Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Rufus

Charting Jun 6, 1964 → Jan 2, 1982 · 131 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 131 wk, UK Singles Chart 27 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 131 wk UK Singles Chart · 27 wk Global Music Power · 158 wk

Peak Power: 1.33%; week of Sep 14, 1974
Career Power: 94; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 50; July 1974 – June 1975
Peak Five Years: 89; June 1973 – June 1978
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 131; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.31%; week of Sep 7, 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

13 records · 94 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
Sweet Thingfeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#5April 1976	21	January 1976 – May 1976	21.6	30.9
Tell Me Something Goodfeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#3August 1974	17	June 1974 – October 1974	20.9	29.7
You Got The Lovefeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#11December 1974	16	October 1974 – January 1975	15.7	22.3
Once You Get Startedfeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#10April 1975	13	February 1975 – May 1975	12.1	17.2
At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)feat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#30April 1977	12	February 1977 – April 1977	6.9	9.8
Do You Love What You Feelwith Chaka KhanApple Music	#30February 1980	15	November 1979 – March 1980	4.6	9.1
Hollywoodfeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#32June 1977	8	May 1977 – June 1977	4.0	5.7
Staywith Chaka KhanApple Music	#38June 1978	11	April 1978 – June 1978	3.2	6.3
Dance Wit Mefeat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#39June 1976	8	May 1976 – June 1976	2.8	4.2
Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)feat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#48June 1975	6	May 1975 – July 1975	2.0	2.9
Sharing The Lovewith Chaka Khan	#91December 1981	5	December 1981 – January 1982	0.4	0.7
That's Really Some Goodwith CarlaApple Music	#92June 1964	2	June 1964 – June 1964	0.2	0.3
Night Time Is The Right Timewith Carla	#94June 1964	1	June 1964	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1974 in music →

Rufus's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1974 to June 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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