Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Pointer Sisters

Charting Aug 18, 1973 → Oct 3, 1987 · 336 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 336 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 90 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug–Sep 1981) · First crown Aug 1981
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19731990
Longest reign 6 weeks (Aug–Sep 1981) · First crown Aug 1981

Billboard Hot 100 · 336 wk UK Singles Chart · 90 wk Global Music Power · 344 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.62%; week of Jul 21, 1984
Career Power: 426; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 116; March 1984 – March 1985
Peak Five Years: 285; October 1980 – September 1985
Top-five weeks: 21; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 336; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Nov 8, 1980
Comebacks: 3; January 1979, October 1980, March 1984

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 22, 1975	Jan 27, 1979	201	148	1.39%	1.14%
After decline	Jul 21, 1979	Oct 11, 1980	64	53	2.36%	1.12%
After decline	Jan 15, 1983	Mar 17, 1984	61	23	2.37%	1.01%

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

26 records · 426 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
Slow HandApple Music	#2August 1981	24	May 1981 – November 1981	45.2	44.7
FireApple Music	#2February 1979	23	November 1978 – April 1979	42.1	42.0
He's So ShyApple Music	#3October 1980	26	July 1980 – January 1981	39.5	38.6
Jump (for My Love)Apple Music	#3July 1984	24	April 1984 – October 1984	37.7	38.6
I'm So ExcitedApple Music	#9October 1984	40	September 1982 – January 1985	37.1	37.5
Neutron DanceApple Music	#6February 1985	23	November 1984 – April 1985	33.7	33.6
AutomaticApple Music	#5April 1984	20	January 1984 – June 1984	32.2	32.3
Dare MeApple Music	#11September 1985	18	July 1985 – November 1985	24.4	24.1
Yes We Can CanApple Music	#11October 1973	16	August 1973 – December 1973	23.3	23.2
Should I Do ItApple Music	#13April 1982	16	January 1982 – May 1982	20.0	19.8
American MusicApple Music	#16August 1982	14	June 1982 – September 1982	16.8	16.8
FairytaleApple Music	#13December 1974	16	October 1974 – January 1975	15.2	15.2
How Long (Betcha' Got A Chick On The Side)Apple Music	#20October 1975	15	July 1975 – October 1975	14.4	14.4
GoldmineApple Music	#33December 1986	13	November 1986 – January 1987	8.3	8.2
HappinessApple Music	#30May 1979	10	March 1979 – May 1979	6.6	6.9
I Need YouApple Music	#48November 1983	15	October 1983 – January 1984	5.7	5.6
Baby Come And Get ItApple Music	#44April 1985	11	March 1985 – June 1985	5.3	5.4
Be There (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")Apple Music	#42September 1987	9	August 1987 – October 1987	4.0	3.9
FreedomApple Music	#59November 1985	11	November 1985 – January 1986	3.3	3.3
Could I Be Dreaming	#52December 1980	11	November 1980 – January 1981	2.8	4.2
Going Down SlowlyApple Music	#61December 1975	7	November 1975 – January 1976	2.4	2.4
Wang Dang DoodleApple Music	#61February 1974	8	December 1973 – February 1974	2.2	2.2
If You Wanna Get Back Your LadyApple Music	#67April 1983	5	March 1983 – April 1983	1.5	1.5
Twist My ArmApple Music	#83March 1986	5	March 1986 – March 1986	0.9	0.8
Live Your Life Before You Die	#89March 1975	5	March 1975 – April 1975	0.7	0.7
All I Know Is The Way I FeelApple Music	#93February 1987	2	February 1987 – February 1987	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1984 in music →

The Pointer Sisters's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1984 to March 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.