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Gary Glitter portraitGary Glitter

Charting Jul 22, 1972Dec 30, 1972 · 20 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 20 wk, UK Singles Chart 177 wk (5 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    5 crowns

    19721996

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1973) · First crown Jul 1973

Peak Power
1.43%
week of Sep 23, 1972
Career Power
26
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
26
January 1972 – December 1972
Peak Five Years
26
January 1968 – December 1972
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
20
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.86%
week of Sep 9, 1972
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

2 records · 26 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
Rock And Roll Part 2#71119.5
I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll)#3596.2

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At their peak

1972 in music

Gary Glitter's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1972 to December 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Al Green113
  2. 2Michael Jackson86
  3. 3Nilsson79
  4. 4The Stylistics77
  5. 5Three Dog Night74
  6. 6America73
  7. 7Bread73
  8. 8Donny Osmond66
  9. 9Gilbert O'Sullivan64
  10. 10Bill Withers62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.