Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Erasure
Charting Jul 30, 1988 → Jul 12, 1997 · 80 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 80 wk, UK Singles Chart 247 wk (8 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
8 crowns
19852007Longest reign 5 weeks (Jun–Jul 1992) · First crown Jan 1989
- Peak Power
- 1.44%
- week of Mar 11, 1989
- Career Power
- 72
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 41
- July 1988 – July 1989
- Peak Five Years
- 43
- November 1986 – October 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 80
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.43%
- week of Oct 29, 1988
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jul 1994, after 5 quiet years
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
6 records · 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlwaysApple Music | #20 | 23 | 27.2 | ||
| Chains Of LoveApple Music | #12 | 20 | 21.6 | ||
| A Little RespectApple Music | #14 | 17 | 18.9 | ||
| In My ArmsApple Music | #55 | 8 | 2.5 | ||
| ChorusApple Music | #83 | 11 | 2.0 | ||
| Stop!Apple Music | #97 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1988 in music →Erasure's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1988 to July 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Bobby Brown130
- 2Guns N' Roses113
- 3Bon Jovi110
- 4Def Leppard93
- 5New Kids On The Block92
- 6Chicago91
- 7Paula Abdul83
- 8Breathe79
- 9Poison78
- 10Rod Stewart74
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.