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Katrina And The Waves portraitKatrina And The Waves

Charting Mar 23, 1985Oct 7, 1989 · 54 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 54 wk, UK Singles Chart 53 wk

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Peak Power
1.65%
week of Jul 6, 1985
Career Power
51
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
36
November 1984 – November 1985
Peak Five Years
51
October 1984 – October 1989
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
54
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.70%
week of Jun 22, 1985
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 · 51 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
Walking On Sunshine#92127.5
That's The Way#161212.4
Do You Want Crying#37107.1
Is That It?#7081.9
Que Te Quiero#7161.6

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At their peak

1984 in music

Katrina And The Waves's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1984 to November 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna154
  2. 2Bryan Adams125
  3. 3Phil Collins121
  4. 4Wham!115
  5. 5Bruce Springsteen102
  6. 6Prince And The Revolution97
  7. 7Tears For Fears96
  8. 8Kool & The Gang92
  9. 9Billy Ocean89
  10. 10Tina Turner88

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.