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Robert John portraitRobert John

Charting Apr 13, 1968Mar 5, 1983 · 96 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 96 wk, UK Singles Chart 13 wk

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Peak Power
2.43%
week of Oct 27, 1979
Career Power
106
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
54
February 1979 – February 1980
Peak Five Years
65
March 1978 – March 1983
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
96
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.55%
week of Oct 6, 1979
Comebacks
1
Aug 1979, after 7 quiet years

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

9 records · 106 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
Sad Eyes#12747.9
The Lion Sleeps Tonight#31734.5
Hey There Lonely Girl#31138.0
Lonely Eyes#41116.3
If You Don't Want My Love#49125.5
When The Party Is Over#7151.3
Sherry#7051.3
Bread And Butter#6841.2
Hushabye#9920.2

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At their peak

1979 in music

Robert John's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1979 to February 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer157
  2. 2Kenny Rogers97
  3. 3Chic83
  4. 4Little River Band82
  5. 5Commodores80
  6. 6Supertramp75
  7. 7Styx73
  8. 8Peaches & Herb72
  9. 9Michael Jackson71
  10. 10Bee Gees69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.