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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Boney M portraitBoney M

Charting Jan 22, 1977Jan 20, 1979 · 30 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 30 wk, UK Singles Chart 218 wk (10 crowns)

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Artist of the Year

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    10 crowns

    19762025

    Longest reign 5 weeks (Dec 1978) · First crown May 1978

Peak Power
0.73%
week of Aug 26, 1978
Career Power
15
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
13
January 1978 – January 1979
Peak Five Years
15
February 1974 – January 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
30
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.30%
week of Aug 26, 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

4 records · 15 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
Rivers Of Babylon#301711.8
Daddy Cool#6551.6
Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord#8550.9
Ma Baker#9630.4

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At their peak

1978 in music

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

  1. 1Andy Gibb152
  2. 2Bee Gees129
  3. 3Barry Manilow102
  4. 4Billy Joel101
  5. 5Donna Summer86
  6. 6Olivia Newton-John85
  7. 7Eric Clapton81
  8. 8Foreigner80
  9. 9Gerry Rafferty67
  10. 10Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.