Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Peter Gabriel

Charting Apr 30, 1977 → Mar 27, 1993 · 130 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 130 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 121 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19772003
First crown Jul 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 130 wk UK Singles Chart · 121 wk Global Music Power · 199 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.10%; week of Aug 16, 1986
Career Power: 119; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 76; May 1986 – May 1987
Peak Five Years: 92; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 130; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Jul 26, 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

9 records · 119 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
SledgehammerApple Music	#1July 1986	21	May 1986 – September 1986	36.1	35.8
Big TimeApple Music	#8March 1987	23	November 1986 – May 1987	29.0	28.7
In Your Eyes (Theme From "Say Anything")Apple Music	#26October 1986	28	August 1986 – August 1989	18.6	18.6
Shock The MonkeyApple Music	#29January 1983	18	October 1982 – February 1983	15.2	15.1
SteamApple Music	#32January 1993	15	December 1992 – March 1993	10.1	9.8
Games Without FrontiersApple Music	#48September 1980	11	August 1980 – October 1980	4.2	4.1
Digging In The DirtApple Music	#52November 1992	11	October 1992 – December 1992	3.9	3.8
Solsbury HillApple Music	#68May 1977	8	April 1977 – September 1983	1.9	1.9
Don't Give Upwith Kate BushApple Music	#72April 1987	6	April 1987 – May 1987	0.5	1.4

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At their peak

1986 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.