Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Prince And The Revolution

Charting Aug 4, 1984 → Feb 7, 2026 · 105 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 105 wk (11 crowns), UK Singles Chart 80 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
11 crowns
Longest reign 9 weeks (Sep–Nov 1984) · First crown Sep 1984
UK Singles Chart
1 crown
First crown Apr 2016
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19842026
Longest reign 7 weeks (Sep–Nov 1984) · First crown Sep 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 105 wk UK Singles Chart · 80 wk Global Music Power · 130 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 3.31%; week of Dec 1, 1984
Career Power: 215; share-weeks
Crowns: 11; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 125; September 1984 – August 1985
Peak Five Years: 200; October 1981 – September 1986
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 105; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 6.50%; week of May 14, 2016
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

10 records · 215 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
Purple RainApple Music	#2November 1984	22	October 1984 – February 2026	40.1	40.9
Let's Go CrazyApple Music	#1September 1984	21	August 1984 – May 2016	37.9	41.0
KissApple Music	#1April 1986	20	February 1986 – May 2016	37.9	38.6
Raspberry BeretApple Music	#2July 1985	18	May 1985 – May 2016	33.9	34.9
Pop LifeApple Music	#7September 1985	14	July 1985 – October 1985	21.8	22.6
I Would Die 4 UApple Music	#8February 1985	16	December 1984 – May 2016	21.5	22.3
MountainsApple Music	#23July 1986	11	May 1986 – August 1986	10.7	11.0
Take Me With Uwith ApolloniaApple Music	#25March 1985	12	February 1985 – April 1985	5.2	11.1
AmericaApple Music	#46November 1985	7	October 1985 – November 1985	3.2	3.3
AnotherloverholenyoheadApple Music	#63August 1986	10	July 1986 – September 1986	2.7	2.8

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Prince And The Revolution's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1984 to August 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.