Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Harry Chapin

Charting Mar 11, 1972 → Jan 31, 1981 · 80 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 80 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 5 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19721981
First crown Dec 1974

Billboard Hot 100 · 80 wk UK Singles Chart · 5 wk Global Music Power · 85 wk

Peak Power: 1.87%; week of Jan 4, 1975
Career Power: 71; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 36; February 1974 – February 1975
Peak Five Years: 59; July 1971 – July 1976
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 80; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Dec 21, 1974
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1974

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

7 records · 71 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
Cat's In The CradleApple Music	#1December 1974	19	October 1974 – February 1975	30.6	30.5
TaxiApple Music	#24June 1972	16	March 1972 – June 1972	15.6	15.6
SequelApple Music	#23December 1980	14	November 1980 – January 1981	12.6	12.2
WOLD	#36March 1974	13	January 1974 – March 1974	6.9	6.8
I Wanna Learn A Love SongApple Music	#44March 1975	9	February 1975 – April 1975	3.7	3.7
Sunday Morning SunshineApple Music	#75November 1972	6	October 1972 – November 1972	1.3	1.3
Better Place To Be (Parts 1 & 2)	#86July 1976	3	June 1976 – July 1976	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1974 in music →

Harry Chapin's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1974 to February 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.