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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Mercy

Charting Apr 12, 1969Jul 26, 1969 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 16 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19691969

    Longest reign 2 weeks (May–Jun 1969) · First crown May 1969

Peak Power
1.96%
week of Jun 28, 1969
Career Power
30
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
30
August 1968 – July 1969
Peak Five Years
30
August 1964 – July 1969
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.41%
week of May 31, 1969
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 · 30 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
Love (Can Make You Happy)#21329.3
Forever#7950.9

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At their peak

1968 in music

Mercy's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1968 to July 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles102
  2. 2Marvin Gaye95
  3. 3The 5th Dimension86
  4. 4Creedence Clearwater Revival85
  5. 5Tommy James And The Shondells83
  6. 6The Temptations82
  7. 7Diana Ross & The Supremes81
  8. 8Steppenwolf80
  9. 9Glen Campbell79
  10. 10Aretha Franklin71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.