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John Travolta portraitJohn Travolta

Charting May 1, 1976Nov 18, 1978 · 68 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 68 wk, UK Singles Chart 49 wk (4 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    4 crowns

    19761991

    Longest reign 4 weeks (Oct–Nov 1978) · First crown Oct 1978

Peak Power
1.38%
week of Oct 28, 1978
Career Power
72
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
40
November 1977 – November 1978
Peak Five Years
72
December 1973 – November 1978
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
68
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.59%
week of Jul 24, 1976
Comebacks
1
Jun 1978

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

6 records · 72 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
You're The One That I Wantwith Olivia Newton-John#12422.7
Let Her In#102022.7
Summer Nightswith Olivia Newton-John#51615.1
All Strung Out On You#3485.6
Whenever I'm Away From You#3864.0
Greased Lightnin#4782.0

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At their peak

1977 in music

John Travolta's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1977 to November 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Andy Gibb142
  2. 2Bee Gees140
  3. 3Barry Manilow91
  4. 4Billy Joel87
  5. 5Player76
  6. 6Donna Summer74
  7. 7Olivia Newton-John73
  8. 8Linda Ronstadt72
  9. 9Foreigner72
  10. 10Eric Clapton65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.