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ABBA

Charting Jun 1, 1974 → Jun 5, 1982 · 249 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 249 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 266 wk (24 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 249 wk UK Singles Chart · 266 wk Global Music Power · 367 wk

Peak Power: 2.44%; week of Apr 16, 1977
Career Power: 298; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 81; August 1976 – August 1977
Peak Five Years: 218; April 1976 – April 1981
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 249; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Apr 9, 1977
Comebacks: 1; February 1981

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 29, 1979	Feb 7, 1981	71	42	2.44%	1.03%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

20 records · 298 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Dancing QueenApple Music	#1April 1977	22	December 1976 – May 1977	40.4
The Winner Takes It AllApple Music	#8March 1981	26	November 1980 – May 1981	37.6
Take A Chance On MeApple Music	#3July 1978	18	April 1978 – August 1978	37.1
WaterlooApple Music	#6August 1974	17	June 1974 – September 1974	26.6
FernandoApple Music	#13November 1976	16	September 1976 – December 1976	21.4
Knowing Me, Knowing YouApple Music	#14July 1977	15	May 1977 – August 1977	19.1
The Name Of The GameApple Music	#12March 1978	16	December 1977 – April 1978	18.6
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I DoApple Music	#15May 1976	15	February 1976 – May 1976	16.7
Does Your Mother KnowApple Music	#19July 1979	14	May 1979 – August 1979	16.7
S.O.S.Apple Music	#15November 1975	17	August 1975 – December 1975	16.2
When All Is Said And DoneApple Music	#27March 1982	14	January 1982 – April 1982	12.4
ChiquititaApple Music	#29January 1980	12	November 1979 – January 1980	10.0
Honey, HoneyApple Music	#27October 1974	10	September 1974 – November 1974	7.2
Mamma MiaApple Music	#32July 1976	9	May 1976 – July 1976	6.7
Super TrouperApple Music	#45May 1981	11	April 1981 – June 1981	4.6
Money, Money, MoneyApple Music	#56November 1977	7	October 1977 – December 1977	2.2
The Visitors	#63May 1982	8	April 1982 – June 1982	2.1
Angeleyes	#64October 1979	5	September 1979 – October 1979	1.4
On And On And On	#90July 1981	6	June 1981 – August 1981	0.9
Voulez-Vous	#80September 1979	3	September 1979 – September 1979	0.6

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