Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Bad

Michael Jackson

Entered Sep 19, 1987 · peaked at #1 on Oct 24, 1987 · 14 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 19, 1987

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 14 wkUK Singles Chart · #3, 21 wk
Record Power
26.4
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
14
September 1987 – December 1987

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Michael Jacksonprimary100%25.2

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 24, 1987 on the timeline →
  1. #1BadMichael Jackson
  2. #2Causing A CommotionMadonna
  3. #3U Got The LookPrince
  4. #4Lost In EmotionLisa Lisa And Cult Jam
  5. #5I Think We're Alone NowTiffany
  6. #6CasanovaLevert
  7. #7Mony MonyBilly Idol
  8. #8Let Me Be The OneExpose
  9. #9Little LiesFleetwood Mac
  10. #10CarrieEurope

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