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 1980
Jan 5, 1980 → Dec 27, 1980 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Queen111
- 2Air Supply103
- 3Kenny Rogers101
- 4Christopher Cross96
- 5Billy Joel91
- 6Diana Ross86
- 7Michael Jackson80
- 8Bob Seger79
- 9The Spinners78
- 10Blondie71
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen | 111 | 2.14% | 3.70% | 2.99% | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| 2 | Air Supply | 103 | 1.98% | 3.46% | 2.71% | 0 | 12 | 47 |
| 3 | Kenny Rogers | 101 | 1.94% | 3.62% | 2.76% | 1 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Christopher Cross | 96 | 1.85% | 3.57% | 2.63% | 1 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Billy Joel | 91 | 1.75% | 3.79% | 3.10% | 6 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Diana Ross | 86 | 1.65% | 5.07% | 3.89% | 15 | 16 | 25 |
| 7 | Michael Jackson | 80 | 1.53% | 3.79% | 3.07% | 5 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | Bob Seger | 79 | 1.52% | 3.96% | 2.58% | 1 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | The Spinners | 78 | 1.50% | 3.43% | 2.59% | 0 | 8 | 38 |
| 10 | Blondie | 71 | 1.36% | 3.86% | 2.94% | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 11 | Donna Summer | 69 | 1.33% | 3.62% | 2.40% | 0 | 9 | 34 |
| 12 | Boz Scaggs | 59 | 1.14% | 2.56% | 1.88% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 13 | Robbie Dupree | 59 | 1.14% | 3.17% | 2.16% | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Barbra Streisand | 59 | 1.14% | 4.19% | 2.95% | 0 | 10 | 28 |
| 15 | Ambrosia | 59 | 1.13% | 3.33% | 2.16% | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 16 | Kenny Loggins | 58 | 1.12% | 2.92% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 17 | Dr. Hook | 58 | 1.12% | 3.10% | 2.24% | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| 18 | Olivia Newton-John | 58 | 1.11% | 3.57% | 2.56% | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 19 | Linda Ronstadt | 58 | 1.11% | 3.06% | 2.29% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 20 | Rupert Holmes | 57 | 1.10% | 3.54% | 2.71% | 1 | 5 | 35 |
| 21 | Pat Benatar | 56 | 1.08% | 2.73% | 1.80% | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 22 | Kool & The Gang | 56 | 1.08% | 3.09% | 2.45% | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 23 | Cliff Richard | 54 | 1.05% | 3.07% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 24 | Pink Floyd | 54 | 1.03% | 3.55% | 2.60% | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 25 | Stevie Wonder | 54 | 1.03% | 3.38% | 2.26% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 26 | Bette Midler | 52 | 1.00% | 3.33% | 2.31% | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 27 | Irene Cara | 51 | 0.97% | 3.74% | 2.31% | 0 | 6 | 29 |
| 28 | Kim Carnes | 50 | 0.97% | 2.61% | 2.09% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 29 | Elton John | 50 | 0.96% | 3.46% | 2.47% | 0 | 7 | 26 |
| 30 | Eagles | 49 | 0.94% | 3.08% | 2.60% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 31 | Paul McCartney And Wings | 47 | 0.91% | 3.57% | 2.49% | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 32 | Andy Gibb | 47 | 0.91% | 3.33% | 2.06% | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| 33 | Dan Fogelberg | 47 | 0.90% | 3.60% | 2.11% | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| 34 | The Rolling Stones | 47 | 0.90% | 3.33% | 2.13% | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| 35 | Captain & Tennille | 45 | 0.86% | 3.57% | 2.77% | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 36 | Eddie Rabbitt | 44 | 0.85% | 3.12% | 2.01% | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 37 | Daryl Hall John Oates | 44 | 0.84% | 2.47% | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 38 | Neil Diamond | 42 | 0.81% | 3.36% | 1.78% | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 39 | The Pointer Sisters | 41 | 0.78% | 3.52% | 2.13% | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 40 | Electric Light Orchestra | 40 | 0.76% | 2.37% | 1.72% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 41 | Anne Murray | 39 | 0.75% | 2.45% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 42 | Commodores | 39 | 0.74% | 3.35% | 3.17% | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 43 | Smokey Robinson | 38 | 0.73% | 3.23% | 2.33% | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| 44 | Jermaine Jackson | 38 | 0.72% | 2.85% | 1.77% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 45 | Stephanie Mills | 38 | 0.72% | 3.04% | 1.97% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 46 | George Benson | 37 | 0.72% | 3.23% | 2.04% | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 47 | Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | 37 | 0.71% | 3.42% | 2.05% | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 48 | The Manhattans | 37 | 0.71% | 3.10% | 2.06% | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 49 | The Dirt Band | 37 | 0.71% | 2.35% | 1.39% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 50 | Paul Simon | 37 | 0.70% | 3.02% | 1.93% | 0 | 0 | 21 |