Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Edwin Starr

Charting Aug 7, 1965 → Sep 1, 1979 · 94 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 94 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 81 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19651993
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug–Sep 1970) · First crown Aug 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 94 wk UK Singles Chart · 81 wk Global Music Power · 159 wk

Peak Power: 2.28%; week of Oct 10, 1970
Career Power: 91; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 48; June 1970 – May 1971
Peak Five Years: 72; February 1966 – February 1971
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 94; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Sep 12, 1970
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1970

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 · 91 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
WarApple Music	#1August 1970	15	July 1970 – October 1970	38.0	37.7
Twenty-Five MilesApple Music	#6April 1969	14	February 1969 – May 1969	21.7	21.6
Agent Double-O-SoulApple Music	#21October 1965	11	August 1965 – October 1965	11.7	11.5
Stop The War NowApple Music	#26January 1971	8	December 1970 – February 1971	7.7	7.7
Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)Apple Music	#48March 1966	8	February 1966 – April 1966	3.3	3.3
ContactApple Music	#65March 1979	7	February 1979 – March 1979	2.0	2.0
Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me OnApple Music	#64May 1971	6	April 1971 – May 1971	1.9	1.9
There You GoApple Music	#80July 1973	6	June 1973 – August 1973	1.2	1.2
H.a.p.p.y. RadioApple Music	#79August 1979	5	August 1979 – September 1979	1.0	1.0
I'm Still A Struggling ManApple Music	#80June 1969	4	June 1969 – July 1969	0.9	0.9
Headline NewsApple Music	#84May 1966	4	May 1966 – May 1966	0.6	0.6
Back StreetApple Music	#95December 1965	2	December 1965 – December 1965	0.3	0.3
Abyssinia Jones	#98February 1976	2	February 1976 – February 1976	0.2	0.2
Oh How Happywith BlinkyApple Music	#92August 1969	2	August 1969 – August 1969	0.1	0.3

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At their peak

1970 in music →

Edwin Starr's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1970 to May 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.