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Bob Welch portraitBob Welch

Charting Oct 15, 1977Jun 9, 1979 · 60 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 60 wk

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Peak Power
1.72%
week of Apr 15, 1978
Career Power
70
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
54
August 1977 – August 1978
Peak Five Years
70
June 1974 – June 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
60
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.80%
week of Jan 7, 1978
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

5 records · 70 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
Sentimental Lady#81827.3
Ebony Eyes#141719.9
Precious Love#191515.6
Hot Love, Cold World#31106.4
Church#7330.7

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At their peak

1977 in music

Bob Welch's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1977 to August 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Bee Gees163
  2. 2Andy Gibb141
  3. 3Heatwave93
  4. 4Barry Manilow78
  5. 5Shaun Cassidy77
  6. 6Linda Ronstadt73
  7. 7Player73
  8. 8Electric Light Orchestra72
  9. 9Rita Coolidge71
  10. 10Commodores70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.