Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Cher

Charting Jul 3, 1965 → Jan 6, 2024 · 391 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 391 wk (8 crowns), UK Singles Chart 261 wk (12 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
8 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Mar–Apr 1999) · First crown Nov 1971
UK Singles Chart
12 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Apr–May 1991) · First crown Apr 1991
Global Music Power
13 crowns
19652025
Longest reign 6 weeks (Feb–Apr 1999) · First crown Apr 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 391 wk UK Singles Chart · 261 wk Global Music Power · 518 wk

Peak Power: 2.85%; week of May 29, 1999
Career Power: 511; share-weeks
Crowns: 8; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 80; April 1989 – April 1990
Peak Five Years: 170; March 1987 – February 1992
Top-five weeks: 36; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 391; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Mar 20, 1999
Comebacks: 7; Dec 1967 · Oct 1971 · Sep 1973 · Apr 1979, after 5 quiet years · Feb 1988, after 9 quiet years · Aug 1991 · Feb 1999, after 7 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

34 records · 511 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
BelieveApple Music	#1March 1999	31	December 1998 – July 1999	71.7	70.5
Half-BreedApple Music	#1October 1973	20	August 1973 – December 1973	39.3	39.1
Gypsys, Tramps & ThievesApple Music	#1November 1971	16	September 1971 – January 1972	37.2	37.2
If I Could Turn Back TimeApple Music	#3September 1989	23	July 1989 – December 1989	34.5	34.5
Dark LadyApple Music	#1March 1974	16	January 1974 – May 1974	30.4	30.2
I Found SomeoneApple Music	#10March 1988	26	November 1987 – May 1988	27.8	27.8
Just Like Jesse JamesApple Music	#8December 1989	18	October 1989 – February 1990	26.4	26.4
Take Me HomeApple Music	#8May 1979	19	February 1979 – June 1979	25.6	25.4
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)Apple Music	#2April 1966	11	March 1966 – May 1966	24.6	24.3
The Way Of LoveApple Music	#7March 1972	13	January 1972 – April 1972	24.2	24.0
You Better Sit Down KidsApple Music	#9December 1967	13	October 1967 – January 1968	21.9	21.8
We All Sleep AloneApple Music	#14June 1988	15	April 1988 – July 1988	17.4	17.5
Love And UnderstandingApple Music	#17August 1991	15	June 1991 – September 1991	16.8	16.7
All I Really Want To DoApple Music	#15August 1965	12	July 1965 – September 1965	14.4	14.3
After All (Love Theme From "Chances Are")with Peter CeteraApple Music	#6May 1989	20	March 1989 – July 1989	13.3	26.4
Save Up All Your TearsApple Music	#37January 1992	20	October 1991 – February 1992	11.7	11.4
Heart Of StoneApple Music	#20April 1990	14	February 1990 – May 1990	11.6	11.6
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)Apple Music	#33January 1991	16	November 1990 – March 1991	9.4	9.3
Living In A House DividedApple Music	#22June 1972	8	May 1972 – July 1972	9.3	9.3
Train Of ThoughtApple Music	#27June 1974	11	May 1974 – August 1974	8.2	8.2
Where Do You GoApple Music	#25November 1965	7	October 1965 – November 1965	6.5	6.5
One By OneApple Music	#52July 1996	14	June 1996 – September 1996	5.5	5.4
AlfieApple Music	#32August 1966	6	July 1966 – September 1966	5.3	5.2
Don't Hide Your LoveApple Music	#46October 1972	8	September 1972 – October 1972	4.3	4.3
I Saw A Man And He Danced With His WifeApple Music	#42September 1974	9	August 1974 – October 1974	4.2	4.2
Strong EnoughApple Music	#57June 1999	12	May 1999 – August 1999	2.8	4.0
Wasn't It GoodApple Music	#49July 1979	7	June 1979 – July 1979	2.7	2.7
Hell On WheelsApple Music	#59October 1979	5	September 1979 – October 1979	1.8	1.8
Song For The LonelyApple Music	#85April 2002	6	April 2002 – May 2002	0.9	0.9
Skin DeepApple Music	#79August 1988	4	July 1988 – August 1988	0.8	0.8
DJ Play A Christmas SongApple Music	#90January 2024	2	December 2023 – January 2024	0.3	0.3
Hey JoeApple Music	#94September 1967	2	September 1967 – September 1967	0.3	0.3
Pirate	#93January 1977	2	January 1977 – January 1977	0.3	0.3
Behind The Door	#97November 1966	1	November 1966	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1989 in music →

Cher's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1989 to April 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.