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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ellen Foley

Charting Nov 17, 1979Dec 8, 1979 · 4 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 4 wk

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Peak Power
0.05%
week of Dec 8, 1979
Career Power
1
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
1
December 1978 – December 1979
Peak Five Years
1
December 1974 – December 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
4
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.15%
week of Nov 24, 1979
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

1 song · 1 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
What's A Matter Baby#9240.6

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At their peak

1978 in music

Ellen Foley's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1978 to December 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer153
  2. 2Chic117
  3. 3Bee Gees103
  4. 4Kenny Rogers83
  5. 5Village People81
  6. 6Peaches & Herb78
  7. 7Earth, Wind & Fire76
  8. 8Little River Band70
  9. 9Dr. Hook67
  10. 10The Doobie Brothers67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.