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.

Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles Chart Global Music Power

Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Aug 1, 2025 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Aug 1, 2025; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Years Decades

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Strongest five-year period

Morgan Wallen

754

Peak Five Years · best rolling 260-week Power Share total

Most weeks at #1

The Beatles

98 weeks

Weeks ranked first among artists

Largest peak Power Share

Taylor Swift

14.55%

Dominance · highest single-week Power Share

Leader of every year

Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.

The Beatles4 periods
Madonna3 periods
Frankie Laine2 periods
Elvis Presley2 periods
Michael Jackson2 periods
Elton John2 periods
Bee Gees2 periods
TLC2 periods
Destiny's Child2 periods
Bruno Mars2 periods
The Weeknd2 periods
Drake2 periods
Bing Crosby1 period
Ruby Murray1 period
Bill Haley And His Comets1 period
The Everly Brothers1 period
Paul Anka1 period
Connie Francis1 period
Chubby Checker1 period
Roy Orbison1 period
The Monkees1 period
Creedence Clearwater Revival1 period
Jackson 51 period
Carpenters1 period
Eagles1 period
Fleetwood Mac1 period
Donna Summer1 period
Queen1 period
Daryl Hall John Oates1 period
John Cougar1 period
Lionel Richie1 period
George Michael1 period
Bobby Brown1 period
Janet Jackson1 period
Mariah Carey1 period
Boyz II Men1 period
Whitney Houston1 period
Ace Of Base1 period
Celine Dion1 period
Spice Girls1 period
Savage Garden1 period
Ashanti1 period
50 Cent1 period
Usher1 period
Kelly Clarkson1 period
Chris Brown1 period
Fergie1 period
Rihanna1 period
Lady Gaga1 period
Ke$ha1 period
Flo Rida1 period
Sam Smith1 period
Ed Sheeran1 period
Post Malone1 period
Olivia Rodrigo1 period
Harry Styles1 period
Taylor Swift1 period
Sabrina Carpenter1 period
Morgan Wallen1 period
Ella Langley1 period

