Songs · Billboard Hot 100

The First Time

Surface

Entered Nov 3, 1990 · peaked at #1 on Jan 26, 1991 · 25 weeks on the chart, last seen Apr 20, 1991

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Billboard Hot 100 · #1, 25 wkUK Singles Chart · #60, 3 wk
Record Power
43.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
2
weeks on top
Top-ten weeks
8
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
25
November 1990 – April 1991

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
Surfaceprimary100%44.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Jan 26, 1991 on the timeline →
  1. #1The First TimeSurface
  2. #2Love Will Never Do (Without You)Janet Jackson
  3. #3Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)C & C Music Factory
  4. #4SensitivityRalph Tresvant
  5. #5High EnoughDamn Yankees
  6. #6Justify My LoveMadonna
  7. #7Play That Funky MusicVanilla Ice
  8. #8After The RainNelson
  9. #9I'm Not In LoveWill To Power
  10. #10Just Another DreamCathy Dennis

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