Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Huey Lewis & The News

Charting Feb 6, 1982 → Jan 7, 1995 · 279 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 279 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 82 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Sep–Oct 1986) · First crown Aug 1985
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19821995
Longest reign 5 weeks (Sep–Oct 1986) · First crown Aug 1985

Billboard Hot 100 · 279 wk UK Singles Chart · 82 wk Global Music Power · 305 wk

Peak Power: 2.68%; week of Mar 21, 1987
Career Power: 437; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 115; August 1986 – August 1987
Peak Five Years: 336; October 1983 – October 1988
Top-five weeks: 21; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 279; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Aug 24, 1985
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1983 · Jun 1991

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

21 records · 437 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 Power Of LoveApple Music	#1August 1985	19	June 1985 – November 1985	38.7	38.1
Stuck With YouApple Music	#1September 1986	19	August 1986 – December 1986	34.4	35.0
The Heart Of Rock & RollApple Music	#6June 1984	20	April 1984 – September 1984	32.8	33.2
I Want A New DrugApple Music	#6March 1984	19	January 1984 – May 1984	30.4	30.6
Jacob's LadderApple Music	#1March 1987	15	January 1987 – April 1987	29.7	29.7
If This Is ItApple Music	#6September 1984	17	July 1984 – November 1984	29.1	29.6
Hip To Be SquareApple Music	#3December 1986	16	October 1986 – January 1987	28.9	29.6
Perfect WorldApple Music	#3September 1988	15	July 1988 – October 1988	27.8	27.7
Heart And SoulApple Music	#8November 1983	21	September 1983 – January 1984	27.4	27.0
Do You Believe In LoveApple Music	#7April 1982	17	February 1982 – May 1982	26.9	26.9
Doing It All For My BabyApple Music	#6September 1987	16	July 1987 – October 1987	24.0	23.8
I Know What I LikeApple Music	#9May 1987	14	April 1987 – July 1987	20.0	20.0
Walking On A Thin LineApple Music	#18December 1984	15	October 1984 – January 1985	17.7	17.6
Couple Days OffApple Music	#11June 1991	13	April 1991 – July 1991	17.6	17.5
It Hit Me Like A HammerApple Music	#21September 1991	13	July 1991 – October 1991	12.4	12.3
Small WorldApple Music	#25November 1988	11	October 1988 – December 1988	10.0	10.0
But It's AlrightApple Music	#54October 1994	20	August 1994 – January 1995	7.1	7.0
Hope You Love Me Like You Say You DoApple Music	#36June 1982	11	May 1982 – July 1982	6.8	6.9
(She's) Some Kind Of Wonderful	#44July 1994	12	May 1994 – July 1994	5.8	5.6
Workin' For A LivinApple Music	#41September 1982	9	August 1982 – October 1982	5.4	5.3
Give Me The Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)Apple Music	#47February 1989	8	January 1989 – March 1989	3.9	3.8

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At their peak

1986 in music →

Huey Lewis & The News's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1986 to August 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.