Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Johnnie Taylor

Also credited as Johnny Taylor

Charting Nov 30, 1963 → Oct 8, 1977 · 157 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 157 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Image credits

Photo: en:John H. White (photojournalist), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Apr 1976) · First crown Apr 1976
Global Music Power
1 crown
19631977
First crown Apr 1976

Billboard Hot 100 · 157 wk UK Singles Chart · 7 wk Global Music Power · 157 wk

Peak Power: 2.12%; week of May 8, 1976
Career Power: 170; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 53; October 1968 – September 1969
Peak Five Years: 105; October 1968 – October 1973
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 157; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of Apr 24, 1976
Comebacks: 2; Aug 1973 · Mar 1976

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

19 records · 170 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
Disco LadyApple Music	#1April 1976	19	February 1976 – June 1976	36.3	36.3
Who's Making LoveApple Music	#5December 1968	14	October 1968 – January 1969	32.1	31.7
I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)Apple Music	#11August 1973	16	June 1973 – October 1973	24.8	24.7
Cheaper To Keep HerApple Music	#15November 1973	11	October 1973 – December 1973	14.6	14.4
Take Care Of Your HomeworkApple Music	#20February 1969	9	January 1969 – March 1969	10.5	10.9
Jody's Got Your Girl And GoneApple Music	#28February 1971	10	January 1971 – March 1971	8.8	8.7
Testify (I Wonna)Apple Music	#36June 1969	9	May 1969 – July 1969	6.6	6.5
Steal AwayApple Music	#37July 1970	10	June 1970 – August 1970	6.3	6.3
I Am Somebody Part II	#39November 1970	9	October 1970 – December 1970	6.2	6.2
We're Getting Careless With Our LoveApple Music	#34March 1974	10	January 1974 – March 1974	5.9	5.9
Somebody's Gettin' ItApple Music	#33July 1976	7	June 1976 – July 1976	5.5	5.6
Love BonesApple Music	#43February 1970	10	December 1969 – February 1970	5.1	5.1
I Could Never Be PresidentApple Music	#48September 1969	8	August 1969 – September 1969	4.0	4.0
Love Is Better In The A.M. (Part 1)Apple Music	#77April 1977	7	February 1977 – April 1977	1.4	1.4
I've Been Born AgainApple Music	#78July 1974	4	June 1974 – July 1974	0.8	0.8
I Don't Wanna Lose YouApple Music	#86June 1971	3	May 1971 – June 1971	0.5	0.5
Disco 9000Apple Music	#86October 1977	2	October 1977 – October 1977	0.3	0.3
Somebody's Sleeping In My BedApple Music	#95December 1967	2	December 1967 – December 1967	0.3	0.3
Baby, We've Got Love	#98November 1963	1	November 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1968 in music →

Johnnie Taylor's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1968 to September 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.