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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Alton McClain

Charting Apr 7, 1979Jun 23, 1979 · 12 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 12 wk

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Peak Power
0.31%
week of Jun 16, 1979
Career Power
4
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
4
July 1978 – June 1979
Peak Five Years
4
July 1974 – June 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
12
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.61%
week of Jun 9, 1979
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

1 song · 4 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
It Must Be Lovewith Destiny#32124.3

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At their peak

1978 in music

Alton McClain's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1978 to June 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer120
  2. 2Olivia Newton-John113
  3. 3Bee Gees102
  4. 4Village People98
  5. 5Andy Gibb86
  6. 6Chic85
  7. 7Foreigner84
  8. 8Billy Joel84
  9. 9Anne Murray72
  10. 10Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.