Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bill Withers

Charting Jul 17, 1971 → Nov 3, 1984 · 145 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 145 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 42 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Columbia Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19712020
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul 1972) · First crown Jul 1972

Billboard Hot 100 · 145 wk UK Singles Chart · 42 wk Global Music Power · 170 wk

Peak Power: 2.39%; week of Oct 28, 1972
Career Power: 151; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 72; April 1972 – April 1973
Peak Five Years: 116; February 1971 – February 1976
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 145; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Jul 15, 1972
Comebacks: 1; May 1981, after 8 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

13 records · 151 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
Lean On MeApple Music	#1July 1972	19	April 1972 – August 1972	35.7	35.7
Ain't No SunshineApple Music	#3September 1971	16	July 1971 – October 1971	31.7	31.7
Use MeApple Music	#2October 1972	12	August 1972 – November 1972	24.7	24.7
Just The Two Of Uswith Grover Washington JrApple Music	#2May 1981	24	February 1981 – July 1981	23.1	45.3
Lovely DayApple Music	#30February 1978	12	December 1977 – February 1978	9.9	9.8
Kissing My LoveApple Music	#31March 1973	10	February 1973 – April 1973	8.1	8.1
The Same Love That Made Me LaughApple Music	#50May 1974	13	April 1974 – July 1974	5.7	5.7
Grandma's HandsApple Music	#42December 1971	8	October 1971 – December 1971	4.3	4.3
Let Us LoveApple Music	#47January 1973	6	December 1972 – January 1973	3.0	3.0
In The Name Of Lovewith Ralph MacDonald	#58October 1984	10	September 1984 – November 1984	1.4	2.8
Make Love To Your MindApple Music	#76February 1976	8	December 1975 – February 1976	1.4	1.4
Friend Of MineApple Music	#80July 1973	5	July 1973 – August 1973	0.8	0.8
Heartbreak RoadApple Music	#89January 1975	4	December 1974 – January 1975	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1972 in music →

Bill Withers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1972 to April 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.