Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Kansas

Charting Dec 25, 1976 → Mar 7, 1987 · 144 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets — Billboard Hot 100 144 wk, UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 144 wk UK Singles Chart · 7 wk Global Music Power · 147 wk

Peak Power: 2.12%; week of May 13, 1978
Career Power: 137; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 47; July 1977 – July 1978
Peak Five Years: 98; February 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 144; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.01%; week of Apr 15, 1978
Comebacks: 2; July 1982, January 1987

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Sep 2, 1978	Jul 17, 1982	202	66	2.11%	1.11%
After absence	Oct 2, 1982	Jan 17, 1987	224	158	2.11%	1.01%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

14 records · 137 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Dust In The WindApple Music	#6April 1978	20	January 1978 – June 1978	34.1	33.7
Carry On Wayward SonApple Music	#11April 1977	20	December 1976 – May 1977	27.0	26.9
All I WantedApple Music	#19January 1987	18	November 1986 – February 1987	17.6	17.4
Play The Game TonightApple Music	#17July 1982	15	May 1982 – August 1982	17.1	17.0
People Of The South WindApple Music	#23August 1979	12	June 1979 – August 1979	12.3	12.1
Point Of Know ReturnApple Music	#28January 1978	14	November 1977 – February 1978	11.6	11.5
Hold OnApple Music	#40November 1980	11	September 1980 – November 1980	5.7	5.6
Reason To BeApple Music	#52October 1979	8	September 1979 – October 1979	3.2	3.2
Fight Fire With FireApple Music	#58October 1983	7	September 1983 – October 1983	2.1	2.0
Portrait (He Knew)Apple Music	#64June 1978	6	June 1978 – July 1978	1.8	1.8
Lonely WindApple Music	#60February 1979	5	January 1979 – February 1979	1.7	1.7
Right AwayApple Music	#73September 1982	6	August 1982 – September 1982	1.5	1.5
Got To Rock OnApple Music	#76January 1981	5	December 1980 – January 1981	1.0	1.0
Power	#84February 1987	4	February 1987 – March 1987	0.6	0.7

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