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Charting Mar 5, 1977May 5, 1979 · 36 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 36 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 18 wk

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Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19771981

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Oct 1978) · First crown Oct 1978

Peak Power
2.59%
week of Nov 18, 1978
Career Power
58
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
58
May 1978 – May 1979
Peak Five Years
58
May 1974 – May 1979
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
36
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.56%
week of Sep 30, 1978
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

4 records · 58 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
Kiss You All Over#12350.5
You Thrill Me#40116.9
Try It On#9730.4
How Could This Go Wrong#8820.4

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At their peak

1978 in music

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

  1. 1Olivia Newton-John111
  2. 2Andy Gibb109
  3. 3Donna Summer97
  4. 4Bee Gees92
  5. 5Billy Joel89
  6. 6Foreigner84
  7. 7Barry Manilow83
  8. 8Chic82
  9. 9Village People80
  10. 10Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.