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 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.
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
Leaders in 2016
Jan 2, 2016 → Dec 31, 2016 · 53 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Drake201
- 2Justin Bieber181
- 3twenty one pilots181
- 4Rihanna139
- 5The Chainsmokers134
- 6Shawn Mendes131
- 7Adele117
- 8The Weeknd105
- 9Ariana Grande105
- 10Sia97
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | 201 | 3.79% | 5.45% | 4.54% | 15 | 44 | 53 |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | 181 | 3.42% | 8.03% | 6.68% | 18 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | twenty one pilots | 181 | 3.41% | 5.47% | 4.52% | 13 | 32 | 53 |
| 4 | Rihanna | 139 | 2.62% | 4.31% | 3.55% | 0 | 20 | 49 |
| 5 | The Chainsmokers | 134 | 2.53% | 4.32% | 3.56% | 1 | 20 | 53 |
| 6 | Shawn Mendes | 131 | 2.46% | 3.85% | 3.01% | 0 | 18 | 53 |
| 7 | Adele | 117 | 2.21% | 4.60% | 3.63% | 0 | 13 | 53 |
| 8 | The Weeknd | 105 | 1.99% | 5.29% | 5.11% | 4 | 15 | 53 |
| 9 | Ariana Grande | 105 | 1.99% | 3.28% | 2.66% | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| 10 | Sia | 97 | 1.83% | 3.17% | 2.61% | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| 11 | Desiigner | 87 | 1.63% | 3.85% | 2.67% | 0 | 11 | 42 |
| 12 | Lukas Graham | 84 | 1.58% | 3.58% | 2.78% | 0 | 7 | 44 |
| 13 | Justin Timberlake | 82 | 1.55% | 3.84% | 2.68% | 0 | 13 | 34 |
| 14 | Mike Posner | 82 | 1.54% | 3.72% | 2.75% | 0 | 8 | 43 |
| 15 | Calvin Harris | 77 | 1.45% | 3.45% | 2.52% | 0 | 4 | 53 |
| 16 | DNCE | 71 | 1.35% | 3.06% | 2.25% | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 17 | Selena Gomez | 70 | 1.32% | 3.67% | 2.80% | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| 18 | Meghan Trainor | 67 | 1.27% | 3.47% | 2.24% | 0 | 3 | 42 |
| 19 | Major Lazer | 66 | 1.24% | 2.79% | 1.97% | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| 20 | Fifth Harmony | 66 | 1.24% | 2.43% | 2.00% | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 21 | Zayn | 63 | 1.19% | 3.80% | 2.48% | 0 | 9 | 37 |
| 22 | DJ Snake | 62 | 1.18% | 2.36% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 23 | Charlie Puth | 61 | 1.14% | 2.41% | 1.76% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 24 | Zara Larsson | 58 | 1.10% | 2.06% | 1.63% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 25 | Coldplay | 57 | 1.07% | 3.31% | 1.65% | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| 26 | Flo Rida | 54 | 1.01% | 2.57% | 1.90% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 27 | Daya | 53 | 1.00% | 1.78% | 1.38% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 28 | Alessia Cara | 50 | 0.94% | 2.70% | 1.95% | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 29 | Future | 47 | 0.89% | 1.46% | 1.16% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 30 | Bryson Tiller | 45 | 0.84% | 2.29% | 1.83% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 31 | P!nk | 40 | 0.76% | 2.54% | 1.63% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 32 | Bebe Rexha | 40 | 0.76% | 1.46% | 1.09% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 33 | Tory Lanez | 38 | 0.71% | 1.67% | 1.14% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 34 | Florida Georgia Line | 38 | 0.71% | 1.69% | 1.26% | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 35 | Kent Jones | 37 | 0.70% | 2.94% | 1.91% | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 36 | gnash | 36 | 0.67% | 1.50% | 1.20% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 37 | Bruno Mars | 35 | 0.65% | 3.43% | 2.26% | 0 | 10 | 33 |
| 38 | Little Mix | 34 | 0.64% | 1.67% | 0.99% | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | G-Eazy | 34 | 0.64% | 1.49% | 1.15% | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | Fetty Wap | 34 | 0.63% | 2.73% | 3.28% | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 41 | Beyonce | 31 | 0.59% | 5.60% | 1.42% | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 42 | Ellie Goulding | 30 | 0.57% | 2.22% | 2.02% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 43 | Jonas Blue | 30 | 0.56% | 0.92% | 0.68% | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 44 | James Bay | 29 | 0.55% | 1.62% | 1.12% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 45 | Kiiara | 29 | 0.55% | 1.74% | 1.31% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 46 | X Ambassadors | 29 | 0.54% | 1.46% | 1.16% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 47 | Kevin Gates | 29 | 0.54% | 1.73% | 1.20% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 48 | D.R.A.M. | 29 | 0.54% | 1.59% | 1.25% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 49 | DJ Khaled | 27 | 0.50% | 1.77% | 1.06% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 50 | Ty Dolla $ign | 26 | 0.50% | 1.05% | 0.81% | 0 | 0 | 49 |