Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Whispers

Charting Sep 19, 1970 → Oct 13, 1990 · 107 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 107 wk, UK Singles Chart 60 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 107 wk UK Singles Chart · 60 wk Global Music Power · 134 wk

Peak Power: 1.63%; week of Sep 12, 1987
Career Power: 74; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 29; November 1986 – November 1987
Peak Five Years: 36; June 1976 – May 1981
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 107; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.88%; week of Aug 29, 1987
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1987, after 7 quiet years

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 · 74 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
Rock SteadyApple Music	#7August 1987	23	June 1987 – November 1987	29.4	29.1
And The Beat Goes OnApple Music	#19April 1980	15	February 1980 – May 1980	14.4	14.5
It's A Love ThingApple Music	#28April 1981	15	February 1981 – May 1981	11.3	11.0
LadyApple Music	#28June 1980	11	April 1980 – June 1980	8.0	8.3
InnocentApple Music	#55September 1990	11	August 1990 – October 1990	3.7	3.6
Seems Like I Gotta Do WrongApple Music	#50November 1970	9	September 1970 – November 1970	3.6	3.6
One For The Money (part 1)Apple Music	#88September 1976	10	August 1976 – October 1976	1.5	1.5
TonightApple Music	#84May 1983	4	April 1983 – May 1983	0.7	0.7
Make It With YouApple Music	#94August 1977	4	August 1977 – September 1977	0.6	0.6
Somebody Loves YouApple Music	#94February 1973	4	January 1973 – February 1973	0.5	0.5
A Mother For My ChildrenApple Music	#92February 1974	4	February 1974 – March 1974	0.5	0.5
Your Love Is So Doggone GoodApple Music	#93June 1971	2	May 1971 – June 1971	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1986 in music →

The Whispers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1986 to November 1987. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.