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Michael Johnson portraitMichael Johnson

Charting Apr 22, 1978Sep 6, 1980 · 51 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 51 wk

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Peak Power
1.38%
week of Jul 29, 1978
Career Power
50
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
30
November 1977 – October 1978
Peak Five Years
50
September 1975 – September 1980
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
51
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.42%
week of Jul 8, 1978
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

4 records · 50 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
Bluer Than Blue#121621.1
This Night Won't Last Forever#192019.1
Almost Like Being In Love#32129.0
You Can Call Me Blue#8630.5

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At their peak

1977 in music

Michael Johnson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1977 to October 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Bee Gees147
  2. 2Andy Gibb138
  3. 3Barry Manilow88
  4. 4Billy Joel83
  5. 5Linda Ronstadt81
  6. 6Player76
  7. 7Olivia Newton-John73
  8. 8Donna Summer72
  9. 9Heatwave71
  10. 10Commodores69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.