Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Survivor

Charting Feb 23, 1980 → Feb 25, 1989 · 210 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 210 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 45 wk (4 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Staffan Vilcans, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Jul 1982
UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Aug–Sep 1982) · First crown Aug 1982
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19802013
Longest reign 5 weeks (Aug–Sep 1982) · First crown Aug 1982

Billboard Hot 100 · 210 wk UK Singles Chart · 45 wk Global Music Power · 229 wk

Peak Power: 2.92%; week of Oct 23, 1982
Career Power: 254; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 90; March 1985 – March 1986
Peak Five Years: 235; June 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 18; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 210; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Aug 28, 1982
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1984

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

18 records · 254 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
Eye Of The TigerApple Music	#1July 1982	25	June 1982 – November 1982	58.7	58.6
Burning HeartApple Music	#2February 1986	22	November 1985 – March 1986	39.7	39.2
The Search Is OverApple Music	#4July 1985	21	April 1985 – September 1985	32.4	32.5
Is This LoveApple Music	#9January 1987	19	October 1986 – February 1987	28.6	28.3
I Can't Hold BackApple Music	#13December 1984	23	September 1984 – February 1985	27.7	27.5
High On YouApple Music	#8March 1985	17	January 1985 – May 1985	22.5	22.3
American HeartbeatApple Music	#17November 1982	16	September 1982 – January 1983	13.6	14.9
Poor Man's SonApple Music	#33December 1981	14	October 1981 – January 1982	9.4	9.2
How Much LoveApple Music	#51March 1987	9	February 1987 – April 1987	3.3	3.4
First NightApple Music	#53September 1985	9	August 1985 – October 1985	3.3	3.3
Didn't Know It Was LoveApple Music	#61November 1988	10	October 1988 – December 1988	3.0	2.9
Somewhere In AmericaApple Music	#70May 1980	12	February 1980 – May 1980	2.9	2.9
Summer NightsApple Music	#62March 1982	8	February 1982 – April 1982	2.5	2.4
The Moment Of TruthApple Music	#63July 1984	7	June 1984 – July 1984	2.1	2.1
Across The MilesApple Music	#74February 1989	6	January 1989 – February 1989	1.3	1.3
The One That Really MattersApple Music	#74February 1983	6	January 1983 – February 1983	1.3	1.3
Caught In The GameApple Music	#77November 1983	5	October 1983 – November 1983	1.0	1.0
Man Against The WorldApple Music	#86May 1987	5	May 1987 – June 1987	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Survivor's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1985 to March 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.