Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Freda Payne

Charting Apr 25, 1970 → Jan 15, 1972 · 63 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 63 wk, UK Singles Chart 22 wk (6 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
19701972
Longest reign 6 weeks (Sep–Oct 1970) · First crown Sep 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 63 wk UK Singles Chart · 22 wk Global Music Power · 69 wk

Peak Power: 2.19%; week of Aug 29, 1970
Career Power: 79; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 55; April 1970 – April 1971
Peak Five Years: 79; January 1967 – January 1972
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 63; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.30%; week of Jul 25, 1970
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

6 records · 79 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
Band Of GoldApple Music	#3July 1970	20	April 1970 – September 1970	38.7	38.4
Bring The Boys HomeApple Music	#12August 1971	13	June 1971 – August 1971	20.1	20.1
Deeper & DeeperApple Music	#24October 1970	12	September 1970 – November 1970	11.5	11.5
Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near to You)Apple Music	#44March 1971	8	February 1971 – April 1971	4.6	4.6
You Brought The JoyApple Music	#52November 1971	8	October 1971 – November 1971	3.5	3.5
The Road We Didn't TakeApple Music	#100January 1972	2	January 1972 – January 1972	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1970 in music →

Freda Payne's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1970 to April 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.