Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Laura Branigan

Charting Mar 20, 1982 → May 26, 1990 · 177 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 177 wk, UK Singles Chart 36 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 177 wk UK Singles Chart · 36 wk Global Music Power · 177 wk

Peak Power: 2.58%; week of Jan 8, 1983
Career Power: 199; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 93; October 1982 – October 1983
Peak Five Years: 176; April 1981 – April 1986
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 177; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.44%; week of Nov 27, 1982
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

13 records · 199 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
GloriaApple Music	#2November 1982	36	July 1982 – March 1983	58.2	57.6
Self ControlApple Music	#4June 1984	25	April 1984 – September 1984	37.5	37.8
SolitaireApple Music	#7May 1983	17	March 1983 – July 1983	28.3	27.6
How Am I Supposed To Live Without YouApple Music	#12October 1983	20	July 1983 – November 1983	24.5	24.1
Power Of LoveApple Music	#26January 1988	18	October 1987 – February 1988	15.7	15.4
The Lucky OneApple Music	#20September 1984	15	August 1984 – November 1984	14.0	14.2
Spanish EddieApple Music	#40September 1985	11	July 1985 – October 1985	6.3	6.2
Ti AmoApple Music	#55December 1984	12	November 1984 – January 1985	4.6	4.6
Shattered GlassApple Music	#48August 1987	10	July 1987 – September 1987	4.1	4.1
Moonlight On WaterApple Music	#59April 1990	9	March 1990 – May 1990	2.7	2.7
All Night With MeApple Music	#69April 1982	7	March 1982 – May 1982	1.5	1.5
I Found SomeoneApple Music	#90March 1986	6	March 1986 – April 1986	0.9	0.9
Hold MeApple Music	#82October 1985	4	October 1985 – November 1985	0.8	0.7

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At their peak

1982 in music →

Laura Branigan's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1982 to October 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.