Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Boomtown Rats
Charting Feb 2, 1980 → Mar 1, 1980 · 5 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 5 wk, UK Singles Chart 129 wk (4 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
19771994Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul–Aug 1979) · First crown Jul 1979
- Peak Power
- 0.10%
- week of Mar 1, 1980
- Career Power
- 1
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 1
- March 1979 – March 1980
- Peak Five Years
- 1
- March 1975 – March 1980
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 5
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.29%
- week of Feb 23, 1980
- 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
1 song · 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Don't Like MondaysApple Music | #73 | 5 | 1.1 |
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At their peak
1979 in music →The Boomtown Rats's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1979 to March 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Donna Summer160
- 2Kenny Rogers97
- 3Commodores83
- 4Little River Band79
- 5Michael Jackson78
- 6Chic76
- 7Supertramp75
- 8Styx74
- 9The Knack69
- 10Peaches & Herb69
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.