Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Hugh Masekela
Charting Dec 9, 1967 → Mar 1, 1969 · 33 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 33 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 5 wk
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Honours
Artist of the Week
Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19671987Longest 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 →
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.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazing In The GrassApple Music | #1 | 12 | 28.5 | ||
| RiotApple Music | #55 | 8 | 3.1 | ||
| Up-Up And AwayApple Music | #71 | 8 | 2.1 | ||
| Puffin' On Down The Track | #71 | 5 | 1.4 |
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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:
- 1Aretha Franklin112
- 2The Beatles97
- 3Diana Ross & The Supremes81
- 4The Young Rascals78
- 5Marvin Gaye77
- 6The Temptations74
- 7Tommy James And The Shondells70
- 8Archie Bell & The Drells68
- 9Steppenwolf64
- 10The Doors63
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.