Artists · Billboard Hot 100

R.E.M.

Charting Jul 23, 1983 → Apr 19, 2008 · 237 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 237 wk, UK Singles Chart 209 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 237 wk UK Singles Chart · 209 wk Global Music Power · 337 wk

Peak Power: 2.01%; week of Jul 6, 1991
Career Power: 215; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 56; November 1990 – November 1991
Peak Five Years: 141; August 1990 – August 1995
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 237; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.20%; week of Jun 22, 1991
Comebacks: 2; May 1991 · Nov 1994

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

22 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
Losing My ReligionApple Music	#4June 1991	21	April 1991 – August 1991	34.7	34.8
StandApple Music	#6April 1989	19	January 1989 – May 1989	26.7	26.4
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?Apple Music	#21November 1994	20	September 1994 – February 1995	26.7	27.0
The One I LoveApple Music	#9December 1987	20	September 1987 – January 1988	25.3	25.0
Shiny Happy PeopleApple Music	#10September 1991	15	July 1991 – November 1991	21.6	21.4
Everybody HurtsApple Music	#29November 1993	20	September 1993 – January 1994	14.4	14.0
Bang And BlameApple Music	#19February 1995	14	January 1995 – April 1995	13.8	13.4
DriveApple Music	#28December 1992	15	October 1992 – February 1993	13.4	13.0
Man On The MoonApple Music	#30March 1993	15	February 1993 – May 1993	11.4	11.1
Strange CurrenciesApple Music	#47June 1995	15	April 1995 – August 1995	5.5	5.4
The Great BeyondApple Music	#57January 2000	14	December 1999 – March 2000	5.3	5.2
Bittersweet MeApple Music	#46December 1996	12	November 1996 – February 1997	5.2	5.1
E-Bow The LetterApple Music	#49September 1996	9	September 1996 – November 1996	3.9	3.8
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)Apple Music	#69February 1988	9	January 1988 – March 1988	2.1	2.1
DaysleeperApple Music	#57November 1998	3	November 1998 – November 1998	1.5	1.4
Radio Free EuropeApple Music	#78August 1983	5	July 1983 – August 1983	1.0	1.0
South Central Rain (I'm Sorry)	#85July 1984	6	June 1984 – July 1984	1.0	0.9
Imitation Of LifeApple Music	#83May 2001	5	May 2001 – June 2001	0.7	0.7
Pop Song 89Apple Music	#86June 1989	4	June 1989 – July 1989	0.6	0.6
Fall On MeApple Music	#94October 1986	3	October 1986 – October 1986	0.4	0.4
ElectroliteApple Music	#96February 1997	2	February 1997 – March 1997	0.3	0.3
Supernatural Superserious	#85April 2008	1	April 2008	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

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R.E.M.'s best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1990 to November 1991. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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