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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Patrick Hernandez

Charting Jun 23, 1979Oct 27, 1979 · 19 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 19 wk, UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Peak Power
1.34%
week of Oct 13, 1979
Career Power
22
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
22
November 1978 – October 1979
Peak Five Years
22
November 1974 – October 1979
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
19
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.11%
week of Oct 13, 1979
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 · 22 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
Born To Be Alive#161921.7

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At their peak

1978 in music

Patrick Hernandez's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1978 to October 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer149
  2. 2Chic126
  3. 3Bee Gees110
  4. 4Village People89
  5. 5Peaches & Herb77
  6. 6Earth, Wind & Fire75
  7. 7Dr. Hook72
  8. 8Kenny Rogers68
  9. 9The Doobie Brothers67
  10. 10Little River Band66

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.