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Hugh Masekela portraitHugh Masekela

Charting Dec 9, 1967Mar 1, 1969 · 33 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 33 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 5 wk

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Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19671987

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1968) · First crown Jul 1968

Peak Power
1.95%
week of Aug 17, 1968
Career Power
35
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
33
March 1968 – March 1969
Peak Five Years
35
March 1964 – March 1969
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
33
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.54%
week of Jul 20, 1968
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

4 records · 35 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Grazing In The Grass#11228.5
Riot#5583.1
Up-Up And Away#7182.1
Puffin' On Down The Track#7151.4

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At their peak

1968 in music

Hugh Masekela's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1968 to March 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Aretha Franklin112
  2. 2The Beatles97
  3. 3Diana Ross & The Supremes81
  4. 4The Young Rascals78
  5. 5Marvin Gaye77
  6. 6The Temptations74
  7. 7Tommy James And The Shondells70
  8. 8Archie Bell & The Drells68
  9. 9Steppenwolf64
  10. 10The Doors63

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.