Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bananarama

Charting Jul 2, 1983 → Dec 10, 1988 · 102 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 102 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 208 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Bananarama.jpg : Maciej Zgadzaj derivative work: Tuzapicabit at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
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First crown Sep 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 102 wk UK Singles Chart · 208 wk Global Music Power · 253 wk

Peak Power: 2.02%; week of Sep 27, 1986
Career Power: 104; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 41; May 1987 – May 1988
Peak Five Years: 104; June 1983 – May 1988
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 102; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Sep 6, 1986
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1986

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

11 records · 104 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
VenusApple Music	#1September 1986	19	June 1986 – November 1986	33.9	33.6
I Heard A Rumour (From "Disorderlies")Apple Music	#4September 1987	19	July 1987 – November 1987	30.3	30.0
Cruel SummerApple Music	#9September 1984	18	July 1984 – November 1984	24.4	24.1
I Can't Help ItApple Music	#47January 1988	13	November 1987 – February 1988	6.0	5.9
Love In The First DegreeApple Music	#48April 1988	10	March 1988 – May 1988	4.4	4.3
The Wild LifeApple Music	#70December 1984	8	November 1984 – December 1984	1.8	1.8
A Trick Of The NightApple Music	#76January 1987	7	December 1986 – February 1987	1.3	1.3
More Than PhysicalApple Music	#73November 1986	5	October 1986 – November 1986	0.9	1.0
Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)Apple Music	#83July 1983	4	July 1983 – July 1983	0.7	0.7
Love, Truth & HonestyApple Music	#89December 1988	3	November 1988 – December 1988	0.5	0.5
Robert de Niro's WaitingApple Music	#95May 1984	2	May 1984 – May 1984	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Bananarama's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1987 to May 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.