Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Charting Jun 7, 1969 → Apr 22, 1972 · 75 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 75 wk, UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 75 wk UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 82 wk

Peak Power: 1.55%; week of May 23, 1970
Career Power: 81; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 55; June 1969 – May 1970
Peak Five Years: 81; May 1967 – April 1972
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 75; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.98%; week of Aug 2, 1969
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

8 records · 81 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
Something's BurningApple Music	#11May 1970	16	February 1970 – May 1970	23.5	23.3
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To TownApple Music	#6August 1969	13	June 1969 – August 1969	20.8	20.6
Tell It All BrotherApple Music	#17August 1970	11	July 1970 – September 1970	13.5	13.4
Reuben JamesApple Music	#26November 1969	12	September 1969 – December 1969	10.3	10.2
Heed The CallApple Music	#33November 1970	10	October 1970 – December 1970	8.2	8.2
Someone Who CaresApple Music	#51April 1971	7	March 1971 – May 1971	3.4	3.4
School TeacherApple Music	#91April 1972	4	April 1972 – April 1972	0.5	0.5
Take My Hand	#91July 1971	2	June 1971 – July 1971	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1969 in music →

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1969 to May 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.