Artists · Billboard Hot 100
New Kids On The Block
Charting Jun 25, 1988 → Aug 23, 2008 · 128 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 128 wk (11 at #1), UK Singles Chart 80 wk (9 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 3.81%
- week of Nov 18, 1989
- Career Power
- 243
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 11
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 148
- January 1989 – January 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 235
- December 1985 – November 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 27
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 128
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.23%
- week of Nov 11, 1989
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
11 records · 243 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'll Be Loving You (Forever)Apple Music | #1 | 21 | 35.0 | |
| You Got It (The Right Stuff)Apple Music | #3 | 26 | 32.7 | |
| Step By StepApple Music | #1 | 15 | 31.6 | |
| Hangin' ToughApple Music | #1 | 17 | 29.0 | |
| Please Don't Go GirlApple Music | #10 | 28 | 26.2 | |
| Cover GirlApple Music | #2 | 18 | 22.4 | |
| This One's For The ChildrenApple Music | #7 | 16 | 21.8 | |
| TonightApple Music | #7 | 12 | 17.9 | |
| Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)Apple Music | #8 | 19 | 15.3 | |
| SummertimeApple Music | #36 | 13 | 8.7 | |
| Let's Try It Again | #53 | 8 | 2.8 |
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