Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Cat Stevens

Charting Feb 13, 1971 → Feb 17, 1979 · 150 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 150 wk, UK Singles Chart 97 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 150 wk UK Singles Chart · 97 wk Global Music Power · 218 wk

Peak Power: 1.81%; week of Dec 4, 1971
Career Power: 173; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 59; July 1971 – July 1972
Peak Five Years: 160; March 1971 – February 1976
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 150; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.98%; week of Jun 3, 1972
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1974

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

14 records · 173 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
Morning Has BrokenApple Music	#6May 1972	14	April 1972 – July 1972	26.0	25.9
Peace TrainApple Music	#7November 1971	12	September 1971 – December 1971	23.7	23.6
Oh Very YoungApple Music	#10June 1974	17	March 1974 – July 1974	21.9	21.8
Another Saturday NightApple Music	#6October 1974	14	August 1974 – November 1974	21.1	21.0
Wild WorldApple Music	#11April 1971	13	February 1971 – May 1971	19.6	19.5
SittingApple Music	#16January 1973	11	November 1972 – January 1973	14.9	14.9
Moon Shadow	#30August 1971	11	June 1971 – September 1971	10.0	9.9
ReadyApple Music	#26January 1975	10	December 1974 – February 1975	8.2	8.2
The HurtApple Music	#31August 1973	10	July 1973 – September 1973	8.0	8.0
Two Fine PeopleApple Music	#33August 1975	9	July 1975 – September 1975	6.6	6.6
(Remember The Days Of The) Old SchoolyardApple Music	#33August 1977	10	June 1977 – August 1977	6.4	6.3
Banapple GasApple Music	#41March 1976	6	February 1976 – March 1976	3.9	3.9
Was Dog A DoughnutApple Music	#70January 1978	9	November 1977 – January 1978	2.2	2.2
Bad BrakesApple Music	#83February 1979	4	January 1979 – February 1979	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

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Cat Stevens's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1971 to July 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.