Leader per period
Period	Most powerful artist	Average share	Era Power	Weeks at #1	Peak share	Runner-up	Distinct #1s	Weeks
1952	Bing Crosby	1.05%	7	4	1.19%	Al Martino	3	7
1953	Frankie Laine	1.18%	61	26	2.90%	Guy Mitchell	9	52
1954	Frankie Laine	0.88%	46	10	1.77%	David Whitfield	9	52
1955	Ruby Murray	1.11%	59	15	2.67%	Dickie Valentine	11	53
1956	Bill Haley And His Comets	1.28%	67	16	2.32%	Elvis Presley	11	52
1957	Elvis Presley	1.31%	68	25	2.46%	Pat Boone	10	52
1958	The Everly Brothers	1.72%	89	10	4.95%	Elvis Presley	10	52
1959	Paul Anka	2.14%	111	4	3.55%	Connie Francis	12	52
1960	Connie Francis	2.75%	146	10	4.39%	The Everly Brothers	11	53
1961	Elvis Presley	2.35%	122	8	4.29%	Connie Francis	14	52
1962	Chubby Checker	1.97%	103	12	4.11%	Elvis Presley	12	52
1963	Roy Orbison	1.51%	78	6	3.71%	The Beach Boys	19	52
1964	The Beatles	4.16%	216	34	8.55%	The Dave Clark Five	8	52
1965	The Beatles	2.55%	132	6	5.01%	Herman's Hermits	9	52
1966	The Beatles	2.10%	111	16	4.93%	The Beach Boys	10	53
1967	The Monkees	2.34%	122	18	4.42%	Engelbert Humperdinck	12	52
1968	The Beatles	2.02%	105	16	4.64%	Aretha Franklin	15	52
1969	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2.08%	108	5	3.88%	Elvis Presley	16	52
1970	Jackson 5	2.44%	127	8	3.34%	Elvis Presley	15	52
1971	Carpenters	1.46%	76	0	2.89%	Dawn	16	52
1972	Michael Jackson	1.68%	89	3	2.90%	Al Green	20	53
1973	Elton John	1.90%	99	6	3.42%	Stevie Wonder	18	52
1974	Elton John	1.84%	95	1	3.05%	Paul McCartney And Wings	22	52
1975	Eagles	1.40%	73	1	2.86%	John Denver	21	52
1976	Bee Gees	1.39%	72	1	3.38%	ABBA	14	52
1977	Fleetwood Mac	1.57%	83	0	2.44%	Leo Sayer	16	53
1978	Bee Gees	2.34%	122	22	5.53%	Andy Gibb	10	52
1979	Donna Summer	2.20%	114	12	4.66%	Chic	14	52
1980	Queen	1.76%	92	0	3.30%	Kenny Rogers	14	52
1981	Daryl Hall John Oates	1.75%	91	0	3.08%	John Lennon	16	52
1982	John Cougar	1.49%	77	7	3.64%	Olivia Newton-John	10	52
1983	Michael Jackson	2.91%	154	19	5.15%	Culture Club	9	53
1984	Lionel Richie	2.27%	118	2	3.84%	Cyndi Lauper	17	52
1985	Madonna	2.79%	145	23	4.46%	Phil Collins	14	52
1986	Madonna	2.01%	105	8	3.36%	Janet Jackson	15	52
1987	Madonna	2.04%	106	9	3.23%	Whitney Houston	19	52
1988	George Michael	1.97%	104	3	3.06%	Michael Jackson	15	53
1989	Bobby Brown	2.20%	114	14	3.35%	Milli Vanilli	16	52
1990	Janet Jackson	2.14%	111	4	2.99%	Madonna	16	52
1991	Mariah Carey	1.87%	97	0	3.07%	Color Me Badd	13	52
1992	Boyz II Men	2.00%	104	16	4.04%	TLC	13	52
1993	Whitney Houston	2.24%	117	19	5.61%	SWV	7	52
1994	Ace Of Base	2.93%	156	19	4.47%	Mariah Carey	7	53
1995	TLC	2.88%	150	20	4.22%	Boyz II Men	7	52
1996	Celine Dion	2.35%	122	9	3.70%	Mariah Carey	11	52
1997	Spice Girls	2.57%	134	10	3.86%	Jewel	9	52
1998	Savage Garden	2.21%	115	5	3.33%	Usher	13	52
1999	TLC	2.10%	109	6	3.48%	Whitney Houston	15	52
2000	Destiny's Child	2.49%	132	19	4.30%	Christina Aguilera	13	53
2001	Destiny's Child	2.18%	113	13	3.47%	Jennifer Lopez	15	52
2002	Ashanti	2.30%	120	7	3.90%	Nelly	10	52
2003	50 Cent	2.82%	147	26	4.55%	R. Kelly	9	52
2004	Usher	3.03%	157	22	5.81%	Alicia Keys	5	52
2005	Kelly Clarkson	3.21%	170	6	4.20%	Mariah Carey	7	53
2006	Chris Brown	1.85%	96	6	4.02%	The Pussycat Dolls	11	52
2007	Fergie	2.83%	147	8	4.00%	Akon	8	52
2008	Rihanna	3.72%	193	17	5.56%	Chris Brown	10	52
2009	Lady Gaga	4.17%	217	31	5.46%	Beyonce	4	52
2010	Ke$ha	3.10%	161	4	4.85%	Rihanna	8	52
2011	Bruno Mars	3.44%	182	18	5.62%	Adele	9	53
2012	Flo Rida	3.17%	165	4	4.01%	Rihanna	10	52
2013	Bruno Mars	2.98%	155	22	5.21%	Imagine Dragons	7	52
2014	Sam Smith	2.57%	134	15	4.89%	Pharrell Williams	10	52
2015	The Weeknd	3.86%	201	22	6.09%	Taylor Swift	6	52
2016	Drake	3.79%	201	15	5.45%	Justin Bieber	7	53
2017	Ed Sheeran	4.27%	222	33	8.23%	Bruno Mars	8	52
2018	Drake	4.73%	246	31	12.10%	Post Malone	7	52
2019	Post Malone	4.06%	211	10	7.67%	Ariana Grande	12	52
2020	The Weeknd	3.54%	184	9	8.03%	Dua Lipa	13	52
2021	Olivia Rodrigo	4.20%	218	18	9.67%	The Weeknd	10	52
2022	Harry Styles	3.31%	176	18	10.68%	Ed Sheeran	13	53
2023	Taylor Swift	4.84%	252	16	12.84%	Morgan Wallen	8	52
2024	Sabrina Carpenter	4.55%	236	22	10.09%	Teddy Swims	11	52
2025	Morgan Wallen	4.25%	221	17	9.65%	Sabrina Carpenter	11	52
2026	Ella Langley	4.75%	181	16	6.97%	Olivia Dean	12	38

Leaders in 1981

Jan 3, 1981 → Dec 26, 1981 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).

