Artists · Global Music Power
The Waitresses
Charting May 8, 1982 → Dec 27, 2025 · 24 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 6 wk, UK Singles Chart 18 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.10%
- week of Jun 5, 1982
- Career Power
- 3
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- January 1982 – January 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- January 1978 – January 1983
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.29%
- week of May 29, 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 Global Music Power
2 records · 3 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas WrappingApple Music | #45 | 18 | 1.9 | ||
| I Know What Boys LikeApple Music | #62 | 6 | 1.2 |
30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.
At their peak
The Waitresses's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from January 1982 to January 1983. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1John Mellencamp78
- 2Daryl Hall and John Oates78
- 3The J. Geils Band67
- 4Olivia Newton-John67
- 5Joan Jett & the Blackhearts64
- 6Stevie Wonder63
- 7Survivor63
- 8Air Supply57
- 9Rick Springfield56
- 10Juice Newton55
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.