Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Chi-lites

Charting Mar 1, 1969 → Nov 22, 1975 · 152 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 152 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 92 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown May 1972
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19691983
Longest reign 2 weeks (May–Jun 1972) · First crown May 1972

Billboard Hot 100 · 152 wk UK Singles Chart · 92 wk Global Music Power · 224 wk

Peak Power: 2.26%; week of Jun 24, 1972
Career Power: 125; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; October 1971 – October 1972
Peak Five Years: 123; April 1970 – April 1975
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 152; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.53%; week of May 27, 1972
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

21 records · 125 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
Oh GirlApple Music	#1May 1972	15	April 1972 – July 1972	35.3	35.2
Have You Seen HerApple Music	#3December 1971	14	October 1971 – January 1972	33.8	33.7
Stoned Out Of My MindApple Music	#30September 1973	13	August 1973 – October 1973	10.5	10.5
(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The PeopleApple Music	#26May 1971	11	April 1971 – June 1971	10.2	10.2
A Letter To MyselfApple Music	#33April 1973	11	February 1973 – April 1973	8.5	8.5
The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)Apple Music	#47September 1972	9	July 1972 – September 1972	4.6	4.7
I Found SunshineApple Music	#47December 1973	10	November 1973 – January 1974	4.3	4.2
Homely GirlApple Music	#54March 1974	8	February 1974 – March 1974	3.3	3.3
We Need OrderApple Music	#61December 1972	6	December 1972 – January 1973	2.1	2.1
There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated At The Conference Table)Apple Music	#63July 1974	7	June 1974 – July 1974	2.0	1.9
A Lonely Man/The Man & The Woman (The Boy & The Girl)Apple Music	#57October 1972	5	September 1972 – October 1972	1.8	1.8
Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)Apple Music	#72January 1971	7	December 1970 – January 1971	1.7	1.7
I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)Apple Music	#72September 1970	6	August 1970 – September 1970	1.3	1.3
Toby/that's How LongApple Music	#78April 1975	7	March 1975 – April 1975	1.2	1.2
We Are NeighborsApple Music	#70August 1971	5	July 1971 – August 1971	1.2	1.2
Give It AwayApple Music	#88April 1969	6	March 1969 – April 1969	0.9	0.9
My Heart Just Keeps On Breakin	#92June 1973	4	June 1973 – June 1973	0.6	0.6
You Got To Be The OneApple Music	#83September 1974	3	August 1974 – September 1974	0.5	0.5
Let Me Be The Man My Daddy WasApple Music	#94August 1969	3	August 1969 – August 1969	0.4	0.4
It's Time For LoveApple Music	#94November 1975	3	November 1975 – November 1975	0.4	0.4
I Want To Pay You Back (For Loving Me)Apple Music	#95November 1971	3	November 1971 – December 1971	0.3	0.4

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At their peak

1971 in music →

The Chi-lites's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1971 to October 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.