Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Simply Red
Charting Apr 5, 1986 → Apr 25, 1992 · 104 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 104 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 268 wk (4 crowns)
Image credits
Honours
- Peak Power
- 2.09%
- week of Jul 26, 1986
- Career Power
- 113
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 2
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 51
- May 1986 – May 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 97
- October 1984 – September 1989
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 104
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.57%
- week of Jul 15, 1989
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jul 1989
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If You Don't Know Me By NowApple Music | #1 | 22 | 36.3 | ||
| Holding Back The YearsApple Music | #1 | 23 | 34.9 | ||
| The Right ThingApple Music | #27 | 15 | 11.9 | ||
| Money$ Too Tight (To Mention) | #28 | 15 | 10.7 | ||
| Something Got Me StartedApple Music | #23 | 14 | 9.8 | ||
| StarsApple Music | #44 | 14 | 6.1 | ||
| It's Only LoveApple Music | #57 | 9 | 3.3 |
30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.
At their peak
1986 in music →Simply Red's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1986 to May 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Madonna138
- 2Janet Jackson132
- 3Genesis119
- 4Huey Lewis & The News103
- 5Lionel Richie93
- 6Bon Jovi81
- 7Peter Gabriel76
- 8Cyndi Lauper75
- 9The Bangles74
- 10Billy Ocean73
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.