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Kate Bush portraitKate Bush

Charting Feb 17, 1979Jan 17, 2026 · 57 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 57 wk, UK Singles Chart 230 wk (4 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    4 crowns

    19782026

    Longest reign 4 weeks (Mar 1978) · First crown Mar 1978

Peak Power
2.85%
week of Sep 17, 2022
Career Power
75
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
61
October 2021 – October 2022
Peak Five Years
62
January 2021 – January 2026
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
57
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.88%
week of Aug 13, 2022
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

5 records · 75 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)#32161.6
Running Up That Hill#302010.8
Rubberband Girl#8860.8
The Man With The Child In His Eyes#8540.7
Don't Give Upwith Peter Gabriel#7260.7

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At their peak

2021 in music

Kate Bush's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 2021 to October 2022. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Doja Cat192
  2. 2Ed Sheeran188
  3. 3Glass Animals164
  4. 4Justin Bieber157
  5. 5Harry Styles156
  6. 6Jack Harlow134
  7. 7Morgan Wallen129
  8. 8Bad Bunny118
  9. 9Adele115
  10. 10Lil Nas X110

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.