Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Cheap Trick

Charting Jul 22, 1978 → Dec 29, 1990 · 182 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 182 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 30 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Rob Kennedy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19781990
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1988) · First crown Jul 1988

Billboard Hot 100 · 182 wk UK Singles Chart · 30 wk Global Music Power · 182 wk

Peak Power: 2.48%; week of Oct 22, 1988
Career Power: 174; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; April 1988 – March 1989
Peak Five Years: 96; January 1986 – December 1990
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 182; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Jul 16, 1988
Comebacks: 2; Jun 1988, after 8 quiet years · Sep 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

16 records · 174 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
The FlameApple Music	#1July 1988	27	April 1988 – October 1988	37.4	37.9
I Want You To Want MeApple Music	#7July 1979	19	April 1979 – September 1979	30.7	30.4
Don't Be CruelApple Music	#4October 1988	17	July 1988 – November 1988	27.1	27.6
Can't Stop Falling Into LoveApple Music	#12September 1990	14	July 1990 – October 1990	16.8	16.5
Ghost TownApple Music	#33December 1988	14	November 1988 – February 1989	9.4	9.5
Dream PoliceApple Music	#26November 1979	10	October 1979 – December 1979	8.4	8.3
VoicesApple Music	#32February 1980	11	December 1979 – February 1980	7.4	7.4
Tonight It's YouApple Music	#44October 1985	17	July 1985 – November 1985	7.2	7.1
Ain't That A ShameApple Music	#35September 1979	10	August 1979 – October 1979	6.4	6.7
If You Want My LoveApple Music	#45July 1982	11	June 1982 – August 1982	5.2	5.2
Everything Works If You Let ItApple Music	#44July 1980	10	May 1980 – July 1980	4.7	4.7
Stop This GameApple Music	#48December 1980	12	November 1980 – January 1981	4.0	3.9
Wherever Would I BeApple Music	#50December 1990	10	October 1990 – December 1990	3.7	3.6
SurrenderApple Music	#62September 1978	8	July 1978 – September 1978	2.5	2.5
She's TightApple Music	#65October 1982	7	October 1982 – November 1982	2.0	2.0
Never Had A Lot To LoseApple Music	#75March 1989	6	February 1989 – March 1989	1.3	1.3

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At their peak

1988 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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