Artists · Billboard Hot 100

INXS

Charting Mar 26, 1983 → Jan 14, 2006 · 214 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 214 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 149 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19832012
First crown Jan 1988

Billboard Hot 100 · 214 wk UK Singles Chart · 149 wk Global Music Power · 280 wk

Peak Power: 2.80%; week of Apr 30, 1988
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 120; November 1987 – November 1988
Peak Five Years: 199; March 1986 – February 1991
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 214; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Jan 30, 1988
Comebacks: 2; Dec 1987 · Oct 1990

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

18 records · 248 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
Need You TonightApple Music	#1January 1988	25	October 1987 – April 1988	41.3	42.0
What You NeedApple Music	#5April 1986	20	January 1986 – May 1986	32.4	32.1
Devil InsideApple Music	#2April 1988	17	February 1988 – June 1988	30.3	30.7
New SensationApple Music	#3July 1988	17	May 1988 – September 1988	27.8	28.1
Never Tear Us ApartApple Music	#7November 1988	23	August 1988 – January 1989	26.5	26.4
DisappearApple Music	#8February 1991	20	November 1990 – April 1991	24.4	24.2
Suicide BlondeApple Music	#9October 1990	13	September 1990 – December 1990	19.8	19.5
Not Enough TimeApple Music	#28October 1992	15	August 1992 – November 1992	12.1	11.9
The One ThingApple Music	#30May 1983	14	March 1983 – June 1983	9.6	9.3
Beautiful GirlApple Music	#46April 1993	12	February 1993 – May 1993	5.0	4.9
Bitter TearsApple Music	#46May 1991	10	April 1991 – June 1991	4.7	4.6
Listen Like ThievesApple Music	#54June 1986	9	May 1986 – July 1986	3.3	3.6
Good Times (From "The Lost Boys")with Jimmy BarnesApple Music	#47August 1987	13	June 1987 – September 1987	3.0	5.9
Pretty VegasApple Music	#37October 2005	6	October 2005 – January 2006	2.6	2.5
Original SinApple Music	#58May 1984	7	April 1984 – June 1984	2.3	2.3
I Send A MessageApple Music	#77August 1984	7	July 1984 – September 1984	1.5	1.4
This TimeApple Music	#81December 1985	6	November 1985 – December 1985	1.2	1.1
Don't ChangeApple Music	#80July 1983	4	July 1983 – August 1983	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1987 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.