Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Kool & The Gang

Charting Sep 13, 1969 → Jan 16, 1988 · 422 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 422 wk, UK Singles Chart 192 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Foto: Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
1 crown
19691991
First crown Feb 1984

Billboard Hot 100 · 422 wk UK Singles Chart · 192 wk Global Music Power · 437 wk

Peak Power: 2.52%; week of Oct 12, 1985
Career Power: 509; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 101; January 1985 – January 1986
Peak Five Years: 275; December 1980 – December 1985
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 422; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.65%; week of Feb 7, 1981
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1979, after 5 quiet years

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

32 records · 509 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
CelebrationApple Music	#1February 1981	30	October 1980 – May 1981	53.1	51.8
CherishApple Music	#2September 1985	25	July 1985 – December 1985	38.4	38.7
JoannaApple Music	#2February 1984	24	November 1983 – April 1984	38.3	38.0
Jungle BoogieApple Music	#4March 1974	22	December 1973 – May 1974	37.4	37.3
Ladies NightApple Music	#8January 1980	24	October 1979 – March 1980	32.8	33.2
Too HotApple Music	#5April 1980	18	January 1980 – May 1980	32.3	32.4
MisledApple Music	#10March 1985	24	November 1984 – May 1985	26.9	26.8
VictoryApple Music	#10January 1987	18	November 1986 – February 1987	25.4	25.2
FreshApple Music	#9June 1985	19	March 1985 – July 1985	25.1	25.2
Hollywood SwingingApple Music	#6July 1974	19	April 1974 – August 1974	24.4	24.5
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)Apple Music	#17December 1981	17	October 1981 – February 1982	22.7	22.3
Get Down On ItApple Music	#10May 1982	17	February 1982 – June 1982	22.0	21.8
Stone LoveApple Music	#10May 1987	18	February 1987 – June 1987	20.6	20.7
TonightApple Music	#13May 1984	18	February 1984 – June 1984	20.4	21.0
EmergencyApple Music	#18December 1985	16	October 1985 – February 1986	17.3	17.3
Big FunApple Music	#21October 1982	11	August 1982 – November 1982	12.3	12.1
Let's Go Dancin' (ooh La, La, La)Apple Music	#30January 1983	15	October 1982 – February 1983	11.2	11.3
Funky StuffApple Music	#29October 1973	12	September 1973 – November 1973	9.6	9.6
Spirit Of The Boogie/Summer MadnessApple Music	#35July 1975	17	April 1975 – July 1975	8.2	8.2
Jones Vs. JonesApple Music	#39June 1981	11	May 1981 – July 1981	5.6	5.5
Higher PlaneApple Music	#37October 1974	8	September 1974 – October 1974	4.4	4.4
Kool And The Gang	#59November 1969	12	September 1969 – November 1969	3.7	3.7
Open Sesame - Part 1Apple Music	#55January 1977	13	November 1976 – January 1977	3.5	3.5
Special WayApple Music	#72October 1987	14	October 1987 – January 1988	3.0	2.9
Caribbean FestivalApple Music	#55December 1975	7	November 1975 – December 1975	2.4	2.4
Rhyme Tyme PeopleApple Music	#63February 1975	8	January 1975 – February 1975	2.3	2.3
HolidayApple Music	#66July 1987	7	June 1987 – August 1987	1.7	1.7
Love And Understanding (Come Together)Apple Music	#77May 1976	8	March 1976 – May 1976	1.4	1.4
Let The Music Take Your MindApple Music	#78July 1970	6	July 1970 – August 1970	1.2	1.2
The Gangs Back AgainApple Music	#85January 1970	5	December 1969 – January 1970	0.8	0.8
Funky ManApple Music	#87October 1970	4	September 1970 – October 1970	0.6	0.6
Steppin' OutApple Music	#89February 1982	2	February 1982 – February 1982	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1985 in music →

Kool & The Gang's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1985 to January 1986. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.