Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Heatwave

Charting Jul 23, 1977 → Aug 26, 1978 · 58 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 58 wk, UK Singles Chart 81 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 58 wk UK Singles Chart · 81 wk Global Music Power · 120 wk

Peak Power: 2.40%; week of Dec 3, 1977
Career Power: 95; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 93; August 1977 – August 1978
Peak Five Years: 95; September 1973 – August 1978
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 58; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.43%; week of Nov 19, 1977
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

3 records · 95 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
Boogie NightsApple Music	#2November 1977	27	July 1977 – January 1978	46.6	46.2
The Groove LineApple Music	#7July 1978	17	May 1978 – August 1978	27.9	27.8
Always And ForeverApple Music	#18April 1978	20	January 1978 – May 1978	20.5	20.2

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At their peak

1977 in music →

Heatwave's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1977 to August 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.