Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Prince

Also credited as (Symbol) and T.A.F.K.A.P

Charting Nov 4, 1978 → May 14, 2016 · 329 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 329 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 211 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Yves Lorson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Jul–Aug 1984) · First crown Jul 1984
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr 1994) · First crown Apr 1994
Global Music Power
6 crowns
19782016
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jul–Aug 1984) · First crown Jul 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 329 wk UK Singles Chart · 211 wk Global Music Power · 404 wk

Peak Power: 2.54%; week of Sep 1, 1984
Career Power: 441; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 85; March 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years: 217; March 1983 – February 1988
Top-five weeks: 23; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 329; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.51%; week of May 14, 2016
Comebacks: 3; Apr 1983 · Apr 1987 · Apr 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

28 records · 441 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 Most Beautiful Girl In The WorldApple Music	#3April 1994	26	March 1994 – August 1994	57.3	56.1
When Doves CryApple Music	#1July 1984	23	June 1984 – May 2016	53.7	52.3
Little Red CorvetteApple Music	#6May 1983	24	February 1983 – May 2016	37.0	37.8
U Got The LookApple Music	#2October 1987	25	August 1987 – January 1988	32.9	33.5
Batdance (From "Batman")Apple Music	#1August 1989	18	June 1989 – October 1989	30.5	31.0
1999Apple Music	#12July 1983	30	October 1982 – May 2016	27.7	29.3
Sign 'O' The TimesApple Music	#3April 1987	14	March 1987 – June 1987	27.2	27.1
DeliriousApple Music	#8October 1983	18	September 1983 – December 1983	26.2	25.9
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your ManApple Music	#10February 1988	17	November 1987 – March 1988	23.2	23.2
I Wanna Be Your LoverApple Music	#11January 1980	16	November 1979 – March 1980	22.2	21.9
Thieves In The TempleApple Music	#6September 1990	13	August 1990 – October 1990	21.5	21.2
Alphabet St.Apple Music	#8June 1988	13	April 1988 – July 1988	20.5	20.3
PartymanApple Music	#18October 1989	10	August 1989 – October 1989	11.6	11.9
I Hate U	#12October 1995	10	September 1995 – November 1995	11.1	11.0
LetitgoApple Music	#31September 1994	14	August 1994 – November 1994	10.9	10.8
The Arms Of Orionwith Sheena EastonApple Music	#36December 1989	14	October 1989 – January 1990	4.2	8.4
Pink CashmereApple Music	#50October 1993	9	September 1993 – November 1993	4.2	4.1
LET's PRETEND WE'rE MARRIEDApple Music	#52January 1984	10	December 1983 – February 1984	3.5	3.4
Call My NameApple Music	#75August 2004	18	August 2004 – December 2004	3.4	3.3
The Greatest Romance Ever SoldApple Music	#63November 1999	13	October 1999 – January 2000	3.3	3.2
ControversyApple Music	#70November 1981	11	October 1981 – January 1982	2.6	2.6
Hot ThingApple Music	#63February 1988	9	February 1988 – April 1988	2.0	2.4
New Power GenerationApple Music	#64November 1990	5	November 1990 – December 1990	1.6	1.6
If I Was Your GirlfriendApple Music	#67June 1987	6	May 1987 – July 1987	1.3	1.4
Soft And WetApple Music	#92November 1978	4	November 1978 – November 1978	0.6	0.6
Black SweatApple Music	#60March 2006	1	March 2006	0.5	0.5
Purple Medley	#84April 1995	2	April 1995 – April 1995	0.4	0.3
GoldApple Music	#88December 1995	2	December 1995 – December 1995	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Prince's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.