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Rupert Holmes portraitRupert Holmes

Charting Sep 2, 1978May 16, 1981 · 59 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 59 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    First crown Jan 1980

  • Global Music Power

    1 crown

    19781981

    First crown Jan 1980

Peak Power
2.71%
week of Apr 5, 1980
Career Power
83
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
78
July 1979 – July 1980
Peak Five Years
83
May 1976 – May 1981
Top-five weeks
9
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
59
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.58%
week of Dec 22, 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

6 records · 83 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
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)#12144.2
Him#61726.5
Answering Machine#32117.2
I Don't Need You#5672.3
Morning Man#6871.8
Let's Get Crazy Tonight#7261.4

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At their peak

1979 in music

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

  1. 1Michael Jackson124
  2. 2Donna Summer116
  3. 3Kenny Rogers91
  4. 4Eagles87
  5. 5Dr. Hook86
  6. 6Commodores86
  7. 7Blondie79
  8. 8Rupert Holmes78
  9. 9The Knack71
  10. 10Kool & The Gang65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.