Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Eddie Kendricks

Charting May 29, 1971 → May 1, 1976 · 141 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 141 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 19 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Tamla, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Nov 1973) · First crown Nov 1973
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19711988
First crown Nov 1973

Billboard Hot 100 · 141 wk UK Singles Chart · 19 wk Global Music Power · 142 wk

Peak Power: 2.44%; week of Mar 30, 1974
Career Power: 130; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 85; July 1973 – June 1974
Peak Five Years: 130; May 1971 – May 1976
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 141; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Nov 17, 1973
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

14 records · 130 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
Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)Apple Music	#1November 1973	19	August 1973 – December 1973	43.0	42.7
Boogie DownApple Music	#2March 1974	18	January 1974 – May 1974	33.5	33.2
Shoeshine BoyApple Music	#18May 1975	18	February 1975 – June 1975	19.2	19.2
He's A FriendApple Music	#36April 1976	12	February 1976 – May 1976	7.7	7.7
Son Of SagittariusApple Music	#28June 1974	8	May 1974 – June 1974	7.4	7.4
Tell Her Love Has Felt The NeedApple Music	#50October 1974	10	August 1974 – October 1974	4.5	4.5
Get The Cream Off The TopApple Music	#50August 1975	8	July 1975 – August 1975	3.6	3.6
HappyApple Music	#66December 1975	13	October 1975 – January 1976	3.0	3.0
If You Let MeApple Music	#66November 1972	8	October 1972 – November 1972	2.4	2.4
One TearApple Music	#71December 1974	8	December 1974 – January 1975	1.9	1.8
Eddie's LoveApple Music	#77July 1972	8	June 1972 – July 1972	1.7	1.7
Darling Come Back HomeApple Music	#67August 1973	5	July 1973 – August 1973	1.3	1.3
It's So Hard For Me To Say Good-ByeApple Music	#88June 1971	3	May 1971 – June 1971	0.5	0.5
Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1)Apple Music	#87March 1973	3	February 1973 – March 1973	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1973 in music →

Eddie Kendricks's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1973 to June 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.