Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Thompson Twins

Charting Jan 22, 1983 → Dec 9, 1989 · 132 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 132 wk, UK Singles Chart 111 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Distributed by Arista Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19821992
Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1984) · First crown Feb 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 132 wk UK Singles Chart · 111 wk Global Music Power · 176 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of May 26, 1984
Career Power: 156; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 66; December 1983 – December 1984
Peak Five Years: 147; June 1982 – June 1987
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 132; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.33%; week of May 12, 1984
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

11 records · 156 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
Hold Me NowApple Music	#3May 1984	21	February 1984 – June 1984	38.2	38.2
Lay Your Hands On MeApple Music	#6November 1985	20	September 1985 – February 1986	29.4	29.3
King For A DayApple Music	#8March 1986	16	January 1986 – May 1986	24.6	24.3
Doctor! Doctor!Apple Music	#11July 1984	16	May 1984 – September 1984	21.0	21.3
LiesApple Music	#30March 1983	16	January 1983 – May 1983	11.5	11.3
Get That LoveApple Music	#31May 1987	11	March 1987 – June 1987	8.7	8.6
Sugar DaddyApple Music	#28November 1989	12	September 1989 – December 1989	8.6	8.4
You Take Me UpApple Music	#44October 1984	9	August 1984 – October 1984	5.0	5.0
Love On Your SideApple Music	#45June 1983	9	April 1983 – June 1983	4.1	4.1
Nothing In CommonApple Music	#54September 1986	10	July 1986 – September 1986	3.5	3.5
The GapApple Music	#69December 1984	6	November 1984 – December 1984	1.5	1.4

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At their peak

1983 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.