Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Charting Sep 7, 1968 → Jul 18, 2026 · 141 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 141 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 86 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Fantasy Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1969

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Aug–Sep 1969) · First crown Aug 1969
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Sep 1969) · First crown Sep 1969
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19682026
Longest reign 5 weeks (Aug–Sep 1969) · First crown Aug 1969

Billboard Hot 100 · 141 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 150 wk

Peak Power: 3.07%; week of Sep 27, 1969
Career Power: 286; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 139; March 1969 – March 1970
Peak Five Years: 283; July 1967 – June 1972
Top-five weeks: 31; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 141; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.03%; week of Sep 13, 1969
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

16 records · 286 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
Proud MaryApple Music	#2March 1969	14	January 1969 – April 1969	31.8	31.6
Bad Moon RisingApple Music	#2June 1969	14	May 1969 – August 1969	31.5	31.3
Green RiverApple Music	#2September 1969	13	August 1969 – October 1969	30.7	30.9
Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The LightApple Music	#2October 1970	13	August 1970 – October 1970	30.7	30.5
Down On The Corner/Fortunate SonApple Music	#3December 1969	15	October 1969 – January 1970	30.3	31.7
Up Around The Bend/Run Through The JungleApple Music	#4June 1970	11	April 1970 – July 1970	24.9	24.7
Travelin' Band/Who'll Stop The RainApple Music	#2March 1970	10	January 1970 – April 1970	24.1	24.2
Suzie Q. (Part One)Apple Music	#11November 1968	12	September 1968 – November 1968	19.0	18.7
Have You Ever Seen The Rain/Hey TonightApple Music	#8March 1971	10	January 1971 – April 1971	18.9	18.9
Sweet Hitch-HikerApple Music	#6August 1971	9	July 1971 – September 1971	16.5	16.5
Someday Never ComesApple Music	#25June 1972	8	May 1972 – June 1972	8.5	8.5
Fortunate SonApple Music	#14November 1969	5	November 1969 – July 2026	7.0	6.8
CommotionApple Music	#30September 1969	8	August 1969 – September 1969	5.7	8.2
I Put A Spell On YouApple Music	#58December 1968	9	November 1968 – January 1969	2.7	2.8
I Heard It Through The Grapevinefeat. John FogertyApple Music	#43March 1976	8	January 1976 – March 1976	2.4	3.4
LodiApple Music	#52May 1969	4	May 1969 – May 1969	1.3	1.9

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At their peak

1969 in music →

Creedence Clearwater Revival's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1969 to March 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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