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Kraftwerk portraitKraftwerk

Charting Mar 15, 1975Jul 22, 1978 · 17 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 17 wk, UK Singles Chart 85 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    1 crown

    19752007

    First crown Feb 1982

Peak Power
0.69%
week of May 17, 1975
Career Power
10
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
9
May 1974 – May 1975
Peak Five Years
10
August 1973 – July 1978
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
17
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.53%
week of May 3, 1975
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

2 records · 10 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Autobahn#25109.0
Trans-europe Express#6771.5

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At their peak

1974 in music

Kraftwerk's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1974 to May 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1John Denver84
  2. 2Elton John83
  3. 3Olivia Newton-John83
  4. 4Stevie Wonder81
  5. 5Barry White70
  6. 6Helen Reddy68
  7. 7Bachman-Turner Overdrive68
  8. 8Chicago67
  9. 9Grand Funk Railroad65
  10. 10B.T. Express62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.