Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Gap Band
Charting Feb 28, 1981 → Apr 30, 1983 · 48 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 48 wk, UK Singles Chart 91 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.01%
- week of Oct 23, 1982
- Career Power
- 29
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 26
- May 1982 – April 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 29
- May 1978 – April 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.60%
- week of Jul 31, 1982
- 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
5 records · 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early In The MorningApple Music | #24 | 14 | 11.7 | ||
| You Dropped A Bomb On MeApple Music | #31 | 13 | 10.7 | ||
| OutstandingApple Music | #51 | 8 | 3.6 | ||
| Yearning For Your LoveApple Music | #60 | 7 | 2.0 | ||
| Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)Apple Music | #84 | 8 | 1.4 |
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At their peak
1982 in music →The Gap Band's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1982 to April 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1John Mellencamp119
- 2Toto106
- 3Men At Work106
- 4Daryl Hall and John Oates102
- 5Lionel Richie74
- 6Michael Jackson74
- 7Survivor74
- 8Fleetwood Mac70
- 9Laura Branigan68
- 10Juice Newton67
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1980s.