Era Power Average share Peak share Peak smoothed Weeks at #1 Top-five weeks Weeks charting

Leaders in range
#	Artist	Era Power	Average share	Peak share	Peak smoothed	Weeks at #1	Top-five weeks	Weeks charting
1	Daryl Hall John Oates	91	1.75%	3.08%	2.30%	0	11	52
2	John Lennon	82	1.57%	5.24%	3.73%	16	18	29
3	REO Speedwagon	81	1.57%	3.40%	2.56%	2	14	44
4	Sheena Easton	78	1.50%	3.09%	1.99%	2	9	47
5	Juice Newton	70	1.35%	2.48%	1.90%	0	6	45
6	Neil Diamond	67	1.29%	2.96%	2.07%	0	6	41
7	Air Supply	66	1.27%	2.45%	2.03%	1	5	45
8	Diana Ross	65	1.25%	3.00%	3.00%	0	12	47
9	The Police	64	1.24%	3.16%	2.04%	1	10	38
10	Eddie Rabbitt	61	1.17%	2.65%	1.94%	0	5	43
11	Rick Springfield	60	1.15%	2.45%	1.94%	2	11	40
12	Kenny Rogers	59	1.13%	2.84%	2.27%	0	7	52
13	Kool & The Gang	58	1.11%	2.64%	2.02%	0	7	41
14	Blondie	56	1.07%	3.71%	2.69%	0	15	24
15	Kim Carnes	54	1.04%	3.27%	2.16%	4	12	36
16	Foreigner	52	0.99%	2.98%	2.31%	1	11	26
17	Styx	48	0.92%	2.98%	1.99%	1	6	33
18	Rod Stewart	47	0.89%	3.01%	1.72%	2	2	28
19	Christopher Cross	46	0.88%	2.63%	1.74%	2	5	45
20	Journey	44	0.84%	2.21%	1.57%	0	2	37
21	Commodores	44	0.84%	2.29%	1.79%	0	0	28
22	Ronnie Milsap	43	0.83%	2.13%	1.54%	0	2	43
23	Smokey Robinson	43	0.82%	3.47%	2.27%	5	9	25
24	Stevie Wonder	42	0.81%	2.66%	2.09%	0	3	32
25	Adam & the Ants	42	0.81%	1.74%	1.20%	0	0	48
26	Barry Manilow	40	0.77%	2.08%	1.29%	0	0	37
27	Cliff Richard	39	0.76%	2.01%	1.59%	0	0	45
28	The Pointer Sisters	39	0.74%	3.14%	1.97%	6	8	32
29	The Rolling Stones	38	0.74%	2.39%	1.83%	0	9	19
30	Pat Benatar	38	0.72%	1.88%	1.39%	0	0	42
31	Don McLean	37	0.71%	2.15%	1.49%	0	1	36
32	ABBA	37	0.71%	1.94%	1.51%	0	0	37
33	Joey Scarbury	36	0.69%	2.37%	1.64%	1	6	31
34	Dan Fogelberg	36	0.69%	2.01%	1.11%	0	0	33
35	Phil Collins	35	0.68%	1.64%	1.11%	0	0	37
36	Dolly Parton	35	0.67%	2.68%	1.74%	0	5	27
37	Electric Light Orchestra	33	0.64%	2.45%	1.55%	0	6	26
38	Olivia Newton-John	32	0.62%	3.32%	1.98%	4	7	22
39	The Alan Parsons Project	32	0.62%	1.51%	1.10%	0	0	43
40	Shakin' Stevens	31	0.60%	1.35%	0.93%	0	0	41
41	Marty Balin	30	0.58%	1.93%	1.29%	0	0	30
42	Stars On 45	29	0.55%	2.46%	1.57%	0	3	21
43	Barbra Streisand	29	0.55%	2.12%	2.46%	0	0	36
44	A Taste Of Honey	28	0.54%	2.29%	1.52%	0	2	24
45	Gino Vannelli	28	0.54%	2.07%	1.37%	0	0	25
46	The Moody Blues	28	0.53%	1.67%	1.18%	0	0	29
47	Franke & The Knockouts	26	0.51%	1.80%	1.18%	0	0	30
48	Quincy Jones	26	0.50%	1.54%	0.76%	0	0	39
49	Earth, Wind & Fire	26	0.49%	2.98%	1.67%	0	5	25
50	Champaign	26	0.49%	2.60%	1.44%	0	3	24