Artists · Global Music Power
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Charting Nov 1, 1969 → Oct 20, 1973 · 35 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 35 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.31%
- week of Jan 17, 1970
- Career Power
- 9
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 5
- March 1969 – February 1970
- Peak Five Years
- 9
- November 1968 – October 1973
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 35
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.61%
- week of Jan 3, 1970
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
5 records · 9 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okie From MuskogeeApple Music | #41 | 14 | 4.9 | ||
| CarolynApple Music | #58 | 7 | 2.0 | ||
| Everybody's Had The BluesApple Music | #62 | 8 | 1.6 | ||
| Soldier's Last LetterApple Music | #90 | 3 | 0.3 | ||
| The Fightin' Side Of MeApple Music | #92 | 3 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
Merle Haggard And The Strangers's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from March 1969 to February 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Creedence Clearwater Revival120
- 2Elvis Presley96
- 3The 5th Dimension83
- 4The Beatles83
- 5The Temptations80
- 6The Archies68
- 7Three Dog Night66
- 8Stevie Wonder66
- 9Blood, Sweat & Tears65
- 10Marvin Gaye65
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.