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Kim Wilde portraitKim Wilde

Charting May 22, 1982Nov 19, 1988 · 59 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 59 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 190 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    19811996

    First crown Jun 1987

Peak Power
1.94%
week of Jun 27, 1987
Career Power
58
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
September 1986 – September 1987
Peak Five Years
43
July 1982 – July 1987
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
59
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.54%
week of Jun 6, 1987
Comebacks
1
May 1987

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 · 58 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
You Keep Me Hangin' On#12132.2
Kids In America#251815.9
You Came#41105.0
Say You Really Want Me#4483.1
Go For It#6571.9

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At their peak

1986 in music

Kim Wilde's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1986 to September 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Madonna117
  2. 2Huey Lewis & The News113
  3. 3Genesis110
  4. 4Janet Jackson109
  5. 5Bon Jovi101
  6. 6Bruce Hornsby & The Range85
  7. 7Lionel Richie79
  8. 8Robbie Nevil77
  9. 9Cyndi Lauper76
  10. 10Steve Winwood70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.