Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Simple Minds
Charting Feb 23, 1985 → Apr 15, 1995 · 78 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 78 wk, UK Singles Chart 220 wk (3 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19792005Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb 1989) · First crown Feb 1989
- Peak Power
- 2.27%
- week of Jan 25, 1986
- Career Power
- 113
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 88
- April 1985 – March 1986
- Peak Five Years
- 104
- July 1981 – June 1986
- Top-five weeks
- 11
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 78
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.57%
- week of May 18, 1985
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
6 records · 113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't You (Forget About Me)Apple Music | #1 | 22 | 39.0 | ||
| Alive & KickingApple Music | #3 | 20 | 38.5 | ||
| Sanctify YourselfApple Music | #14 | 14 | 17.2 | ||
| All The Things She SaidApple Music | #28 | 13 | 9.8 | ||
| See The LightsApple Music | #40 | 10 | 5.1 | ||
| She's A RiverApple Music | #52 | 9 | 3.8 |
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At their peak
1985 in music →Simple Minds's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1985 to March 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston106
- 2Phil Collins104
- 3Tears For Fears104
- 4Bryan Adams97
- 5Wham!97
- 6Bruce Springsteen91
- 7Madonna91
- 8Sting88
- 9Simple Minds88
- 10Heart84
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.