Artists · Billboard Hot 100

U2

Charting Apr 2, 1983 → May 20, 2017 · 355 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 355 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 419 wk (6 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (May 1987) · First crown May 1987
UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Oct–Nov 1991) · First crown Oct 1988
Global Music Power
2 crowns
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Longest reign 2 weeks (May–Jun 1987) · First crown May 1987

Billboard Hot 100 · 355 wk UK Singles Chart · 419 wk Global Music Power · 550 wk

Peak Power: 2.80%; week of Aug 22, 1987
Career Power: 357; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 91; February 1987 – February 1988
Peak Five Years: 172; April 1987 – April 1992
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 355; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Aug 15, 1987
Comebacks: 4; Jan 1992 · Jul 1995 · Jun 1997 · Jan 2001

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

34 records · 357 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
With or Without YouApple Music	#1May 1987	18	March 1987 – July 1987	34.8	35.2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForApple Music	#1August 1987	17	June 1987 – October 1987	33.2	33.7
OneApple Music	#10May 1992	20	March 1992 – July 1992	31.2	31.2
Mysterious WaysApple Music	#9January 1992	20	November 1991 – April 1992	31.0	30.8
DesireApple Music	#3November 1988	17	October 1988 – January 1989	30.0	30.1
Beautiful DayApple Music	#21January 2001	25	October 2000 – March 2001	26.7	26.2
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeApple Music	#16July 1995	17	June 1995 – October 1995	20.8	20.5
VertigoApple Music	#31November 2004	20	October 2004 – February 2005	19.9	18.9
Where The Streets Have No NameApple Music	#13November 1987	14	September 1987 – December 1987	17.5	17.7
Angel Of HarlemApple Music	#14February 1989	15	December 1988 – March 1989	16.5	16.8
Staring At The SunApple Music	#26May 1997	18	April 1997 – August 1997	13.4	13.5
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild HorsesApple Music	#35December 1992	16	November 1992 – February 1993	10.5	10.2
Even Better Than The Real ThingApple Music	#32September 1992	15	July 1992 – October 1992	10.5	10.6
DiscothequeApple Music	#10February 1997	11	February 1997 – May 1997	9.9	9.8
(Pride) In The Name Of LoveApple Music	#33December 1984	15	October 1984 – February 1985	9.8	9.6
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out OfApple Music	#52October 2001	20	September 2001 – February 2002	8.2	8.0
In God's CountryApple Music	#44January 1988	12	December 1987 – February 1988	5.8	5.7
Sweetest ThingApple Music	#63December 1998	17	December 1998 – March 1999	4.9	4.8
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)Apple Music	#61January 1994	13	December 1993 – March 1994	4.8	4.6
New Year's DayApple Music	#53May 1983	12	April 1983 – June 1983	4.2	4.0
Last Night On EarthApple Music	#57July 1997	8	July 1997 – September 1997	2.6	2.6
The FlyApple Music	#61November 1991	11	November 1991 – January 1992	2.3	2.6
The Saints Are Comingwith Green DayApple Music	#51December 2006	9	December 2006 – February 2007	1.5	2.8
Get On Your BootsApple Music	#37February 2009	3	February 2009 – March 2009	1.4	1.3
Electrical StormApple Music	#77September 2002	7	September 2002 – November 2002	1.4	1.3
I Will FollowApple Music	#81January 1984	5	January 1984 – February 1984	1.0	1.0
When Love Comes To Townwith B.B. KingApple Music	#68April 1989	7	April 1989 – May 1989	0.9	1.8
All I Want Is YouApple Music	#83July 1989	4	July 1989 – July 1989	0.7	0.7
XXX.featured credit · with Kendrick LamarApple Music	#33May 2017	3	May 2017 – May 2017	0.7	1.9
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your OwnApple Music	#97April 2005	3	April 2005 – April 2005	0.4	0.4
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bandwith Paul McCartney	#48July 2005	1	July 2005	0.4	0.7
Ordinary LoveApple Music	#84March 2014	2	March 2014 – March 2014	0.3	0.3
MagnificentApple Music	#79March 2009	1	March 2009	0.3	0.2
Onewith Mary J. BligeApple Music	#86June 2006	1	June 2006	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1987 in music →

U2's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1987 to February 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.