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Prelude

Charting Oct 5, 1974Jan 17, 1976 · 21 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 21 wk, UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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Peak Power
0.74%
week of Dec 14, 1974
Career Power
13
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
11
January 1974 – December 1974
Peak Five Years
13
January 1971 – January 1976
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
21
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.70%
week of Nov 30, 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

2 records · 13 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
After The Goldrush#221310.7
For A Dancer#6381.9

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At their peak

1974 in music

Prelude's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1974 to December 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elton John112
  2. 2Gladys Knight And The Pips94
  3. 3John Denver90
  4. 4Wings85
  5. 5Olivia Newton-John83
  6. 6Stevie Wonder83
  7. 7Helen Reddy77
  8. 8Jim Stafford75
  9. 9Chicago67
  10. 10Bachman-Turner Overdrive66

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.