Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Cure

Charting Feb 15, 1986 → Aug 17, 1996 · 128 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 128 wk, UK Singles Chart 168 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 128 wk UK Singles Chart · 168 wk Global Music Power · 258 wk

Peak Power: 1.80%; week of Oct 28, 1989
Career Power: 91; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 35; May 1989 – May 1990
Peak Five Years: 83; October 1987 – October 1992
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 128; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.48%; week of Oct 21, 1989
Comebacks: 1; Jul 1992

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

14 records · 91 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
Love SongApple Music	#2October 1989	17	August 1989 – December 1989	27.9	27.3
Friday I'm In LoveApple Music	#18August 1992	20	June 1992 – October 1992	25.1	24.7
Just Like HeavenApple Music	#40January 1988	19	October 1987 – February 1988	10.8	10.7
HighApple Music	#42May 1992	12	April 1992 – June 1992	7.9	7.8
Fascination StreetApple Music	#46June 1989	11	May 1989 – July 1989	5.1	5.0
Why Can't I Be You?Apple Music	#54August 1987	12	June 1987 – September 1987	4.3	4.3
Hot Hot Hot!!!Apple Music	#65April 1988	7	March 1988 – April 1988	2.0	2.0
Pictures Of YouApple Music	#71May 1990	8	April 1990 – June 1990	1.8	1.8
Mint CarApple Music	#58July 1996	5	July 1996 – August 1996	1.7	1.7
LullabyApple Music	#74December 1989	8	December 1989 – January 1990	1.7	1.7
The 13thApple Music	#44May 1996	4	May 1996 – June 1996	1.7	1.7
Never EnoughApple Music	#72November 1990	4	November 1990 – November 1990	1.0	0.9
Close To MeApple Music	#97January 1991	3	January 1991 – February 1991	0.4	0.4
In Between DaysApple Music	#99February 1986	1	February 1986	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1989 in music →

The Cure's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1989 to May 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.