Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Islands In The Stream

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

Entered Aug 27, 1983 · peaked at #1 on Oct 29, 1983 · 26 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 5, 2026

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 26 wkUK Singles Chart · #7, 15 wk
Record Power
52.2
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
12
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
26
August 1983 – September 2026

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Kenny Rogersprimary50%26.4
Dolly Partonprimary50%25.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 29, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Islands In The StreamKenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
  2. #2Total Eclipse Of The HeartBonnie Tyler
  3. #3All Night Long (All Night)Lionel Richie
  4. #4TrueSpandau Ballet
  5. #5One Thing Leads To AnotherThe Fixx
  6. #6Making Love Out Of Nothing At AllAir Supply
  7. #7King Of PainThe Police
  8. #8DeliriousPrince
  9. #9Telefone (long Distance Love Affair)Sheena Easton
  10. #10Uptown GirlBilly Joel

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