Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Pet Shop Boys

Charting Mar 1, 1986 → Jul 6, 1991 · 123 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 123 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 279 wk (8 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown May 1986
UK Singles Chart
8 crowns
19852013
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jun–Jul 1987) · First crown Jun 1987

Billboard Hot 100 · 123 wk UK Singles Chart · 279 wk Global Music Power · 322 wk

Peak Power: 2.22%; week of Aug 2, 1986
Career Power: 143; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; July 1987 – July 1988
Peak Five Years: 141; March 1986 – February 1991
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 123; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of May 10, 1986
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

12 records · 143 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
West End GirlsApple Music	#1May 1986	20	March 1986 – July 1986	36.9	37.0
Always On My MindApple Music	#4May 1988	15	March 1988 – July 1988	25.5	25.2
It's A SinApple Music	#9November 1987	19	September 1987 – January 1988	22.9	22.8
Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)Apple Music	#10August 1986	16	May 1986 – September 1986	20.0	20.5
What Have I Done To Deserve This?with Dusty SpringfieldApple Music	#2February 1988	18	December 1987 – April 1988	15.3	30.7
Domino DancingApple Music	#18December 1988	14	October 1988 – January 1989	13.4	13.3
Love Comes QuicklyApple Music	#62October 1986	8	August 1986 – October 1986	2.4	2.4
SuburbiaApple Music	#70January 1987	10	December 1986 – February 1987	2.3	2.3
So HardApple Music	#62November 1990	8	October 1990 – December 1990	2.1	2.0
Where The Streets Have No NameApple Music	#72June 1991	7	May 1991 – July 1991	1.5	1.5
Left To My Own DevicesApple Music	#84February 1989	3	January 1989 – February 1989	0.5	0.5
How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?Apple Music	#93February 1991	3	February 1991 – March 1991	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Pet Shop Boys's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1987 to July 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.