Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Poison

Charting Mar 14, 1987 → Apr 3, 1993 · 166 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 166 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 49 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19871993
Longest reign 2 weeks (Dec 1988) · First crown Dec 1988

Billboard Hot 100 · 166 wk UK Singles Chart · 49 wk Global Music Power · 178 wk

Peak Power: 2.60%; week of Jan 21, 1989
Career Power: 233; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 99; May 1988 – May 1989
Peak Five Years: 229; August 1986 – July 1991
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 166; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Jan 7, 1989
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1990

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 · 233 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
Every Rose Has Its ThornApple Music	#1December 1988	21	October 1988 – March 1989	39.0	39.1
Something To Believe InApple Music	#4December 1990	21	October 1990 – February 1991	35.9	35.8
Unskinny BopApple Music	#3September 1990	19	July 1990 – November 1990	34.7	34.6
Nothin' But A Good TimeApple Music	#6July 1988	19	April 1988 – August 1988	24.8	24.7
I Won't Forget YouApple Music	#13November 1987	21	September 1987 – January 1988	20.5	20.2
Talk Dirty To MeApple Music	#9May 1987	16	March 1987 – June 1987	20.3	20.1
Your Mama Don't DanceApple Music	#10April 1989	14	February 1989 – May 1989	19.2	19.1
Fallen AngelApple Music	#12October 1988	16	July 1988 – November 1988	18.0	18.1
Life Goes OnApple Music	#35June 1991	13	May 1991 – July 1991	6.6	6.6
Ride The WindApple Music	#38March 1991	12	February 1991 – April 1991	6.1	6.1
StandApple Music	#50March 1993	10	January 1993 – April 1993	4.4	4.3
I Want ActionApple Music	#50July 1987	10	June 1987 – August 1987	3.6	3.7

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Poison's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1988 to May 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.