Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Police
Charting Feb 24, 1979 → Dec 20, 1986 · 145 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 145 wk (10 at #1), UK Singles Chart 131 wk (14 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 3.52%
- week of Oct 15, 1983
- Career Power
- 248
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 10
- weeks as the top artist
- 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
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
12 records · 248 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every Breath You TakeApple Music | #1 | 22 | 54.2 | |
| Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicApple Music | #3 | 19 | 33.3 | |
| De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaApple Music | #10 | 21 | 29.1 | |
| King Of PainApple Music | #3 | 16 | 27.7 | |
| Don't Stand So Close To MeApple Music | #10 | 18 | 26.2 | |
| Wrapped Around Your FingerApple Music | #8 | 16 | 23.4 | |
| Spirits In The Material WorldApple Music | #11 | 13 | 18.6 | |
| Synchronicity IIApple Music | #16 | 14 | 17.9 | |
| RoxanneApple Music | #32 | 13 | 8.6 | |
| Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 | #46 | 9 | 3.9 | |
| Secret Journey | #46 | 8 | 3.7 | |
| Message In A BottleApple Music | #74 | 7 | 1.6 |
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