Artists · Billboard Hot 100

B.J. Thomas

Charting May 14, 1966 → May 28, 1983 · 217 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 217 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 4 wk

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Image credits

Photo: William Morris Agency-management, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
19661983
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jan 1970) · First crown Jan 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 217 wk UK Singles Chart · 4 wk Global Music Power · 217 wk

Peak Power: 2.56%; week of Mar 7, 1970
Career Power: 249; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 83; September 1969 – September 1970
Peak Five Years: 177; October 1967 – October 1972
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 217; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of Jan 24, 1970
Comebacks: 2; Apr 1975 · Sep 1977

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

24 records · 249 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
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadApple Music	#1January 1970	22	November 1969 – March 1970	52.1	51.9
(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong SongApple Music	#1April 1975	18	February 1975 – May 1975	34.8	34.7
Hooked On A FeelingApple Music	#5January 1969	16	November 1968 – March 1969	29.2	28.8
I Just Can't Help BelievingApple Music	#9August 1970	13	June 1970 – September 1970	21.1	21.0
Don't Worry BabyApple Music	#17September 1977	17	July 1977 – October 1977	17.9	17.7
Rock And Roll LullabyApple Music	#15April 1972	11	February 1972 – April 1972	16.6	16.5
No Love At AllApple Music	#16April 1971	11	February 1971 – May 1971	15.6	15.6
The Eyes Of A New York WomanApple Music	#28September 1968	14	June 1968 – September 1968	10.9	10.8
Everybody's Out Of TownApple Music	#26April 1970	9	March 1970 – May 1970	9.4	9.4
MamaApple Music	#22June 1966	8	May 1966 – July 1966	8.6	8.6
Mighty Clouds Of JoyApple Music	#34August 1971	10	July 1971 – September 1971	7.9	7.9
Most Of AllApple Music	#38January 1971	10	November 1970 – January 1971	6.3	6.3
It's Only LoveApple Music	#45May 1969	8	March 1969 – May 1969	4.4	4.3
Everybody Loves A Rain Song	#43March 1978	8	January 1978 – March 1978	4.0	3.9
Help Me Make It (To My Rockin' Chair)	#64November 1975	9	September 1975 – November 1975	2.9	2.9
Long Ago TomorrowApple Music	#61December 1971	7	November 1971 – December 1971	2.1	2.1
That's What Friends Are ForApple Music	#74August 1972	6	July 1972 – August 1972	1.3	1.3
Bring Back The TimeApple Music	#75August 1966	4	July 1966 – August 1966	1.0	1.0
Tomorrow Never ComesApple Music	#80October 1966	5	September 1966 – October 1966	0.9	0.9
Still The Lovin' Is Fun	#77December 1977	4	November 1977 – December 1977	0.8	0.8
Pass The Apple EveApple Music	#97July 1969	3	July 1969 – July 1969	0.4	0.4
Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned LoveApple Music	#93May 1983	2	May 1983 – May 1983	0.3	0.3
Happier Than The Morning SunApple Music	#100October 1972	2	October 1972 – October 1972	0.2	0.2
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)	#94May 1967	1	May 1967	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1969 in music →

B.J. Thomas's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1969 to September 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.