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Leon Russell portraitLeon Russell

Charting Aug 26, 1972Jan 31, 1976 · 43 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 43 wk

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Peak Power
1.24%
week of Nov 8, 1975
Career Power
40
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
22
February 1975 – January 1976
Peak Five Years
40
February 1971 – January 1976
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
43
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.49%
week of Oct 28, 1972
Comebacks
1
Nov 1975

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

5 records · 40 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
Lady Blue#141920.1
Tight Rope#111216.6
Back To The Island#5352.3
If I Were A Carpenter...#7351.1
Queen Of The Roller Derby#8920.3

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At their peak

1975 in music

Leon Russell's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1975 to January 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1John Denver99
  2. 2Eagles94
  3. 3Olivia Newton-John83
  4. 4Freddy Fender83
  5. 5Barry Manilow81
  6. 6Earth, Wind & Fire79
  7. 7Linda Ronstadt78
  8. 8Frankie Valli68
  9. 9America68
  10. 10Glen Campbell67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.