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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The S.O.S. Band

Charting May 31, 1980Aug 9, 1986 · 67 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 67 wk, UK Singles Chart 55 wk

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Peak Power
2.05%
week of Sep 6, 1980
Career Power
51
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
October 1979 – October 1980
Peak Five Years
45
October 1979 – October 1984
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
67
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.34%
week of Aug 23, 1980
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

5 records · 51 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Take Your Time (Do It Right) Part 1#32135.0
The Finest#44135.9
Just Be Good To Me#55144.3
Just The Way You Like It#64103.1
Tell Me If You Still Care#65112.6

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At their peak

1979 in music

The S.O.S. Band's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1979 to October 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Michael Jackson104
  2. 2Kenny Rogers92
  3. 3Billy Joel86
  4. 4Eagles81
  5. 5The Spinners79
  6. 6Queen79
  7. 7Christopher Cross79
  8. 8Air Supply78
  9. 9Donna Summer78
  10. 10Rupert Holmes78

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.