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Kris Kristofferson portraitKris Kristofferson

Charting Aug 21, 1971Jun 25, 1977 · 77 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 77 wk

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Peak Power
1.54%
week of Nov 24, 1973
Career Power
56
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
39
April 1973 – March 1974
Peak Five Years
54
May 1969 – April 1974
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
77
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.11%
week of Nov 10, 1973
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

7 records · 56 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
Why Me#163837.8
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)#261311.5
Watch Closely Now#5262.6
Josie#6382.2
A Song I'd Like To Singwith Rita Coolidge#49101.4
Jesus Was A Capricorn#9130.5
Loving Armswith Rita Coolidge#8650.4

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At their peak

1973 in music

Kris Kristofferson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1973 to March 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Gladys Knight And The Pips117
  2. 2Jim Croce104
  3. 3Elton John98
  4. 4Stevie Wonder91
  5. 5Carpenters89
  6. 6Helen Reddy83
  7. 7Charlie Rich77
  8. 8Billy Preston75
  9. 9Barry White74
  10. 10Eddie Kendricks72

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.