Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Foreigner

Charting Mar 26, 1977 → Jul 1, 1995 · 283 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 283 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 86 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1985) · First crown Feb 1985
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jan 1985) · First crown Jan 1985
Global Music Power
11 crowns
19771995
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jan–Feb 1982) · First crown Oct 1981

Billboard Hot 100 · 283 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 294 wk

Peak Power: 3.24%; week of Feb 6, 1982
Career Power: 457; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 113; July 1981 – July 1982
Peak Five Years: 310; April 1977 – April 1982
Top-five weeks: 38; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 283; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.59%; week of Feb 2, 1985
Comebacks: 3; Aug 1981 · Jan 1985 · Feb 1988

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

22 records · 457 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
Waiting For A Girl Like YouApple Music	#2November 1981	23	October 1981 – March 1982	57.0	57.2
I Want To Know What Love IsApple Music	#1February 1985	21	December 1984 – April 1985	42.2	42.3
UrgentApple Music	#4September 1981	23	July 1981 – December 1981	38.6	39.8
Hot BloodedApple Music	#3September 1978	17	July 1978 – October 1978	36.6	36.9
Cold As IceApple Music	#6October 1977	21	July 1977 – December 1977	35.0	34.8
Feels Like The First TimeApple Music	#4June 1977	22	March 1977 – August 1977	32.3	32.6
Double VisionApple Music	#2November 1978	20	September 1978 – February 1979	31.1	31.8
Say You WillApple Music	#6February 1988	19	December 1987 – April 1988	28.5	28.4
I Don't Want To Live Without YouApple Music	#5May 1988	17	March 1988 – July 1988	25.7	25.5
Head GamesApple Music	#14December 1979	14	November 1979 – February 1980	18.9	19.1
That Was YesterdayApple Music	#12May 1985	15	March 1985 – June 1985	18.6	18.9
Dirty White BoyApple Music	#12October 1979	14	September 1979 – December 1979	17.8	17.8
Blue Morning, Blue DayApple Music	#15March 1979	14	December 1978 – March 1979	15.8	15.9
Long, Long Way From HomeApple Music	#20February 1978	14	December 1977 – March 1978	14.8	14.5
Break It UpApple Music	#26June 1982	13	May 1982 – August 1982	11.4	11.4
Juke Box HeroApple Music	#26April 1982	13	February 1982 – May 1982	9.5	9.7
Until The End Of TimeApple Music	#42May 1995	16	March 1995 – July 1995	7.8	7.5
WomenApple Music	#41March 1980	9	February 1980 – April 1980	4.8	4.8
Heart Turns To StoneApple Music	#56August 1988	10	July 1988 – September 1988	3.2	3.2
Down On LoveApple Music	#54September 1985	8	August 1985 – October 1985	3.2	3.1
Reaction To ActionApple Music	#54June 1985	8	June 1985 – July 1985	3.1	3.1
LuanneApple Music	#75August 1982	6	July 1982 – September 1982	1.2	1.3

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At their peak

1981 in music →

Foreigner's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1981 to July 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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