Artists · Billboard Hot 100
John Williams
Charting Aug 9, 1975 → Feb 17, 1979 · 28 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 28 wk, UK Singles Chart 37 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.20%
- week of Mar 11, 1978
- Career Power
- 21
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 17
- April 1977 – March 1978
- Peak Five Years
- 21
- March 1974 – February 1979
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 28
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.39%
- week of Mar 4, 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 →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
3 records · 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme From "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | #13 | 14 | 17.0 | ||
| Main Title (Theme From "Jaws")with "Jaws" Soundtrack | #32 | 10 | 3.4 | ||
| Theme From Superman (Main Title)with London Symphony Orchestra | #81 | 4 | 0.4 |
At their peak
1977 in music →John Williams's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1977 to March 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Bee Gees119
- 2Andy Gibb107
- 3Shaun Cassidy99
- 4Fleetwood Mac91
- 5Rita Coolidge87
- 6Foreigner82
- 7KC And The Sunshine Band81
- 8Commodores71
- 9Linda Ronstadt68
- 10Debby Boone65
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.