Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Police

Charting Feb 24, 1979 → Dec 20, 1986 · 145 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 145 wk (10 crowns), UK Singles Chart 152 wk (14 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Distributed by A&M Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
10 crowns
Longest reign 10 weeks (Aug–Oct 1983) · First crown Aug 1983
UK Singles Chart
14 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Oct–Nov 1981) · First crown Sep 1979
Global Music Power
11 crowns
19782026
Longest reign 7 weeks (Aug–Oct 1983) · First crown Dec 1981

Billboard Hot 100 · 145 wk UK Singles Chart · 152 wk Global Music Power · 230 wk

Peak Power: 3.52%; week of Oct 15, 1983
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Crowns: 10; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 123; April 1983 – April 1984
Peak Five Years: 240; April 1979 – March 1984
Top-five weeks: 20; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 145; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.39%; week of Sep 17, 1983
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

12 records · 248 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
Every Breath You TakeApple Music	#1July 1983	22	June 1983 – October 1983	54.2	55.9
Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicApple Music	#3December 1981	19	September 1981 – January 1982	33.3	32.8
De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaApple Music	#10January 1981	21	October 1980 – March 1981	29.1	28.9
King Of PainApple Music	#3October 1983	16	August 1983 – December 1983	27.7	30.0
Don't Stand So Close To MeApple Music	#10April 1981	18	February 1981 – June 1981	26.2	25.9
Wrapped Around Your FingerApple Music	#8March 1984	16	January 1984 – April 1984	23.4	23.4
Spirits In The Material WorldApple Music	#11March 1982	13	January 1982 – April 1982	18.6	18.7
Synchronicity IIApple Music	#16December 1983	14	November 1983 – February 1984	17.9	18.3
RoxanneApple Music	#32April 1979	13	February 1979 – May 1979	8.6	8.5
Don't Stand So Close To Me '86Apple Music	#46November 1986	9	October 1986 – December 1986	3.9	3.9
Secret JourneyApple Music	#46May 1982	8	April 1982 – May 1982	3.7	3.7
Message In A BottleApple Music	#74December 1979	7	November 1979 – January 1980	1.6	1.6

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At their peak

1983 in music →

The Police's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1983 to April 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.