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John Sebastian portraitJohn Sebastian

Charting Jan 4, 1969Aug 7, 1976 · 20 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 20 wk (1 crown)

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Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    19691976

    First crown May 1976

Peak Power
1.98%
week of Jun 12, 1976
Career Power
33
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
32
August 1975 – August 1976
Peak Five Years
32
August 1971 – August 1976
Top-five weeks
3
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
20
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.54%
week of May 8, 1976
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 · 33 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
Welcome Back#11431.5
She's A Lady#8440.8
Hideaway#9520.3

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At their peak

1975 in music

John Sebastian's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1975 to August 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Captain & Tennille100
  2. 2Barry Manilow88
  3. 3The Four Seasons78
  4. 4Bee Gees76
  5. 5Eagles76
  6. 6Silver Convention73
  7. 7Diana Ross73
  8. 8Neil Sedaka73
  9. 9Wings71
  10. 10The Sweet71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.