Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The B-52s
Charting Apr 19, 1980 → Sep 12, 1992 · 74 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 74 wk, UK Singles Chart 54 wk (1 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 2.53%
- week of Mar 24, 1990
- Career Power
- 93
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 77
- July 1989 – June 1990
- Peak Five Years
- 89
- September 1987 – September 1992
- Top-five weeks
- 8
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 74
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.37%
- week of Nov 25, 1989
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 93 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love ShackApple Music | #3 | 27 | 38.0 | |
| RoamApple Music | #3 | 20 | 31.4 | |
| Good StuffApple Music | #28 | 13 | 11.8 | |
| Deadbeat ClubApple Music | #30 | 11 | 7.5 | |
| Rock Lobster | #56 | 8 | 2.6 | |
| Private Idaho | #74 | 5 | 1.2 | |
| Legal Tender | #81 | 4 | 0.7 |
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