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The Cult portraitThe Cult

Charting May 27, 1989Oct 21, 1989 · 15 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 15 wk, UK Singles Chart 93 wk

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Peak Power
0.39%
week of Jul 29, 1989
Career Power
6
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
6
October 1988 – October 1989
Peak Five Years
6
November 1984 – October 1989
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
15
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.75%
week of Jul 8, 1989
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

2 records · 6 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Fire Woman#46115.6
Edie (Ciao Baby)#9340.6

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At their peak

1988 in music

The Cult's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1988 to October 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Bobby Brown145
  2. 2Bon Jovi118
  3. 3Paula Abdul116
  4. 4New Kids On The Block113
  5. 5Milli Vanilli104
  6. 6Madonna85
  7. 7Fine Young Cannibals83
  8. 8Karyn White80
  9. 9Guns N' Roses80
  10. 10The Bangles70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.