Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Teddy Pendergrass

Charting May 21, 1977 → May 24, 1997 · 112 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 112 wk, UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 112 wk UK Singles Chart · 26 wk Global Music Power · 131 wk

Peak Power: 0.79%; week of Sep 16, 1978
Career Power: 44; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 13; August 1980 – August 1981
Peak Five Years: 38; April 1977 – March 1982
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 112; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 1.54%; week of Sep 16, 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

10 records · 44 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
Close The DoorApple Music	#25September 1978	13	July 1978 – September 1978	11.1	11.0
Love T.K.O.Apple Music	#44January 1981	13	November 1980 – February 1981	6.7	6.5
I Don't Love You AnymoreApple Music	#41July 1977	14	May 1977 – August 1977	6.2	6.2
You're My Latest, My Greatest InspirationApple Music	#43February 1982	11	January 1982 – March 1982	5.4	5.3
Can't We TryApple Music	#52September 1980	12	August 1980 – November 1980	4.3	4.2
Hold Mewith Whitney HoustonApple Music	#46July 1984	18	June 1984 – October 1984	3.7	7.2
Turn Off The LightsApple Music	#48August 1979	6	July 1979 – August 1979	2.4	2.4
Two Heartsfeatured credit · with Stephanie MillsApple Music	#40July 1981	13	May 1981 – August 1981	2.0	6.7
JoyApple Music	#77July 1988	6	June 1988 – July 1988	1.1	1.1
Don't Keep Wasting My Time	#90April 1997	6	April 1997 – May 1997	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Teddy Pendergrass's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1980 to August 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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