Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Commodores

Charting Jun 15, 1974 → Jan 17, 1987 · 302 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 302 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 123 wk (5 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct–Nov 1979) · First crown Aug 1978
UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Aug–Sep 1978) · First crown Aug 1978
Global Music Power
12 crowns
19741988
Longest reign 6 weeks (Aug–Sep 1978) · First crown Aug 1978

Billboard Hot 100 · 302 wk UK Singles Chart · 123 wk Global Music Power · 327 wk

Peak Power: 3.17%; week of Jan 12, 1980
Career Power: 431; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 92; September 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years: 296; February 1977 – January 1982
Top-five weeks: 37; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 302; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.94%; week of Oct 20, 1979
Comebacks: 1; Apr 1985

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

25 records · 431 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
Three Times A LadyApple Music	#1August 1978	20	June 1978 – October 1978	46.7	46.3
StillApple Music	#1November 1979	20	September 1979 – February 1980	42.8	45.0
Lady (You Bring Me Up)Apple Music	#8September 1981	22	June 1981 – November 1981	33.6	34.1
Oh NoApple Music	#4December 1981	20	September 1981 – February 1982	33.5	33.6
NightshiftApple Music	#3April 1985	22	January 1985 – June 1985	33.4	32.8
EasyApple Music	#4August 1977	22	June 1977 – October 1977	32.7	33.5
Sweet LoveApple Music	#5April 1976	23	December 1975 – May 1976	32.0	31.9
Sail OnApple Music	#4October 1979	17	August 1979 – December 1979	30.2	30.9
Brick HouseApple Music	#5November 1977	16	August 1977 – December 1977	26.2	27.0
Just To Be Close To YouApple Music	#7November 1976	16	September 1976 – January 1977	24.7	24.6
Old-Fashion LoveApple Music	#20August 1980	16	June 1980 – October 1980	17.3	17.2
Slippery When WetApple Music	#19August 1975	15	May 1975 – August 1975	13.7	13.7
Too Hot Ta TrotApple Music	#24February 1978	12	December 1977 – March 1978	11.6	11.4
Machine GunApple Music	#22July 1974	13	June 1974 – September 1974	11.5	11.5
WonderlandApple Music	#25February 1980	15	December 1979 – March 1980	10.8	11.6
Only YouApple Music	#54November 1983	13	September 1983 – December 1983	4.9	4.9
Flying HighApple Music	#38November 1978	10	September 1978 – November 1978	4.7	5.3
Fancy DancerApple Music	#39February 1977	9	January 1977 – March 1977	4.5	4.5
Animal InstinctApple Music	#43June 1985	9	May 1985 – July 1985	4.2	4.4
HeroesApple Music	#54October 1980	9	September 1980 – November 1980	3.1	3.1
Goin' To The BankApple Music	#65December 1986	12	November 1986 – January 1987	3.1	3.0
I Feel SanctifiedApple Music	#75December 1974	8	November 1974 – January 1975	1.7	1.7
Painted PictureApple Music	#70January 1983	6	December 1982 – January 1983	1.7	1.7
Why You Wanna Try MeApple Music	#66February 1982	5	February 1982 – March 1982	1.4	1.4
JanetApple Music	#87September 1985	4	September 1985 – October 1985	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Commodores's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.