Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Earth, Wind & Fire

Charting Jul 3, 1971 → Oct 30, 1993 · 367 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 367 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 133 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Chris Hakkens, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown May 1975
Global Music Power
1 crown
19712018
First crown Aug 1979

Billboard Hot 100 · 367 wk UK Singles Chart · 133 wk Global Music Power · 389 wk

Peak Power: 2.50%; week of Oct 13, 1979
Career Power: 388; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 87; March 1975 – March 1976
Peak Five Years: 267; February 1975 – January 1980
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 367; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of May 24, 1975
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1981

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

33 records · 388 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
Let's GrooveApple Music	#3December 1981	24	October 1981 – March 1982	42.9	42.2
Shining StarApple Music	#1May 1975	20	February 1975 – June 1975	35.5	35.6
After The Love Has GoneApple Music	#2September 1979	17	July 1979 – October 1979	34.9	35.5
Sing A SongApple Music	#5February 1976	17	November 1975 – March 1976	28.4	28.3
SeptemberApple Music	#8February 1979	17	November 1978 – March 1979	26.0	25.9
Serpentine FireApple Music	#13February 1978	18	October 1977 – February 1978	24.5	24.2
That's The Way Of The WorldApple Music	#12September 1975	16	July 1975 – October 1975	23.3	23.2
GetawayApple Music	#12October 1976	19	July 1976 – November 1976	23.2	23.1
Fall In Love With MeApple Music	#17March 1983	16	January 1983 – May 1983	19.3	19.0
Got To Get You Into My LifeApple Music	#9September 1978	13	July 1978 – October 1978	18.8	18.7
Saturday NiteApple Music	#21January 1977	15	November 1976 – February 1977	17.5	17.5
Boogie Wonderlandwith The EmotionsApple Music	#6July 1979	16	May 1979 – August 1979	14.1	29.2
Mighty MightyApple Music	#29May 1974	15	March 1974 – June 1974	12.0	11.9
FantasyApple Music	#32April 1978	15	March 1978 – June 1978	9.6	9.4
YouApple Music	#48December 1980	12	November 1980 – February 1981	5.4	5.3
DevotionApple Music	#33October 1974	7	September 1974 – November 1974	5.1	5.1
Can't Hide LoveApple Music	#39April 1976	9	March 1976 – May 1976	4.9	4.9
Keep Your Head To The SkyApple Music	#52January 1974	11	November 1973 – January 1974	4.9	4.9
Let Me TalkApple Music	#44October 1980	9	September 1980 – November 1980	4.8	4.7
EvilApple Music	#50September 1973	11	August 1973 – October 1973	4.5	4.5
Sunday MorningApple Music	#53September 1993	10	August 1993 – October 1993	4.1	4.0
System Of SurvivalApple Music	#60December 1987	13	October 1987 – January 1988	3.8	3.8
Kalimba StoryApple Music	#55August 1974	9	July 1974 – September 1974	3.0	3.0
In The StoneApple Music	#58November 1979	7	October 1979 – December 1979	2.7	2.8
MagneticApple Music	#57December 1983	9	November 1983 – January 1984	2.5	2.5
And Love Goes OnApple Music	#59February 1981	7	February 1981 – March 1981	2.4	2.3
Thinking Of YouApple Music	#67March 1988	8	February 1988 – April 1988	2.2	2.1
Wanna Be With YouApple Music	#51February 1982	7	January 1982 – March 1982	2.0	2.7
StarApple Music	#64January 1980	6	December 1979 – January 1980	1.6	1.6
Hot Dawgitwith Ramsey LewisApple Music	#50February 1975	6	January 1975 – February 1975	1.3	2.5
Sun Goddesswith Ramsey LewisApple Music	#44April 1975	7	March 1975 – May 1975	1.1	3.2
Side By SideApple Music	#76May 1983	4	May 1983 – June 1983	0.8	0.8
Love Is LifeApple Music	#93July 1971	5	July 1971 – July 1971	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1975 in music →

Earth, Wind & Fire's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1975 to March 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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