Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The B-52s
Also credited as BC-52'S
Charting Apr 19, 1980 → Jul 9, 1994 · 82 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 82 wk, UK Singles Chart 67 wk (1 crown)
Honours
- Peak Power
- 2.53%
- week of Mar 24, 1990
- Career Power
- 98
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 77
- July 1989 – June 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 93
- July 1989 – July 1994
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 82
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.37%
- week of Nov 25, 1989
- 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
8 records · 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love ShackApple Music | #3 | 27 | 38.0 | ||
| RoamApple Music | #3 | 20 | 31.4 | ||
| Good StuffApple Music | #28 | 13 | 11.8 | ||
| Deadbeat ClubApple Music | #30 | 11 | 7.5 | ||
| (Meet) The Flintstones (From "The Flintstones") | #33 | 8 | 4.6 | ||
| Rock LobsterApple Music | #56 | 8 | 2.6 | ||
| Private IdahoApple Music | #74 | 5 | 1.2 | ||
| Legal TenderApple Music | #81 | 4 | 0.7 |
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At their peak
1989 in music →The B-52s's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1989 to June 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Janet Jackson131
- 2Madonna115
- 3Roxette111
- 4New Kids On The Block111
- 5Milli Vanilli109
- 6Richard Marx105
- 7Paula Abdul91
- 8Michael Bolton90
- 9Phil Collins86
- 10Taylor Dayne83
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.