Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Frank Zappa
Charting Oct 19, 1974 → Oct 2, 1982 · 24 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 24 wk, UK Singles Chart 5 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.61%
- week of Sep 18, 1982
- Career Power
- 12
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 8
- October 1981 – October 1982
- Peak Five Years
- 12
- October 1977 – October 1982
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 24
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.22%
- week of Sep 18, 1982
- 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
3 records · 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley GirlApple Music | #32 | 12 | 8.4 | ||
| Dancin' FoolApple Music | #45 | 8 | 3.4 | ||
| Don't Eat The Yellow SnowApple Music | #86 | 4 | 0.6 |
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At their peak
1981 in music →Frank Zappa's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1981 to October 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Daryl Hall and John Oates116
- 2Air Supply105
- 3Rick Springfield100
- 4Olivia Newton-John95
- 5Journey93
- 6The J. Geils Band90
- 7Go-Go's88
- 8Foreigner87
- 9Juice Newton84
- 10Joan Jett & the Blackhearts80
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.