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 161 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.80%
- week of Oct 28, 1989
- Career Power
- 91
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- 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
- July 1992
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Feb 24, 1990 | Jul 18, 1992 | 125 | 60 | 1.80% | 1.05% |
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
14 records · 91 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 SongApple Music | #2 | 17 | 27.9 | |
| Friday I'm In LoveApple Music | #18 | 20 | 25.1 | |
| Just Like HeavenApple Music | #40 | 19 | 10.8 | |
| HighApple Music | #42 | 12 | 7.9 | |
| Fascination StreetApple Music | #46 | 11 | 5.1 | |
| Why Can't I Be You?Apple Music | #54 | 12 | 4.3 | |
| Hot Hot Hot!!! | #65 | 7 | 2.0 | |
| Pictures Of You | #71 | 8 | 1.8 | |
| Mint Car | #58 | 5 | 1.7 | |
| Lullaby | #74 | 8 | 1.7 | |
| The 13th | #44 | 4 | 1.7 | |
| Never Enough | #72 | 4 | 1.0 | |
| Close To Me | #97 | 3 | 0.4 | |
| In Between Days | #99 | 1 | 0.1 |
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