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 2024
Jan 6, 2024 → Dec 28, 2024 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Sabrina Carpenter236
- 2Teddy Swims181
- 3Benson Boone165
- 4Billie Eilish160
- 5Taylor Swift154
- 6Chappell Roan140
- 7Morgan Wallen128
- 8Kendrick Lamar127
- 9Shaboozey122
- 10Hozier107
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabrina Carpenter | 236 | 4.55% | 10.09% | 7.01% | 22 | 35 | 52 |
| 2 | Teddy Swims | 181 | 3.48% | 5.11% | 4.26% | 0 | 24 | 52 |
| 3 | Benson Boone | 165 | 3.18% | 4.84% | 3.72% | 3 | 26 | 49 |
| 4 | Billie Eilish | 160 | 3.08% | 8.26% | 4.44% | 3 | 28 | 50 |
| 5 | Taylor Swift | 154 | 2.97% | 14.55% | 5.46% | 9 | 19 | 49 |
| 6 | Chappell Roan | 140 | 2.69% | 6.69% | 5.19% | 2 | 22 | 38 |
| 7 | Morgan Wallen | 128 | 2.46% | 4.71% | 3.24% | 0 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | Kendrick Lamar | 127 | 2.44% | 8.66% | 3.47% | 5 | 15 | 39 |
| 9 | Shaboozey | 122 | 2.35% | 4.28% | 3.37% | 0 | 12 | 38 |
| 10 | Hozier | 107 | 2.06% | 4.00% | 2.77% | 0 | 5 | 49 |
| 11 | Zach Bryan | 102 | 1.96% | 4.54% | 2.89% | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| 12 | Ariana Grande | 100 | 1.92% | 8.02% | 3.16% | 2 | 6 | 51 |
| 13 | Post Malone | 94 | 1.82% | 4.44% | 3.04% | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| 14 | SZA | 94 | 1.81% | 4.10% | 3.02% | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| 15 | Noah Kahan | 91 | 1.76% | 4.21% | 2.78% | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| 16 | Tate McRae | 83 | 1.60% | 4.41% | 3.30% | 0 | 9 | 43 |
| 17 | Tommy Richman | 82 | 1.58% | 4.25% | 2.86% | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 18 | Luke Combs | 78 | 1.50% | 2.79% | 2.22% | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 19 | Jack Harlow | 71 | 1.37% | 3.77% | 2.83% | 0 | 5 | 33 |
| 20 | Dasha | 67 | 1.29% | 2.55% | 2.10% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 21 | Doja Cat | 57 | 1.09% | 4.22% | 3.52% | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 22 | Dua Lipa | 55 | 1.06% | 3.60% | 2.48% | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| 23 | Gracie Abrams | 54 | 1.04% | 4.92% | 2.80% | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| 24 | Jelly Roll | 54 | 1.03% | 2.04% | 1.51% | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 25 | Beyonce | 53 | 1.02% | 7.46% | 3.01% | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 26 | Myles Smith | 49 | 0.94% | 2.57% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 27 | Glorilla | 49 | 0.94% | 2.00% | 1.31% | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 28 | Charli XCX | 45 | 0.86% | 3.69% | 1.91% | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 29 | Eminem | 41 | 0.80% | 5.76% | 2.26% | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 30 | Drake | 41 | 0.79% | 4.23% | 2.38% | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 31 | Bruno Mars | 40 | 0.77% | 2.92% | 2.02% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 32 | 21 Savage | 39 | 0.75% | 5.13% | 1.89% | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| 33 | Lady Gaga | 35 | 0.68% | 3.34% | 1.77% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 34 | Tyla | 34 | 0.66% | 3.10% | 2.00% | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 35 | Future | 32 | 0.61% | 3.70% | 1.02% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 36 | Djo | 31 | 0.59% | 2.90% | 1.40% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 37 | Artemas | 31 | 0.59% | 2.91% | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 38 | Gigi Perez | 30 | 0.58% | 2.56% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 39 | Olivia Rodrigo | 29 | 0.56% | 3.20% | 2.62% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 40 | Sexyy Red | 29 | 0.56% | 1.55% | 1.01% | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 41 | Playboi Carti | 29 | 0.55% | 1.83% | 0.93% | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 42 | Metro Boomin | 28 | 0.54% | 3.26% | 1.04% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 43 | Flo Milli | 28 | 0.53% | 2.16% | 1.27% | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 44 | Jimin | 27 | 0.52% | 2.59% | 1.17% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 45 | The Weeknd | 27 | 0.52% | 2.39% | 1.22% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 46 | Jordan Adetunji | 27 | 0.52% | 2.15% | 1.25% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 47 | Megan Thee Stallion | 25 | 0.49% | 2.99% | 0.72% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 48 | Kane Brown | 25 | 0.48% | 0.92% | 0.76% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 49 | Michael Marcagi | 24 | 0.47% | 1.28% | 0.87% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 50 | Bryson Tiller | 23 | 0.45% | 2.05% | 1.11% | 0 | 0 | 21 |