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 1985
Jan 5, 1985 → Dec 28, 1985 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Madonna138
- 2Phil Collins128
- 3Bryan Adams117
- 4Tears For Fears104
- 5Wham!101
- 6Kool & The Gang99
- 7Bruce Springsteen95
- 8Glenn Frey92
- 9Prince And The Revolution82
- 10Tina Turner82
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madonna | 138 | 2.65% | 5.52% | 4.28% | 17 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Phil Collins | 128 | 2.45% | 3.80% | 2.93% | 1 | 13 | 52 |
| 3 | Bryan Adams | 117 | 2.24% | 3.92% | 2.86% | 2 | 7 | 51 |
| 4 | Tears For Fears | 104 | 2.00% | 3.84% | 3.12% | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Wham! | 101 | 1.95% | 3.58% | 2.75% | 0 | 5 | 52 |
| 6 | Kool & The Gang | 99 | 1.91% | 3.46% | 2.52% | 0 | 4 | 52 |
| 7 | Bruce Springsteen | 95 | 1.83% | 3.12% | 2.32% | 0 | 2 | 52 |
| 8 | Glenn Frey | 92 | 1.76% | 3.47% | 2.22% | 0 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Prince And The Revolution | 82 | 1.58% | 3.46% | 2.66% | 0 | 5 | 46 |
| 10 | Tina Turner | 82 | 1.58% | 3.46% | 2.25% | 0 | 4 | 51 |
| 11 | Billy Ocean | 80 | 1.54% | 3.47% | 2.65% | 1 | 7 | 46 |
| 12 | Survivor | 74 | 1.43% | 3.22% | 2.31% | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| 13 | Whitney Houston | 72 | 1.39% | 3.54% | 2.68% | 1 | 6 | 34 |
| 14 | Don Henley | 72 | 1.38% | 3.13% | 2.13% | 0 | 2 | 48 |
| 15 | Sting | 68 | 1.31% | 3.34% | 2.36% | 0 | 4 | 30 |
| 16 | Daryl Hall John Oates | 67 | 1.28% | 3.63% | 2.87% | 1 | 5 | 44 |
| 17 | Duran Duran | 65 | 1.25% | 3.58% | 2.41% | 1 | 7 | 35 |
| 18 | Debarge | 64 | 1.24% | 3.38% | 2.17% | 0 | 4 | 42 |
| 19 | Aretha Franklin | 63 | 1.22% | 3.44% | 2.50% | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| 20 | The Pointer Sisters | 63 | 1.21% | 3.03% | 2.32% | 0 | 3 | 47 |
| 21 | Foreigner | 62 | 1.18% | 3.59% | 2.35% | 3 | 6 | 37 |
| 22 | REO Speedwagon | 61 | 1.18% | 3.64% | 2.49% | 1 | 8 | 38 |
| 23 | Simple Minds | 61 | 1.18% | 3.57% | 2.24% | 0 | 8 | 33 |
| 24 | Paul Young | 60 | 1.15% | 3.59% | 2.23% | 0 | 4 | 34 |
| 25 | The Power Station | 58 | 1.11% | 3.02% | 2.07% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 26 | Heart | 56 | 1.07% | 3.21% | 2.25% | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 27 | Stevie Wonder | 55 | 1.07% | 3.55% | 2.19% | 1 | 6 | 28 |
| 28 | John Parr | 54 | 1.03% | 3.58% | 2.23% | 2 | 5 | 41 |
| 29 | Julian Lennon | 52 | 1.01% | 3.15% | 2.29% | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 30 | Dire Straits | 52 | 0.99% | 3.58% | 2.25% | 3 | 5 | 25 |
| 31 | Howard Jones | 52 | 0.99% | 3.11% | 1.91% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 32 | Corey Hart | 48 | 0.92% | 3.33% | 2.00% | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 33 | Billy Joel | 48 | 0.92% | 2.71% | 1.56% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 34 | Pat Benatar | 48 | 0.91% | 3.14% | 2.08% | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | David Lee Roth | 47 | 0.90% | 3.36% | 1.83% | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 36 | Eurythmics | 46 | 0.89% | 3.11% | 1.73% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 37 | Chicago | 44 | 0.85% | 3.46% | 2.73% | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 38 | Night Ranger | 44 | 0.84% | 2.81% | 1.56% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 39 | John Mellencamp | 44 | 0.84% | 3.06% | 2.18% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 40 | a-ha | 42 | 0.81% | 3.56% | 2.17% | 1 | 5 | 25 |
| 41 | New Edition | 41 | 0.78% | 3.57% | 2.32% | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 42 | Freddie Jackson | 40 | 0.78% | 2.44% | 1.63% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 43 | Huey Lewis & The News | 40 | 0.77% | 3.57% | 2.24% | 2 | 6 | 23 |
| 44 | Animotion | 40 | 0.76% | 3.03% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 45 | John Fogerty | 39 | 0.75% | 2.64% | 1.53% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 46 | Commodores | 38 | 0.74% | 3.38% | 1.97% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 47 | Sade | 38 | 0.73% | 3.10% | 1.87% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 48 | John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band | 38 | 0.72% | 1.98% | 1.37% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 49 | Mick Jagger | 37 | 0.71% | 2.48% | 1.34% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 50 | USA For Africa | 36 | 0.70% | 3.63% | 2.14% | 0 | 7 | 18 |