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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Five Special

Charting Jul 28, 1979Aug 25, 1979 · 5 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 5 wk

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Peak Power
0.17%
week of Aug 18, 1979
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
September 1978 – August 1979
Peak Five Years
2
September 1974 – August 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
5
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.55%
week of Aug 18, 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 · 2 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
Why Leave Us Alone#5551.9

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At their peak

1978 in music

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

  1. 1Donna Summer142
  2. 2Chic110
  3. 3Bee Gees110
  4. 4Olivia Newton-John97
  5. 5Village People92
  6. 6Peaches & Herb77
  7. 7Billy Joel77
  8. 8Anne Murray76
  9. 9Dr. Hook71
  10. 10Little River Band66

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.