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 · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 123 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 279 wk (8 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 2.22%
- week of Aug 2, 1986
- Career Power
- 143
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top artist
- 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
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
12 records · 143 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West End GirlsApple Music | #1 | 20 | 36.9 | |
| Always On My MindApple Music | #4 | 15 | 25.5 | |
| It's A SinApple Music | #9 | 19 | 22.9 | |
| Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)Apple Music | #10 | 16 | 20.0 | |
| What Have I Done To Deserve This?with Dusty SpringfieldApple Music | #2 | 18 | 15.3 | |
| Domino DancingApple Music | #18 | 14 | 13.4 | |
| Love Comes Quickly | #62 | 8 | 2.4 | |
| SuburbiaApple Music | #70 | 10 | 2.3 | |
| So Hard | #62 | 8 | 2.1 | |
| Where The Streets Have No Name | #72 | 7 | 1.5 | |
| Left To My Own Devices | #84 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously? | #93 | 3 | 0.4 |
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