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 1988
Jan 2, 1988 → Dec 31, 1988 · 53 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1George Michael134
- 2INXS113
- 3Michael Jackson112
- 4Def Leppard105
- 5Whitney Houston98
- 6Taylor Dayne96
- 7Rick Astley93
- 8Debbie Gibson87
- 9Steve Winwood78
- 10Terence Trent D'Arby77
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Michael | 134 | 2.53% | 3.75% | 3.03% | 9 | 18 | 53 |
| 2 | INXS | 113 | 2.13% | 3.57% | 2.80% | 1 | 12 | 53 |
| 3 | Michael Jackson | 112 | 2.11% | 3.57% | 2.99% | 3 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | Def Leppard | 105 | 1.99% | 3.56% | 2.81% | 1 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Whitney Houston | 98 | 1.84% | 3.57% | 2.86% | 3 | 9 | 53 |
| 6 | Taylor Dayne | 96 | 1.80% | 3.33% | 2.21% | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| 7 | Rick Astley | 93 | 1.75% | 3.57% | 2.60% | 3 | 9 | 47 |
| 8 | Debbie Gibson | 87 | 1.65% | 3.54% | 2.68% | 1 | 7 | 43 |
| 9 | Steve Winwood | 78 | 1.46% | 3.87% | 2.48% | 4 | 6 | 46 |
| 10 | Terence Trent D'Arby | 77 | 1.45% | 3.56% | 2.36% | 1 | 7 | 45 |
| 11 | Richard Marx | 74 | 1.40% | 3.56% | 2.44% | 1 | 8 | 41 |
| 12 | Breathe | 72 | 1.36% | 3.45% | 2.45% | 0 | 6 | 38 |
| 13 | Cheap Trick | 71 | 1.34% | 3.55% | 2.48% | 2 | 8 | 39 |
| 14 | Poison | 66 | 1.25% | 3.57% | 2.31% | 2 | 3 | 41 |
| 15 | Eric Carmen | 66 | 1.25% | 3.34% | 2.15% | 0 | 7 | 40 |
| 16 | Tiffany | 66 | 1.24% | 3.66% | 2.93% | 3 | 6 | 40 |
| 17 | Chicago | 65 | 1.23% | 3.57% | 2.62% | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| 18 | Elton John | 64 | 1.20% | 3.46% | 2.03% | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 19 | The Jets | 62 | 1.17% | 3.19% | 2.52% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 20 | Guns N' Roses | 60 | 1.13% | 3.57% | 2.33% | 2 | 5 | 28 |
| 21 | Belinda Carlisle | 60 | 1.13% | 3.44% | 2.48% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 22 | Aerosmith | 59 | 1.12% | 3.33% | 2.16% | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 23 | Pebbles | 59 | 1.11% | 3.43% | 2.38% | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 24 | Foreigner | 54 | 1.02% | 3.09% | 2.12% | 0 | 4 | 38 |
| 25 | Pet Shop Boys | 53 | 1.00% | 3.21% | 2.04% | 0 | 4 | 40 |
| 26 | Billy Ocean | 53 | 0.99% | 3.55% | 2.11% | 2 | 6 | 31 |
| 27 | Van Halen | 50 | 0.95% | 3.10% | 1.75% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 28 | Robert Palmer | 49 | 0.92% | 3.45% | 2.08% | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 29 | Bobby Brown | 49 | 0.92% | 3.56% | 2.50% | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 30 | Phil Collins | 46 | 0.87% | 3.56% | 2.48% | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 31 | Natalie Cole | 45 | 0.85% | 3.10% | 2.15% | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 32 | The Bangles | 45 | 0.85% | 3.46% | 2.03% | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 33 | Gloria Estefan | 44 | 0.84% | 1.78% | 1.34% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 34 | Miami Sound Machine | 44 | 0.84% | 1.78% | 1.34% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 35 | Johnny Hates Jazz | 43 | 0.82% | 3.44% | 2.04% | 1 | 5 | 28 |
| 36 | Rod Stewart | 43 | 0.81% | 2.43% | 1.61% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 37 | Cher | 43 | 0.81% | 2.62% | 1.64% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 38 | Icehouse | 43 | 0.81% | 2.89% | 1.94% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 39 | Kylie Minogue | 42 | 0.80% | 3.32% | 1.97% | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| 40 | Samantha Fox | 42 | 0.80% | 3.31% | 1.98% | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| 41 | Daryl Hall John Oates | 41 | 0.78% | 3.31% | 1.74% | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 42 | D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 41 | 0.77% | 2.65% | 1.76% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 43 | Brenda K. Starr | 39 | 0.74% | 2.33% | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 44 | Prince | 39 | 0.74% | 2.78% | 2.04% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 45 | Will To Power | 39 | 0.74% | 3.57% | 2.17% | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| 46 | The Escape Club | 38 | 0.72% | 3.56% | 2.08% | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 47 | Huey Lewis & The News | 38 | 0.71% | 3.33% | 1.83% | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 48 | White Lion | 36 | 0.68% | 2.79% | 1.54% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 49 | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | 36 | 0.68% | 2.80% | 1.62% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 50 | Information Society | 36 | 0.68% | 3.31% | 1.87% | 0 | 3 | 25 |