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John Paul Young portraitJohn Paul Young

Charting Dec 13, 1975Feb 3, 1979 · 39 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 39 wk, UK Singles Chart 19 wk

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Peak Power
2.00%
week of Nov 4, 1978
Career Power
42
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
38
February 1978 – February 1979
Peak Five Years
42
February 1974 – February 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
39
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.89%
week of Oct 14, 1978
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

3 records · 42 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
Love Is In The Air#72135.0
Yesterday's Hero#4294.1
Lost In Your Love#5593.2

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At their peak

1978 in music

John Paul Young's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1978 to February 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Andy Gibb148
  2. 2Bee Gees125
  3. 3Barry Manilow106
  4. 4Billy Joel101
  5. 5Olivia Newton-John91
  6. 6Donna Summer86
  7. 7Eric Clapton82
  8. 8Foreigner80
  9. 9Gerry Rafferty70
  10. 10Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.