 3.21% | 2.03% | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| 19 | Paul Revere & The Raiders | 57 | 1.08% | 2.23% | 1.53% | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 20 | The Association | 52 | 0.99% | 3.56% | 2.27% | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| 21 | Four Tops | 50 | 0.95% | 3.53% | 2.06% | 2 | 5 | 35 |
| 22 | Percy Sledge | 50 | 0.95% | 3.53% | 1.91% | 2 | 5 | 33 |
| 23 | The Outsiders | 50 | 0.94% | 3.12% | 1.63% | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 24 | Donovan | 50 | 0.94% | 3.55% | 2.24% | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 25 | The Hollies | 49 | 0.93% | 3.10% | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 26 | The Monkees | 47 | 0.88% | 4.32% | 2.65% | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 27 | Wilson Pickett | 47 | 0.88% | 2.98% | 1.52% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 28 | Tommy Roe | 46 | 0.86% | 2.97% | 1.84% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 29 | The Young Rascals | 46 | 0.86% | 3.56% | 2.04% | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 30 | The Vogues | 45 | 0.85% | 3.23% | 2.31% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 31 | Ronnie Dove | 45 | 0.84% | 1.96% | 1.23% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 32 | The Dave Clark Five | 43 | 0.82% | 3.10% | 2.37% | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 33 | ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians | 43 | 0.81% | 3.53% | 2.24% | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 34 | Tommy James And The Shondells | 43 | 0.81% | 3.56% | 1.95% | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 35 | Peter And Gordon | 42 | 0.80% | 2.99% | 1.58% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 36 | The Happenings | 42 | 0.79% | 3.31% | 1.87% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 37 | The 4 Seasons | 41 | 0.78% | 2.27% | 1.62% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 38 | Sam The Sham and the Pharaohs | 41 | 0.78% | 3.43% | 2.07% | 0 | 6 | 29 |
| 39 | SSgt Barry Sadler | 41 | 0.77% | 3.55% | 2.17% | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 40 | Dionne Warwick | 40 | 0.75% | 2.78% | 1.37% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 41 | Lou Christie | 40 | 0.75% | 3.55% | 1.93% | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 42 | The Cyrkle | 39 | 0.73% | 3.42% | 1.78% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 43 | James Brown And The Famous Flames | 39 | 0.73% | 3.33% | 2.14% | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 44 | The Kinks | 38 | 0.72% | 2.34% | 1.28% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 45 | Ray Charles | 37 | 0.70% | 2.98% | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 46 | Bob Dylan | 37 | 0.70% | 3.40% | 1.73% | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 47 | The Troggs | 37 | 0.70% | 3.71% | 2.16% | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 48 | The Yardbirds | 36 | 0.69% | 2.50% | 1.41% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 49 | Neil Diamond | 36 | 0.67% | 2.97% | 1.56% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 50 | Dusty Springfield | 35 | 0.67% | 3.21% | 1.76% | 0 | 3 | 21 |