Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Gladys Knight And The Pips

Charting May 15, 1961 → Apr 9, 1988 · 373 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 373 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 164 wk

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Image credits

Photo: United States Department of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Nov 1973
Global Music Power
1 crown
19611988
First crown Apr 1973

Billboard Hot 100 · 373 wk UK Singles Chart · 164 wk Global Music Power · 459 wk

Peak Power: 2.94%; week of Feb 2, 1974
Career Power: 461; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 128; September 1973 – August 1974
Peak Five Years: 291; January 1971 – December 1975
Top-five weeks: 26; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 373; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Nov 3, 1973
Comebacks: 3; Dec 1969 · Mar 1973 · Mar 1988, after 12 quiet years

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

38 records · 461 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
Midnight Train To GeorgiaApple Music	#1October 1973	19	September 1973 – January 1974	41.0	42.0
I Heard It Through The GrapevineApple Music	#2December 1967	17	October 1967 – February 1968	38.0	37.9
Best Thing That Ever Happened To MeApple Music	#3April 1974	17	February 1974 – June 1974	31.2	31.8
Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)Apple Music	#2April 1973	16	January 1973 – May 1973	31.1	31.1
I've Got To Use My ImaginationApple Music	#4January 1974	16	November 1973 – March 1974	29.6	30.9
If I Were Your WomanApple Music	#9February 1971	15	November 1970 – March 1971	24.5	24.4
On And OnApple Music	#5July 1974	17	May 1974 – September 1974	24.5	24.8
The Way We Were/try To RememberApple Music	#11August 1975	17	April 1975 – August 1975	24.1	24.1
Friendship TrainApple Music	#17December 1969	14	October 1969 – January 1970	17.5	17.4
I Feel A Song (In My Heart)/Don't Burn Down The BridgeApple Music	#21December 1974	17	October 1974 – February 1975	16.9	16.9
Love OverboardApple Music	#13March 1988	14	January 1988 – April 1988	16.4	16.2
I Don't Want To Do WrongApple Music	#17July 1971	11	June 1971 – August 1971	15.9	15.9
The End Of Our RoadApple Music	#15March 1968	10	February 1968 – April 1968	14.2	14.2
Daddy Could Swear, I DeclareApple Music	#19July 1973	15	April 1973 – August 1973	13.6	14.7
Part Time LoveApple Music	#22December 1975	11	November 1975 – January 1976	12.0	12.0
The Nitty GrittyApple Music	#19September 1969	11	July 1969 – September 1969	11.6	11.5
Letter Full Of TearsApple Music	#19February 1962	12	December 1961 – March 1962	11.2	10.9
Make Me The Woman That You Go Home ToApple Music	#27February 1972	10	December 1971 – February 1972	9.5	9.4
Where Peaceful Waters FlowApple Music	#28July 1973	11	June 1973 – August 1973	9.1	10.3
You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)Apple Music	#25May 1970	8	March 1970 – May 1970	8.2	8.2
Help Me Make It Through The NightApple Music	#33April 1972	8	March 1972 – May 1972	7.2	7.2
I Wish It Would RainApple Music	#41September 1968	10	August 1968 – October 1968	7.1	7.0
Giving UpApple Music	#38July 1964	10	May 1964 – July 1964	5.6	5.3
It Should Have Been MeApple Music	#40July 1968	8	June 1968 – July 1968	5.4	5.4
Everybody Needs LoveApple Music	#39August 1967	9	July 1967 – September 1967	5.0	4.9
LandlordApple Music	#46July 1980	9	June 1980 – August 1980	4.1	4.1
Love Finds It's Own Way	#47April 1975	8	February 1975 – April 1975	3.9	3.9
Baby Don't Change Your MindApple Music	#52July 1977	11	June 1977 – August 1977	3.8	3.8
So Sad The SongApple Music	#47November 1976	8	October 1976 – November 1976	3.7	3.7
Every Beat Of My HeartApple Music	#45June 1961	7	May 1961 – June 1961	3.6	3.5
MoneyApple Music	#50October 1975	7	August 1975 – October 1975	3.2	3.2
Save The Overtime (For Me)Apple Music	#66July 1983	10	May 1983 – July 1983	2.3	2.3
Didn't You Know (You'd Have To Cry Sometime)Apple Music	#63April 1969	7	March 1969 – April 1969	2.1	2.1
Between Her Goodbye And My HelloApple Music	#57August 1974	9	June 1974 – August 1974	1.8	2.7
All I Need Is TimeApple Music	#61September 1973	7	August 1973 – September 1973	1.4	2.1
Lovers Always ForgiveApple Music	#89September 1964	5	August 1964 – September 1964	0.8	0.7
OperatorApple Music	#97April 1962	2	April 1962 – May 1962	0.3	0.3
Take Me In Your Arms And Love MeApple Music	#98May 1967	2	May 1967 – May 1967	0.3	0.2

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At their peak

1973 in music →

Gladys Knight And The Pips's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1973 to August 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Gladys Knight And The Pips128
2Elton John113
3Jim Croce91
4Wings91
5Grand Funk Railroad87
6Ringo Starr87
7Chicago84
8Eddie Kendricks84
9Helen Reddy83
10Stevie Wonder79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.