Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Boston

Charting Sep 18, 1976 → Aug 13, 1994 · 115 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 115 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 24 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19762010
Longest reign 2 weeks (Nov 1986) · First crown Nov 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 115 wk UK Singles Chart · 24 wk Global Music Power · 122 wk

Peak Power: 2.06%; week of Feb 14, 1987
Career Power: 156; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; June 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 90; May 1974 – May 1979
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 115; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Nov 8, 1986
Comebacks: 2; Sep 1978 · Nov 1986, after 8 quiet years

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

10 records · 156 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
More Than A FeelingApple Music	#5December 1976	19	September 1976 – January 1977	35.2	35.1
AmandaApple Music	#1November 1986	18	September 1986 – January 1987	31.0	31.3
Don't Look BackApple Music	#4October 1978	13	August 1978 – November 1978	26.2	25.9
We're ReadyApple Music	#9February 1987	15	December 1986 – March 1987	20.0	20.4
Long Time	#22March 1977	10	January 1977 – April 1977	11.6	11.5
Can'tcha Say (You Believe In Me)/Still In LoveApple Music	#20April 1987	13	March 1987 – May 1987	11.2	11.2
A Man I'll Never BeApple Music	#31January 1979	12	November 1978 – February 1979	8.7	8.7
Peace Of MindApple Music	#38June 1977	8	May 1977 – July 1977	5.1	5.0
I Need Your LoveApple Music	#51July 1994	10	June 1994 – August 1994	3.7	3.6
Feelin' SatisfiedApple Music	#46April 1979	7	March 1979 – May 1979	3.3	3.3

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Boston's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1986 to May 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.