Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Communards
Charting Dec 27, 1986 → Mar 26, 1988 · 22 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 22 wk, UK Singles Chart 76 wk (4 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
19851988Longest reign 4 weeks (Sep 1986) · First crown Sep 1986
- Peak Power
- 0.40%
- week of Mar 14, 1987
- Career Power
- 9
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 6
- March 1986 – March 1987
- Peak Five Years
- 9
- April 1983 – March 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.92%
- week of Mar 7, 1987
- 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
2 records · 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Leave Me This WayApple Music | #40 | 13 | 5.7 | ||
| Never Can Say GoodbyeApple Music | #51 | 9 | 3.8 |
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At their peak
1986 in music →The Communards's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1986 to March 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Janet Jackson139
- 2Madonna129
- 3Genesis101
- 4Huey Lewis & The News88
- 5Lionel Richie83
- 6Billy Ocean81
- 7The Bangles80
- 8Peter Gabriel71
- 9Robert Palmer71
- 10Miami Sound Machine71
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.