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 1986
Jan 4, 1986 → Dec 27, 1986 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Janet Jackson107
- 2Billy Ocean102
- 3Madonna100
- 4Miami Sound Machine87
- 5Lionel Richie83
- 6Robert Palmer76
- 7Whitney Houston73
- 8Genesis70
- 9The Bangles67
- 10Mr. Mister66
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janet Jackson | 107 | 2.06% | 3.56% | 2.80% | 2 | 12 | 45 |
| 2 | Billy Ocean | 102 | 1.95% | 3.57% | 2.48% | 3 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | Madonna | 100 | 1.93% | 3.58% | 2.90% | 4 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Miami Sound Machine | 87 | 1.67% | 3.08% | 2.08% | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| 5 | Lionel Richie | 83 | 1.60% | 3.55% | 2.42% | 2 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Robert Palmer | 76 | 1.47% | 3.56% | 2.14% | 1 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Whitney Houston | 73 | 1.40% | 3.58% | 2.95% | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 8 | Genesis | 70 | 1.34% | 3.56% | 2.39% | 1 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | The Bangles | 67 | 1.29% | 3.57% | 1.98% | 2 | 7 | 43 |
| 10 | Mr. Mister | 66 | 1.26% | 3.55% | 2.97% | 2 | 8 | 29 |
| 11 | John Mellencamp | 65 | 1.24% | 3.45% | 2.62% | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | Mike + The Mechanics | 64 | 1.22% | 3.11% | 2.17% | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 13 | Heart | 61 | 1.18% | 3.53% | 2.54% | 1 | 5 | 37 |
| 14 | Pet Shop Boys | 60 | 1.15% | 3.56% | 2.22% | 1 | 6 | 38 |
| 15 | Huey Lewis & The News | 59 | 1.14% | 3.55% | 2.68% | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 16 | Van Halen | 57 | 1.10% | 3.32% | 1.94% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 17 | Peter Cetera | 51 | 0.98% | 3.57% | 2.05% | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| 18 | Journey | 50 | 0.97% | 2.71% | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 19 | Nu Shooz | 50 | 0.96% | 3.33% | 2.02% | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 20 | Starship | 50 | 0.96% | 3.54% | 2.65% | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| 21 | Peter Gabriel | 49 | 0.94% | 3.56% | 2.10% | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| 22 | Prince And The Revolution | 49 | 0.94% | 3.57% | 2.19% | 2 | 6 | 31 |
| 23 | Steve Winwood | 49 | 0.93% | 3.56% | 2.06% | 1 | 5 | 29 |
| 24 | Michael McDonald | 48 | 0.93% | 2.89% | 2.14% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 25 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | 48 | 0.93% | 3.22% | 1.95% | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| 26 | Falco | 47 | 0.91% | 3.57% | 2.11% | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 27 | Wham! | 47 | 0.91% | 3.33% | 2.19% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 28 | The Outfield | 47 | 0.90% | 2.99% | 1.72% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 29 | Howard Jones | 47 | 0.90% | 3.22% | 1.86% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 30 | Loverboy | 46 | 0.88% | 2.60% | 1.60% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 31 | Simply Red | 46 | 0.88% | 3.56% | 2.09% | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 32 | Billy Joel | 44 | 0.84% | 2.61% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 33 | Glass Tiger | 44 | 0.84% | 3.42% | 1.98% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 34 | Simple Minds | 43 | 0.83% | 3.32% | 2.27% | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 35 | Survivor | 42 | 0.81% | 3.45% | 2.30% | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 36 | Bob Seger | 40 | 0.78% | 2.43% | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 37 | Atlantic Starr | 40 | 0.78% | 3.31% | 2.08% | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 38 | Stevie Nicks | 40 | 0.77% | 3.31% | 1.97% | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| 39 | The Jets | 40 | 0.76% | 3.34% | 1.91% | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 40 | Sade | 39 | 0.76% | 3.09% | 1.82% | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 41 | ZZ Top | 39 | 0.75% | 2.43% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 42 | Klymaxx | 38 | 0.72% | 3.12% | 2.16% | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 43 | INXS | 36 | 0.69% | 3.10% | 1.89% | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 44 | Kenny Loggins | 36 | 0.69% | 3.44% | 1.96% | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 45 | El DeBarge | 36 | 0.68% | 3.33% | 1.85% | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 46 | Tina Turner | 36 | 0.68% | 3.44% | 1.93% | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 47 | Belinda Carlisle | 35 | 0.68% | 3.34% | 2.00% | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 48 | The Human League | 35 | 0.68% | 3.55% | 2.12% | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 49 | Berlin | 35 | 0.68% | 3.54% | 2.01% | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 50 | Cyndi Lauper | 35 | 0.68% | 3.56% | 1.93% | 2 | 4 | 18 |