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Marvin Hamlisch portraitMarvin Hamlisch

Also credited as Marvin Hamlisch/"The Sting

Charting Mar 23, 1974Jul 6, 1974 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 16 wk, UK Singles Chart 13 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Global Music Power

    1 crown

    19741974

    First crown May 1974

Peak Power
1.94%
week of Jun 22, 1974
Career Power
32
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
32
July 1973 – July 1974
Peak Five Years
32
July 1969 – July 1974
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.30%
week of May 25, 1974
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

1 song · 32 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
The Entertainer#31631.7

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At their peak

1973 in music

Marvin Hamlisch's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1973 to July 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Gladys Knight And The Pips125
  2. 2Jim Croce108
  3. 3Elton John98
  4. 4Ringo Starr87
  5. 5Eddie Kendricks85
  6. 6Charlie Rich85
  7. 7Helen Reddy84
  8. 8Chicago84
  9. 9Carpenters79
  10. 10Marvin Gaye79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.