Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Helen Reddy

Charting Feb 20, 1971 → Jun 6, 1981 · 258 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 258 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 18 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Francesco Scavullo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19711982
First crown Dec 1972

Billboard Hot 100 · 258 wk UK Singles Chart · 18 wk Global Music Power · 266 wk

Peak Power: 2.38%; week of Jan 5, 1974
Career Power: 316; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 90; October 1972 – October 1973
Peak Five Years: 281; September 1972 – September 1977
Top-five weeks: 18; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 258; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Dec 28, 1974
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1972 · Jul 1977

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

20 records · 316 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
I Am WomanApple Music	#1December 1972	22	June 1972 – January 1973	39.0	38.9
Delta DawnApple Music	#1September 1973	20	June 1973 – November 1973	37.7	37.6
Angie BabyApple Music	#1December 1974	17	October 1974 – February 1975	32.5	32.5
Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)Apple Music	#3December 1973	16	November 1973 – February 1974	30.2	29.9
You And Me Against The WorldApple Music	#9September 1974	20	June 1974 – October 1974	25.7	25.8
You're My WorldApple Music	#18July 1977	22	April 1977 – September 1977	23.0	22.9
Ain't No Way To Treat A LadyApple Music	#8October 1975	16	August 1975 – November 1975	22.6	22.6
I Don't Know How To Love HimApple Music	#13June 1971	20	February 1971 – July 1971	20.4	20.4
PeacefulApple Music	#12May 1973	17	February 1973 – May 1973	19.8	19.8
Somewhere In The NightApple Music	#19February 1976	14	December 1975 – March 1976	16.5	16.5
Keep On SingingApple Music	#15April 1974	13	March 1974 – June 1974	15.6	15.5
EmotionApple Music	#22March 1975	9	February 1975 – April 1975	8.4	8.5
I Can't Hear You No More/Music Is My LifeApple Music	#29September 1976	9	August 1976 – October 1976	7.6	7.6
Crazy LoveApple Music	#51September 1971	9	August 1971 – October 1971	3.9	3.9
BluebirdApple Music	#35August 1975	6	July 1975 – August 1975	3.8	3.8
No Sad SongApple Music	#62January 1972	8	December 1971 – January 1972	2.7	2.6
Make Love To MeApple Music	#60June 1979	10	May 1979 – July 1979	2.4	2.4
The Happy GirlsApple Music	#57November 1977	7	October 1977 – November 1977	2.3	2.3
Ready Or NotApple Music	#73August 1978	5	July 1978 – August 1978	1.3	1.3
I Can't Say Goodbye To YouApple Music	#88May 1981	3	May 1981 – June 1981	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1972 in music →

Helen Reddy's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1972 to October 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.