Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Pretenders

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

Charted in 2 of 3 markets — Billboard Hot 100 140 wk, UK Singles Chart 166 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 140 wk UK Singles Chart · 166 wk Global Music Power · 252 wk

Peak Power: 1.92%; week of Apr 16, 1983
Career Power: 161; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

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; March 1983, December 1986, November 1994

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Sep 27, 1980	Mar 5, 1983	127	115	1.56%	1.15%
After absence	Jul 21, 1984	Dec 13, 1986	125	114	1.92%	1.03%
After absence	Apr 25, 1987	Nov 12, 1994	394	369	1.92%	1.05%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds 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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