Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Pretenders

Charting Feb 16, 1980 → Mar 4, 1995 · 140 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 140 wk, UK Singles Chart 167 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 140 wk UK Singles Chart · 167 wk Global Music Power · 253 wk

Peak Power: 1.92%; week of Apr 16, 1983
Career Power: 161; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 42; March 1994 – March 1995
Peak Five Years: 91; April 1982 – March 1987
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 140; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.12%; week of Apr 2, 1983
Comebacks: 3; Mar 1983 · Dec 1986 · Nov 1994, after 8 quiet years

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

10 records · 161 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
I'll Stand By YouApple Music	#16December 1994	30	August 1994 – March 1995	40.5	39.6
Back On The Chain GangApple Music	#5March 1983	24	December 1982 – May 1983	35.4	34.8
Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)Apple Music	#14May 1980	22	February 1980 – July 1980	26.3	26.0
Don't Get Me WrongApple Music	#10December 1986	18	October 1986 – February 1987	25.5	25.2
Middle Of The RoadApple Music	#19February 1984	14	December 1983 – March 1984	16.9	16.7
Show MeApple Music	#28May 1984	13	March 1984 – June 1984	10.6	10.4
My BabyApple Music	#64March 1987	7	February 1987 – March 1987	2.0	2.0
Night In My VeinsApple Music	#71June 1994	8	May 1994 – July 1994	2.0	1.9
Stop Your SobbingApple Music	#65July 1980	5	June 1980 – July 1980	1.1	1.4
Thin Line Between Love And HateApple Music	#83July 1984	5	June 1984 – July 1984	0.9	0.9

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At their peak

1994 in music →

Pretenders's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1994 to March 1995. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.