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 2008
Jan 5, 2008 → Dec 27, 2008 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Rihanna207
- 2Chris Brown191
- 3Lil' Wayne139
- 4Taylor Swift128
- 5Leona Lewis127
- 6Ne-Yo109
- 7Katy Perry108
- 8Jordin Sparks99
- 9Alicia Keys90
- 10Kanye West88
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rihanna | 207 | 3.99% | 6.02% | 4.93% | 15 | 38 | 52 |
| 2 | Chris Brown | 191 | 3.67% | 5.47% | 4.46% | 12 | 38 | 51 |
| 3 | Lil' Wayne | 139 | 2.68% | 5.00% | 3.96% | 1 | 17 | 52 |
| 4 | Taylor Swift | 128 | 2.46% | 4.72% | 2.99% | 0 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Leona Lewis | 127 | 2.45% | 4.01% | 3.13% | 0 | 14 | 44 |
| 6 | Ne-Yo | 109 | 2.10% | 4.72% | 3.73% | 2 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Katy Perry | 108 | 2.08% | 4.06% | 3.49% | 0 | 18 | 32 |
| 8 | Jordin Sparks | 99 | 1.90% | 3.03% | 2.45% | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 9 | Alicia Keys | 90 | 1.72% | 5.24% | 4.38% | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 10 | Kanye West | 88 | 1.69% | 5.23% | 3.76% | 0 | 10 | 51 |
| 11 | Flo Rida | 87 | 1.68% | 3.50% | 2.65% | 0 | 5 | 47 |
| 12 | T.I. | 86 | 1.65% | 5.66% | 4.50% | 7 | 17 | 21 |
| 13 | T-Pain | 85 | 1.63% | 2.69% | 2.53% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 14 | Coldplay | 83 | 1.60% | 4.09% | 2.81% | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 15 | Sara Bareilles | 81 | 1.56% | 3.33% | 2.72% | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 16 | Natasha Bedingfield | 78 | 1.50% | 3.25% | 2.55% | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| 17 | Miley Cyrus | 72 | 1.39% | 2.91% | 2.20% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 18 | Colbie Caillat | 65 | 1.26% | 3.20% | 2.81% | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 19 | Britney Spears | 65 | 1.24% | 5.63% | 2.68% | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 20 | P!nk | 64 | 1.23% | 3.79% | 2.80% | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| 21 | Akon | 63 | 1.22% | 3.87% | 2.48% | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| 22 | Timbaland | 59 | 1.13% | 3.25% | 3.42% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 23 | OneRepublic | 59 | 1.13% | 3.03% | 2.31% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 24 | Mariah Carey | 58 | 1.12% | 4.41% | 2.89% | 1 | 9 | 29 |
| 25 | Jason Mraz | 57 | 1.10% | 3.15% | 2.40% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 26 | Jonas Brothers | 56 | 1.07% | 4.72% | 2.39% | 0 | 4 | 43 |
| 27 | Usher | 56 | 1.07% | 3.30% | 2.33% | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 28 | Jesse McCartney | 55 | 1.06% | 2.74% | 2.18% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 29 | Carrie Underwood | 50 | 0.96% | 2.10% | 1.51% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 30 | Fergie | 48 | 0.93% | 4.59% | 4.01% | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 31 | M.I.A. | 47 | 0.90% | 3.41% | 2.27% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 32 | Sean Kingston | 46 | 0.89% | 3.61% | 2.80% | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 33 | Plies | 46 | 0.88% | 2.13% | 1.58% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 34 | Metro Station | 45 | 0.86% | 2.74% | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 35 | Danity Kane | 43 | 0.84% | 2.77% | 1.99% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 36 | Beyonce | 43 | 0.82% | 6.15% | 3.18% | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| 37 | The-Dream | 42 | 0.81% | 1.93% | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 38 | The Pussycat Dolls | 41 | 0.79% | 2.84% | 2.01% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 39 | Buckcherry | 41 | 0.79% | 2.80% | 1.80% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 40 | Young Jeezy | 39 | 0.75% | 1.80% | 1.33% | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | Finger Eleven | 39 | 0.75% | 3.19% | 2.46% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 42 | Yung Berg | 38 | 0.73% | 1.72% | 1.31% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | Keyshia Cole | 38 | 0.73% | 1.67% | 1.19% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 44 | Snoop Dogg | 36 | 0.69% | 3.00% | 2.05% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 45 | Kardinal Offishall | 36 | 0.68% | 2.28% | 1.59% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 46 | Daughtry | 34 | 0.66% | 3.15% | 1.92% | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| 47 | David Archuleta | 34 | 0.66% | 3.64% | 1.57% | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 48 | 3 Doors Down | 34 | 0.65% | 2.25% | 1.46% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 49 | Secondhand Serenade | 33 | 0.64% | 1.87% | 1.37% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 50 | Colby O'Donis | 33 | 0.64% | 1.67% | 1.16% | 0 | 0 | 42 |