Artists · Billboard Hot 100

America

Charting Feb 19, 1972 → Sep 3, 1983 · 188 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 188 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 23 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar–Apr 1972) · First crown Mar 1972
Global Music Power
1 crown
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First crown Jun 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 188 wk UK Singles Chart · 23 wk Global Music Power · 200 wk

Peak Power: 2.26%; week of Jun 28, 1975
Career Power: 247; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 90; October 1974 – September 1975
Peak Five Years: 194; September 1971 – September 1976
Top-five weeks: 15; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 188; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Mar 25, 1972
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1974 · Sep 1982, after 7 quiet years

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

17 records · 247 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
A Horse With No NameApple Music	#1March 1972	14	February 1972 – May 1972	36.7	36.5
You Can Do MagicApple Music	#8October 1982	20	July 1982 – December 1982	35.5	35.2
Sister Golden HairApple Music	#1June 1975	16	April 1975 – July 1975	29.3	29.3
Tin ManApple Music	#4November 1974	18	August 1974 – December 1974	26.6	26.5
Lonely PeopleApple Music	#5March 1975	14	December 1974 – March 1975	24.8	24.8
Ventura HighwayApple Music	#8December 1972	12	October 1972 – January 1973	19.7	19.6
I Need YouApple Music	#9July 1972	10	May 1972 – July 1972	17.2	17.3
Daisy JaneApple Music	#20September 1975	13	July 1975 – October 1975	13.5	13.6
Today's The DayApple Music	#23July 1976	12	May 1976 – July 1976	10.7	10.7
The BorderApple Music	#33August 1983	12	June 1983 – September 1983	9.5	9.4
Right Before Your EyesApple Music	#45January 1983	13	November 1982 – February 1983	6.0	6.0
Don't Cross The RiverApple Music	#35March 1973	8	January 1973 – March 1973	5.5	5.5
Woman TonightApple Music	#44January 1976	9	November 1975 – January 1976	5.1	5.0
Muskrat LoveApple Music	#67September 1973	8	August 1973 – October 1973	2.3	2.3
California Dreamin	#56April 1979	5	March 1979 – April 1979	1.8	1.8
Only In Your HeartApple Music	#62May 1973	5	April 1973 – May 1973	1.7	1.7
Amber CascadesApple Music	#75September 1976	4	August 1976 – September 1976	1.0	1.0

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At their peak

1974 in music →

America's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1974 to September 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.