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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

J.J. Cale portraitJ.J. Cale

Charting Jan 29, 1972Jan 8, 1977 · 36 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 36 wk

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Peak Power
0.94%
week of Apr 29, 1972
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
24
January 1972 – December 1972
Peak Five Years
25
January 1972 – January 1977
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
36
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.71%
week of Apr 15, 1972
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 · 25 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
Crazy Mama#221414.0
After Midnight#42115.8
Lies#4284.5
Hey Baby#9630.4

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At their peak

1972 in music

J.J. Cale's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1972 to December 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Al Green112
  2. 2Michael Jackson89
  3. 3Nilsson79
  4. 4The Stylistics78
  5. 5Three Dog Night76
  6. 6Bread72
  7. 7America72
  8. 8Donny Osmond69
  9. 9Carpenters62
  10. 10Bill Withers61

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.