Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Boys Don't Cry
Charting Apr 5, 1986 → Aug 9, 1986 · 19 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 19 wk, UK Singles Chart 6 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.33%
- week of Jul 12, 1986
- Career Power
- 21
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 21
- August 1985 – August 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 21
- August 1981 – August 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 19
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.44%
- week of Jun 21, 1986
- 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
1 song · 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Wanna Be A CowboyApple Music | #12 | 19 | 21.4 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →Boys Don't Cry's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1985 to August 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston116
- 2John Mellencamp104
- 3Heart102
- 4Mr. Mister98
- 5Starship86
- 6Dire Straits82
- 7Billy Ocean81
- 8Madonna75
- 9Phil Collins74
- 10Prince And The Revolution72
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.