Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Hot Chocolate
Charting Feb 8, 1975 → Jan 29, 1983 · 94 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 94 wk, UK Singles Chart 287 wk (2 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19701998Longest reign 2 weeks (Jun–Jul 1977) · First crown Jun 1977
- Peak Power
- 2.24%
- week of Mar 6, 1976
- Career Power
- 112
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 63
- March 1975 – March 1976
- Peak Five Years
- 110
- August 1974 – August 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 94
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.29%
- week of Feb 21, 1976
- Comebacks
- 1
- Jan 1979
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
8 records · 112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Sexy ThingApple Music | #3 | 21 | 39.1 | ||
| Every 1's A WinnerApple Music | #6 | 18 | 29.3 | ||
| EmmaApple Music | #8 | 14 | 20.1 | ||
| So You Win AgainApple Music | #31 | 11 | 8.0 | ||
| Disco QueenApple Music | #28 | 11 | 7.9 | ||
| Don't Stop It NowApple Music | #42 | 6 | 3.4 | ||
| Going Through The MotionsApple Music | #53 | 6 | 2.1 | ||
| Are You Getting Enough HappinessApple Music | #65 | 7 | 1.9 |
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At their peak
1975 in music →Hot Chocolate's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1975 to March 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1John Denver93
- 2Eagles91
- 3Barry Manilow88
- 4Earth, Wind & Fire86
- 5Freddy Fender82
- 6Bee Gees78
- 7Linda Ronstadt71
- 8Elton John69
- 9Neil Sedaka69
- 10Glen Campbell68
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.