Artists · Billboard Hot 100

KC And The Sunshine Band

Charting Jul 12, 1975 → Feb 16, 1980 · 185 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 185 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 101 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
First crown Aug 1975
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug 1983) · First crown Aug 1983
Global Music Power
9 crowns
19741991
Longest reign 4 weeks (Aug–Sep 1975) · First crown Aug 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 185 wk UK Singles Chart · 101 wk Global Music Power · 238 wk

Peak Power: 2.57%; week of Jan 19, 1980
Career Power: 261; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 88; July 1976 – July 1977
Peak Five Years: 261; March 1975 – February 1980
Top-five weeks: 31; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 185; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Jan 5, 1980
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1979

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

14 records · 261 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
Please Don't GoApple Music	#1January 1980	26	August 1979 – February 1980	49.5	48.8
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your BootyApple Music	#1September 1976	21	July 1976 – November 1976	43.0	42.8
I'm Your Boogie ManApple Music	#1June 1977	23	February 1977 – July 1977	38.8	38.7
Keep It Comin' LoveApple Music	#2October 1977	20	July 1977 – December 1977	36.7	36.5
That's The Way (I Like It)Apple Music	#1November 1975	16	October 1975 – February 1976	36.0	35.9
Get Down TonightApple Music	#1August 1975	15	July 1975 – October 1975	24.5	24.5
I Like To Do ItApple Music	#37February 1977	12	December 1976 – February 1977	7.9	7.8
Boogie ShoesApple Music	#35April 1978	10	February 1978 – April 1978	7.0	6.8
It's The Same Old SongApple Music	#35July 1978	10	May 1978 – July 1978	5.6	5.6
Do You Wanna Go PartyApple Music	#50July 1979	10	May 1979 – July 1979	3.7	3.7
Wrap Your Arms Around MeApple Music	#48January 1978	7	December 1977 – January 1978	3.2	3.2
Who Do Ya LoveApple Music	#68February 1979	8	December 1978 – February 1979	2.0	2.0
Queen Of ClubsApple Music	#66April 1976	5	March 1976 – April 1976	1.5	1.5
Do You Feel All RightApple Music	#63November 1978	5	October 1978 – November 1978	1.4	1.4

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At their peak

1976 in music →

KC And The Sunshine Band's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1976 to July 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.