Artists · Billboard Hot 100
a-ha
Charting Jul 13, 1985 → Mar 28, 1987 · 47 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 47 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 148 wk (3 crowns)
Honours
- Peak Power
- 2.17%
- week of Nov 16, 1985
- Career Power
- 59
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 1
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 55
- March 1985 – March 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 59
- April 1982 – March 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 5
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 47
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.56%
- week of Oct 19, 1985
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
3 records · 59 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take On MeApple Music | #1 | 27 | 39.6 | ||
| The Sun Always Shines on T.V.Apple Music | #20 | 17 | 15.6 | ||
| Cry WolfApple Music | #50 | 10 | 3.9 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →a-ha's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1985 to March 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Phil Collins107
- 2Tears For Fears104
- 3Whitney Houston104
- 4Bryan Adams99
- 5Wham!98
- 6Madonna96
- 7Bruce Springsteen94
- 8Sting88
- 9Simple Minds87
- 10Survivor85
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.