Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Billy Idol

Charting Jul 3, 1982 → Nov 3, 1990 · 171 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 171 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 109 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Nov 1987
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19821994
Longest reign 2 weeks (Nov 1987) · First crown Oct 1987

Billboard Hot 100 · 171 wk UK Singles Chart · 109 wk Global Music Power · 214 wk

Peak Power: 2.18%; week of Dec 5, 1987
Career Power: 211; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; December 1986 – November 1987
Peak Five Years: 150; February 1983 – February 1988
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 171; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Nov 21, 1987
Comebacks: 3; Jun 1984 · Nov 1986 · Jul 1990

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

12 records · 211 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
Cradle Of Love (From "Ford Fairlane")Apple Music	#2August 1990	24	May 1990 – October 1990	41.6	41.1
Mony MonyApple Music	#1November 1987	22	September 1987 – January 1988	35.4	35.3
Eyes Without A FaceApple Music	#4July 1984	22	May 1984 – September 1984	34.2	34.1
To Be A LoverApple Music	#6December 1986	18	October 1986 – January 1987	29.8	29.5
Hot In The CityApple Music	#23September 1982	27	July 1982 – February 1988	20.6	20.8
Sweet SixteenApple Music	#20June 1987	14	April 1987 – July 1987	12.5	12.4
Flesh For FantasyApple Music	#29October 1984	12	August 1984 – November 1984	9.7	9.7
White WeddingApple Music	#36July 1983	13	May 1983 – August 1983	8.5	8.3
Rebel YellApple Music	#46March 1984	14	January 1984 – April 1984	6.3	6.2
Don't Need A GunApple Music	#37March 1987	9	January 1987 – March 1987	6.0	6.0
Catch My FallApple Music	#50December 1984	11	November 1984 – January 1985	4.0	4.0
L.A. WomanApple Music	#52October 1990	9	September 1990 – November 1990	2.6	3.0

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Billy Idol's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1986 to November 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.