Artists · Billboard Hot 100
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Charting May 23, 1987 → Aug 17, 1991 · 90 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 90 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 18 wk
Honours
Artist of the Week
Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19831991Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan–Feb 1991) · First crown Jan 1991
- Peak Power
- 2.33%
- week of Mar 2, 1991
- Career Power
- 106
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 2
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 60
- August 1990 – August 1991
- Peak Five Years
- 106
- August 1986 – August 1991
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 90
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.58%
- week of Jan 26, 1991
- 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 · 106 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First TimeApple Music | #1 | 25 | 44.5 | ||
| Shower Me With Your LoveApple Music | #5 | 19 | 27.1 | ||
| Never Gonna Let You DownApple Music | #17 | 17 | 15.4 | ||
| HappyApple Music | #20 | 14 | 14.3 | ||
| Closer Than FriendsApple Music | #57 | 13 | 3.4 | ||
| You Are My EverythingApple Music | #84 | 5 | 0.9 |
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At their peak
1990 in music →Surface's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1990 to August 1991. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Mariah Carey133
- 2Wilson Phillips116
- 3Whitney Houston104
- 4Nelson90
- 5Janet Jackson79
- 6Stevie B71
- 7Cathy Dennis70
- 8Poison69
- 9C&C Music Factory69
- 10Vanilla Ice68
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.