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Anita Ward portraitAnita Ward

Charting May 12, 1979Dec 1, 1979 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 26 wk, UK Singles Chart 12 wk (2 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19791990

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jun 1979) · First crown Jun 1979

Peak Power
2.44%
week of Aug 18, 1979
Career Power
45
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
45
December 1978 – December 1979
Peak Five Years
45
December 1974 – December 1979
Top-five weeks
8
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
26
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.58%
week of Jun 30, 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

2 records · 45 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
Ring My Bell#12144.7
Don't Drop My Love#8750.8

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At their peak

1978 in music

Anita Ward's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1978 to December 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer153
  2. 2Chic121
  3. 3Bee Gees105
  4. 4Village People83
  5. 5Kenny Rogers81
  6. 6Peaches & Herb77
  7. 7Earth, Wind & Fire77
  8. 8Dr. Hook68
  9. 9Little River Band68
  10. 10The Doobie Brothers67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.