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 1990
Jan 6, 1990 → Dec 29, 1990 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Janet Jackson145
- 2Phil Collins109
- 3Wilson Phillips106
- 4Madonna93
- 5Bell Biv DeVoe92
- 6Taylor Dayne91
- 7Michael Bolton85
- 8M.C. Hammer85
- 9Mariah Carey80
- 10Roxette78
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janet Jackson | 145 | 2.78% | 3.70% | 3.25% | 7 | 18 | 52 |
| 2 | Phil Collins | 109 | 2.10% | 3.57% | 2.51% | 2 | 9 | 52 |
| 3 | Wilson Phillips | 106 | 2.03% | 3.56% | 2.91% | 3 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Madonna | 93 | 1.79% | 3.55% | 2.80% | 3 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | Bell Biv DeVoe | 92 | 1.77% | 3.42% | 2.95% | 0 | 15 | 39 |
| 6 | Taylor Dayne | 91 | 1.76% | 3.54% | 2.56% | 1 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Michael Bolton | 85 | 1.64% | 3.60% | 2.43% | 2 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | M.C. Hammer | 85 | 1.63% | 3.56% | 2.70% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Mariah Carey | 80 | 1.54% | 3.60% | 2.92% | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 10 | Roxette | 78 | 1.50% | 3.55% | 2.78% | 2 | 9 | 38 |
| 11 | Heart | 69 | 1.34% | 3.43% | 2.17% | 0 | 6 | 40 |
| 12 | Seduction | 69 | 1.32% | 3.46% | 2.28% | 1 | 5 | 43 |
| 13 | Johnny Gill | 67 | 1.29% | 3.79% | 2.40% | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Lisa Stansfield | 67 | 1.28% | 3.33% | 2.10% | 0 | 5 | 41 |
| 15 | After 7 | 65 | 1.25% | 3.02% | 2.10% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | New Kids On The Block | 63 | 1.21% | 3.58% | 3.29% | 3 | 7 | 35 |
| 17 | Poison | 63 | 1.21% | 3.33% | 2.44% | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 18 | Depeche Mode | 62 | 1.20% | 2.81% | 1.78% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 19 | Aerosmith | 59 | 1.14% | 3.23% | 2.12% | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| 20 | Sweet Sensation | 59 | 1.14% | 3.57% | 2.38% | 1 | 4 | 38 |
| 21 | Stevie B | 57 | 1.09% | 3.56% | 2.38% | 4 | 6 | 43 |
| 22 | Jon Bon Jovi | 55 | 1.06% | 3.55% | 2.20% | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| 23 | Motley Crue | 48 | 0.93% | 2.79% | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 24 | Nelson | 48 | 0.92% | 3.57% | 2.08% | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| 25 | En Vogue | 48 | 0.91% | 3.47% | 2.17% | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 26 | Babyface | 46 | 0.89% | 2.99% | 1.90% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 27 | Alannah Myles | 46 | 0.89% | 3.54% | 2.09% | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| 28 | George Michael | 45 | 0.87% | 3.58% | 2.24% | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 29 | Bad English | 45 | 0.87% | 3.10% | 2.27% | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 30 | Sinead O'Connor | 45 | 0.86% | 3.56% | 2.31% | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 31 | Maxi Priest | 44 | 0.85% | 3.58% | 2.18% | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 32 | Billy Idol | 44 | 0.85% | 3.48% | 2.17% | 0 | 5 | 27 |
| 33 | The B-52s | 43 | 0.83% | 3.32% | 2.53% | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 34 | Snap! | 43 | 0.83% | 3.47% | 2.09% | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 35 | Billy Joel | 42 | 0.81% | 2.99% | 2.36% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 36 | Technotronic | 42 | 0.80% | 2.88% | 2.18% | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 37 | Vanilla Ice | 41 | 0.78% | 3.60% | 2.13% | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 38 | Michel'le | 40 | 0.77% | 2.89% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 39 | Calloway | 40 | 0.77% | 3.43% | 2.07% | 0 | 4 | 30 |
| 40 | Linear | 40 | 0.76% | 3.08% | 1.93% | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 41 | Richard Marx | 40 | 0.76% | 2.44% | 2.15% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 42 | Warrant | 39 | 0.76% | 2.63% | 1.31% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 43 | Jane Child | 39 | 0.76% | 3.45% | 2.02% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 44 | James Ingram | 38 | 0.74% | 3.58% | 2.11% | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 45 | Tommy Page | 36 | 0.69% | 3.57% | 1.85% | 1 | 4 | 22 |
| 46 | Tony Toni Tone | 36 | 0.69% | 2.71% | 1.80% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 47 | Rod Stewart | 36 | 0.69% | 3.36% | 2.05% | 0 | 4 | 27 |
| 48 | Gloria Estefan | 35 | 0.67% | 3.00% | 2.08% | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 49 | The Righteous Brothers | 35 | 0.67% | 3.38% | 1.86% | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 50 | Expose | 35 | 0.67% | 2.71% | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | 27 |