Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Guns N' Roses

Charting Jun 25, 1988 → Dec 13, 2008 · 151 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 151 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 140 wk (1 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 151 wk UK Singles Chart · 140 wk Global Music Power · 213 wk

Peak Power: 2.47%; week of Oct 10, 1992
Career Power: 229; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 114; July 1988 – July 1989
Peak Five Years: 223; February 1988 – January 1993
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 151; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Sep 17, 1988
Comebacks: 1; October 1991

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 30, 1989	Oct 19, 1991	107	93	2.44%	1.03%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

13 records · 229 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
November RainApple Music	#3August 1992	20	June 1992 – November 1992	48.3	47.4
Sweet Child O' MineApple Music	#1September 1988	24	June 1988 – December 1988	38.1	38.3
Don't CryApple Music	#10November 1991	20	September 1991 – February 1992	34.9	34.6
Welcome To The JungleApple Music	#7December 1988	17	October 1988 – February 1989	27.2	27.3
PatienceApple Music	#4June 1989	18	April 1989 – August 1989	26.6	26.4
Paradise CityApple Music	#5March 1989	17	January 1989 – May 1989	24.1	24.6
You Could Be MineApple Music	#29August 1991	15	July 1991 – October 1991	11.9	12.2
Live And Let DieApple Music	#33February 1992	16	December 1991 – April 1992	9.0	9.8
Sympathy For The Devil ("Interview With The Vampire")Apple Music	#55January 1995	8	December 1994 – February 1995	2.4	2.3
Since I Don't Have You	#69March 1994	9	March 1994 – April 1994	2.3	2.3
YesterdaysApple Music	#72November 1992	10	November 1992 – January 1993	2.2	2.1
Chinese DemocracyApple Music	#34November 2008	3	November 2008 – December 2008	1.8	1.6
NightrainApple Music	#93August 1989	5	July 1989 – August 1989	0.6	0.7

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