Artists · Billboard Hot 100
First Choice
Charting Mar 10, 1973 → Nov 12, 1977 · 41 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 41 wk, UK Singles Chart 23 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.67%
- week of Jun 2, 1973
- Career Power
- 20
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 13
- March 1973 – March 1974
- Peak Five Years
- 20
- November 1972 – November 1977
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 41
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.38%
- week of May 26, 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 →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
5 records · 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armed And Extremely DangerousApple Music | #28 | 14 | 9.8 | ||
| Doctor LoveApple Music | #41 | 9 | 5.0 | ||
| Smarty PantsApple Music | #56 | 8 | 2.8 | ||
| The Player - Part 1Apple Music | #70 | 8 | 2.0 | ||
| Newsy NeighborsApple Music | #97 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1973 in music →First Choice's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1973 to March 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Gladys Knight And The Pips121
- 2Jim Croce103
- 3Wings96
- 4Carpenters96
- 5Elton John93
- 6Stevie Wonder93
- 7Helen Reddy85
- 8Billy Preston75
- 9Barry White72
- 10Marvin Gaye71
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.