Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Fat Boys

Charting Jul 11, 1987 → Oct 29, 1988 · 37 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 37 wk, UK Singles Chart 35 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 37 wk UK Singles Chart · 35 wk Global Music Power · 48 wk

Peak Power: 1.07%; week of Aug 20, 1988
Career Power: 28; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 22; September 1987 – August 1988
Peak Five Years: 28; November 1983 – October 1988
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 37; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.13%; week of Aug 13, 1988
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

3 records · 28 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 TwistApple Music	#16August 1988	15	June 1988 – September 1988	15.6	15.4
Wipeoutwith The Beach Boys	#12September 1987	19	July 1987 – November 1987	11.7	23.1
Louie, LouieApple Music	#89October 1988	3	October 1988 – October 1988	0.5	0.4

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Fat Boys's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1987 to August 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.