Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Quincy Jones

Charting May 16, 1970 → Jun 15, 1996 · 136 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 136 wk, UK Singles Chart 42 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 136 wk UK Singles Chart · 42 wk Global Music Power · 145 wk

Peak Power: 1.01%; week of Apr 17, 1982
Career Power: 82; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 38; May 1981 – April 1982
Peak Five Years: 54; May 1977 – May 1982
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 136; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.77%; week of Sep 2, 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

12 records · 82 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Just Oncefeat. James IngramApple Music	#17November 1981	23	August 1981 – January 1982	16.4	23.2
Stuff Like ThatApple Music	#21September 1978	16	June 1978 – September 1978	14.1	14.0
One Hundred Waysfeat. James IngramApple Music	#14April 1982	21	December 1981 – May 1982	14.1	20.2
I'll Be Good To Youfeat. Ray Charles, Chaka KhanApple Music	#18January 1990	16	November 1989 – March 1990	11.3	15.8
Ai No Corrida (I-No-Ko-ree-da)Apple Music	#28May 1981	12	April 1981 – June 1981	8.9	8.8
The Secret GardenApple Music	#31April 1990	13	March 1990 – June 1990	7.9	7.9
Money RunnerApple Music	#57April 1972	8	March 1972 – April 1972	2.9	2.9
Roots" Medley	#57April 1977	7	March 1977 – April 1977	2.4	2.4
Is It Love That We're Missinfeat. The Brothers JohnsonApple Music	#70November 1975	10	October 1975 – December 1975	1.8	2.6
Slow Jamsfeat. Babyface, Tamia, PortraitApple Music	#68April 1996	9	April 1996 – June 1996	1.4	1.9
Killer JoeApple Music	#74May 1970	3	May 1970 – May 1970	0.8	0.8
Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)with Tevin CampbellApple Music	#75June 1990	5	May 1990 – June 1990	0.5	1.1

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At their peak

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Quincy Jones's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1981 to April 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.