Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Chicago

Charting Aug 9, 1969 → Apr 6, 1991 · 546 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 546 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 86 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Columbia Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Oct 1976) · First crown Oct 1976
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Nov 1976) · First crown Nov 1976
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19691991
Longest reign 4 weeks (Oct–Nov 1976) · First crown Sep 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 546 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 561 wk

Peak Power: 2.82%; week of Oct 16, 1982
Career Power: 809; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 107; May 1984 – May 1985
Peak Five Years: 295; July 1970 – July 1975
Top-five weeks: 41; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 546; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.77%; week of Oct 16, 1982
Comebacks: 3; Jul 1982 · Jun 1984 · Feb 1987

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

46 records · 809 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
Hard To Say I'm SorryApple Music	#1September 1982	24	June 1982 – November 1982	51.3	51.0
If You Leave Me NowApple Music	#1October 1976	21	August 1976 – January 1977	42.0	42.0
Look AwayApple Music	#1December 1988	24	September 1988 – March 1989	41.5	42.0
Hard Habit To BreakApple Music	#3October 1984	25	August 1984 – January 1985	39.2	39.2
Just You 'n' MeApple Music	#4December 1973	19	September 1973 – February 1974	34.6	34.4
You're The InspirationApple Music	#3January 1985	22	November 1984 – April 1985	34.3	34.9
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your LoveApple Music	#3August 1988	21	June 1988 – October 1988	32.6	32.5
Will You Still Love Me?Apple Music	#3February 1987	23	November 1986 – April 1987	31.4	31.4
Baby, What A Big SurpriseApple Music	#4December 1977	17	September 1977 – January 1978	31.2	30.8
25 Or 6 To 4Apple Music	#4September 1970	20	July 1970 – October 1986	29.0	28.8
Feelin' Stronger Every DayApple Music	#10August 1973	16	June 1973 – October 1973	26.2	26.3
What Kind Of Man Would I Be?Apple Music	#5February 1990	18	December 1989 – March 1990	26.1	25.7
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?Apple Music	#7January 1971	13	November 1970 – January 1971	25.4	25.3
(i've Been) Searchin' So LongApple Music	#9May 1974	15	March 1974 – June 1974	23.9	23.8
Beginnings/Colour My WorldApple Music	#7August 1971	13	June 1971 – September 1971	23.8	23.8
Saturday In The ParkApple Music	#3September 1972	12	August 1972 – October 1972	23.6	23.6
Make Me SmileApple Music	#9June 1970	14	April 1970 – July 1970	22.0	21.8
Old DaysApple Music	#5June 1975	11	April 1975 – July 1975	20.6	20.6
You're Not AloneApple Music	#10March 1989	17	January 1989 – May 1989	20.5	20.6
Call On MeApple Music	#6August 1974	15	June 1974 – September 1974	20.2	20.2
Wishing You Were HereApple Music	#11November 1974	15	October 1974 – January 1975	19.4	19.4
If She Would Have Been Faithful. . .Apple Music	#17May 1987	19	March 1987 – July 1987	18.6	18.6
Along Comes A WomanApple Music	#14April 1985	16	February 1985 – June 1985	18.5	18.4
No Tell LoverApple Music	#14March 1979	15	December 1978 – March 1979	18.4	18.4
Stay The NightApple Music	#16June 1984	17	May 1984 – August 1984	18.2	18.3
Alive AgainApple Music	#14December 1978	13	October 1978 – January 1979	16.6	16.6
Love Me TomorrowApple Music	#22December 1982	15	September 1982 – January 1983	13.4	14.5
Harry TrumanApple Music	#13April 1975	9	February 1975 – April 1975	13.4	13.4
FreeApple Music	#20April 1971	9	February 1971 – April 1971	10.5	10.5
Dialogue (Part I & II)Apple Music	#24December 1972	10	October 1972 – December 1972	10.5	10.5
Questions 67 And 68/I'm A ManApple Music	#24November 1971	10	October 1971 – December 1971	10.5	10.5
Another Rainy Day In New York CityApple Music	#32August 1976	9	June 1976 – August 1976	6.9	7.0
LowdownApple Music	#35June 1971	8	May 1971 – June 1971	6.6	6.5
Chasin' The WindApple Music	#39March 1991	11	January 1991 – April 1991	6.1	6.0
We Can Last ForeverApple Music	#55June 1989	12	May 1989 – July 1989	4.6	4.5
Little OneApple Music	#44April 1978	9	February 1978 – April 1978	3.9	3.8
You Are On My MindApple Music	#49April 1977	7	April 1977 – May 1977	3.1	3.1
Thunder And LightningApple Music	#56September 1980	9	August 1980 – October 1980	2.8	2.8
Brand New Love Affair (Part I & II)	#61September 1975	5	September 1975 – October 1975	1.5	1.5
Take Me Back To ChicagoApple Music	#63June 1978	5	May 1978 – June 1978	1.5	1.4
Hearts In Trouble (From "Days Of Thunder")Apple Music	#75August 1990	5	July 1990 – August 1990	1.1	1.1
What You're MissingApple Music	#81January 1983	5	January 1983 – February 1983	0.9	0.9
Must Have Been CrazyApple Music	#83September 1979	5	September 1979 – September 1979	0.9	0.9
Gone Long GoneApple Music	#73April 1979	3	April 1979 – April 1979	0.8	0.8
Questions 67 And 68Apple Music	#71August 1969	3	August 1969 – August 1969	0.7	0.7
Niagara FallsApple Music	#91July 1987	3	July 1987 – July 1987	0.3	0.4

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At their peak

1984 in music →

Chicago's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1984 to May 1985. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.