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.
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- Elvis Presley5 periods
- Ed Sheeran4 periods
- Madonna3 periods
- Frankie Laine2 periods
- T. Rex2 periods
- ABBA2 periods
- Madness2 periods
- Rihanna2 periods
- Drake2 periods
- Bing Crosby1 period
- Ruby Murray1 period
- Bill Haley And His Comets1 period
- Russ Conway1 period
- Adam Faith1 period
- The Beatles1 period
- Jim Reeves1 period
- The Seekers1 period
- The Beach Boys1 period
- Engelbert Humperdinck1 period
- Tom Jones1 period
- Fleetwood Mac1 period
- Gary Glitter1 period
- The Wombles1 period
- Mud1 period
- David Soul1 period
- Boney M1 period
- Adam & the Ants1 period
- Michael Jackson1 period
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood1 period
- Kylie Minogue1 period
- Jason Donovan1 period
- New Kids On The Block1 period
- Bryan Adams1 period
- Shakespears Sister1 period
- 2 Unlimited1 period
- Wet Wet Wet1 period
- Oasis1 period
- Fugees1 period
- Spice Girls1 period
- All Saints1 period
- Steps1 period
- S Club 71 period
- Atomic Kitten1 period
- Gareth Gates1 period
- Busted1 period
- Kelis1 period
- Gorillaz1 period
- Kooks1 period
- MIKA1 period
- Lady Gaga1 period
- Adele1 period
- Flo Rida1 period
- One Direction1 period
- Sam Smith1 period
- Lewis Capaldi1 period
- Dua Lipa1 period
- Taylor Swift1 period
- Sabrina Carpenter1 period
- Alex Warren1 period
Leaders in 1990
Jan 7, 1990 → Dec 30, 1990 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1New Kids On The Block110
- 2Snap!83
- 3Madonna77
- 4Adamski67
- 5MC Hammer60
- 6Kylie Minogue57
- 7Roxette56
- 8Technotronic55
- 9Black Box52
- 10Betty Boo51
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Kids On The Block | 110 | 2.12% | 4.51% | 2.74% | 5 | 13 | 48 |
| 2 | Snap! | 83 | 1.59% | 3.54% | 2.40% | 2 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Madonna | 77 | 1.49% | 3.52% | 2.26% | 4 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Adamski | 67 | 1.28% | 3.53% | 2.30% | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | MC Hammer | 60 | 1.15% | 3.33% | 2.04% | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Kylie Minogue | 57 | 1.10% | 3.54% | 2.15% | 0 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Roxette | 56 | 1.09% | 3.62% | 2.45% | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Technotronic | 55 | 1.05% | 2.96% | 1.57% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Black Box | 52 | 1.00% | 3.17% | 1.96% | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 10 | Betty Boo | 51 | 0.99% | 3.29% | 2.03% | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Jason Donovan | 48 | 0.92% | 3.42% | 2.13% | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Happy Mondays | 45 | 0.87% | 3.16% | 1.64% | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| 13 | UB40 | 44 | 0.85% | 3.17% | 1.85% | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| 14 | Elton John | 44 | 0.84% | 3.54% | 2.26% | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 15 | Cliff Richard | 43 | 0.83% | 3.58% | 1.94% | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| 16 | The Righteous Brothers | 43 | 0.83% | 4.99% | 2.97% | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| 17 | Michael Bolton | 42 | 0.81% | 3.30% | 1.66% | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 18 | Sinead O'Connor | 41 | 0.80% | 3.53% | 2.06% | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 19 | The B-52s | 39 | 0.74% | 3.42% | 1.78% | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 20 | Beats International | 38 | 0.74% | 2.67% | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 21 | The Stone Roses | 38 | 0.73% | 3.18% | 1.55% | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 22 | Jimmy Somerville | 38 | 0.72% | 3.08% | 1.32% | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 23 | Bombalurina | 37 | 0.72% | 3.55% | 1.90% | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 24 | Erasure | 37 | 0.72% | 3.29% | 1.80% | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 25 | Janet Jackson | 37 | 0.70% | 2.17% | 1.18% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 26 | Phil Collins | 36 | 0.70% | 2.86% | 1.76% | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| 27 | The Adventures Of Stevie V | 36 | 0.70% | 3.40% | 1.91% | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 28 | The Farm | 36 | 0.69% | 3.23% | 1.77% | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 29 | 49Ers | 34 | 0.66% | 3.30% | 1.74% | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 30 | Maria McKee | 34 | 0.65% | 3.52% | 2.06% | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 31 | Blue Pearl | 34 | 0.65% | 3.22% | 1.84% | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 32 | Depeche Mode | 33 | 0.64% | 2.96% | 1.31% | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 33 | Deee-Lite | 33 | 0.63% | 3.41% | 1.75% | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 34 | The Beautiful South | 33 | 0.63% | 3.52% | 1.84% | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 35 | Sonia | 32 | 0.61% | 2.60% | 1.37% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 36 | Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers | 31 | 0.60% | 3.19% | 2.93% | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 37 | Alannah Myles | 31 | 0.59% | 3.40% | 1.83% | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 38 | Englandneworder | 30 | 0.57% | 3.55% | 1.87% | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 39 | Soul II Soul | 30 | 0.57% | 3.31% | 2.00% | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 40 | Wilson Phillips | 29 | 0.56% | 2.97% | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 41 | The Status Quo | 29 | 0.55% | 3.40% | 1.51% | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 42 | Londonbeat | 28 | 0.55% | 3.40% | 1.70% | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 43 | Tina Turner | 28 | 0.54% | 2.32% | 1.78% | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 44 | Heart | 28 | 0.53% | 2.76% | 1.56% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 45 | Belinda Carlisle | 27 | 0.53% | 2.96% | 1.30% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 46 | Partners In Kryme | 27 | 0.53% | 3.57% | 1.83% | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 47 | Del Amitri | 27 | 0.53% | 2.49% | 1.00% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 48 | 808 State | 27 | 0.52% | 2.58% | 1.14% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 49 | The Chimes | 27 | 0.52% | 2.96% | 1.15% | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 50 | The Steve Miller Band | 26 | 0.50% | 3.53% | 1.77% | 2 | 3 | 13 |