Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Basia

Charting Jul 23, 1988 → Jun 23, 1990 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 43 wk, UK Singles Chart 21 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 43 wk UK Singles Chart · 21 wk Global Music Power · 62 wk

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Peak Power: 0.83%; week of Nov 5, 1988
Career Power: 26; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 17; February 1988 – February 1989
Peak Five Years: 26; July 1985 – June 1990
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 43; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.50%; week of Oct 29, 1988
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

3 records · 26 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
Time And TideApple Music	#26October 1988	20	July 1988 – December 1988	13.7	13.5
Cruising For BruisingApple Music	#29June 1990	12	April 1990 – June 1990	9.0	9.0
New Day For YouApple Music	#53January 1989	11	December 1988 – February 1989	3.7	3.7

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Basia's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1988 to February 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.