Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Tears For Fears

Charting Aug 6, 1983 → Nov 27, 1993 · 115 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 115 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 217 wk

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Image credits

Photo: KWa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul–Aug 1985) · First crown Jun 1985
Global Music Power
1 crown
19822026
First crown Jul 1985

Billboard Hot 100 · 115 wk UK Singles Chart · 217 wk Global Music Power · 273 wk

Peak Power: 3.12%; week of Aug 24, 1985
Career Power: 170; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 105; February 1985 – January 1986
Peak Five Years: 151; March 1985 – March 1990
Top-five weeks: 21; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 115; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.84%; week of Aug 3, 1985
Comebacks: 1; Oct 1989

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

9 records · 170 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
Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldApple Music	#1June 1985	24	March 1985 – August 1985	39.4	40.0
ShoutApple Music	#1August 1985	19	June 1985 – October 1985	34.6	35.9
Head Over HeelsApple Music	#3November 1985	20	September 1985 – January 1986	30.9	31.1
Sowing The Seeds Of LoveApple Music	#2October 1989	15	September 1989 – December 1989	28.5	27.9
Break It Down AgainApple Music	#25September 1993	20	July 1993 – November 1993	17.5	17.2
Mothers TalkApple Music	#27May 1986	12	April 1986 – June 1986	10.0	9.9
Woman In ChainsApple Music	#36February 1990	14	December 1989 – March 1990	7.4	7.3
ChangeApple Music	#73August 1983	6	August 1983 – September 1983	1.3	1.3
Advice For The Young At HeartApple Music	#89March 1990	4	March 1990 – March 1990	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Tears For Fears's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1985 to January 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.