Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Blue Oyster Cult
Charting Jul 31, 1976 → Feb 25, 1984 · 41 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 41 wk, UK Singles Chart 15 wk
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- Peak Power
- 1.51%
- week of Nov 20, 1976
- Career Power
- 35
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 26
- December 1975 – December 1976
- Peak Five Years
- 27
- October 1974 – September 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 41
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.41%
- week of Nov 6, 1976
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
4 records · 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Don't Fear) The ReaperApple Music | #12 | 20 | 26.2 | ||
| Burnin' For YouApple Music | #40 | 14 | 7.7 | ||
| In TheeApple Music | #74 | 4 | 0.9 | ||
| Shooting SharkApple Music | #83 | 3 | 0.5 |
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At their peak
1975 in music →Blue Oyster Cult's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1975 to December 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Captain & Tennille100
- 2Bee Gees96
- 3Gary Wright82
- 4Diana Ross78
- 5Daryl Hall and John Oates76
- 6Wings75
- 7Peter Frampton72
- 8Bay City Rollers69
- 9Barry Manilow68
- 10Fleetwood Mac62
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.