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The Elton John Band portraitThe Elton John Band

Charting Mar 8, 1975Jul 26, 1975 · 21 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 21 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 13 wk

Part of the extended career Elton John (extended) × 1 — this page stays artist-only.

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr 1975) · First crown Apr 1975

  • Global Music Power

    3 crowns

    19751981

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar–Apr 1975) · First crown Mar 1975

Peak Power
2.21%
week of Jun 14, 1975
Career Power
45
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
45
August 1974 – July 1975
Peak Five Years
45
August 1970 – July 1975
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
21
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.52%
week of Apr 19, 1975
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

1 song · 45 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
Philadelphia Freedom#12145.2

At their peak

1974 in music

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

  1. 1John Denver84
  2. 2America81
  3. 3Olivia Newton-John75
  4. 4Barry White75
  5. 5Elton John72
  6. 6Tony Orlando & Dawn71
  7. 7Stevie Wonder71
  8. 8Bachman-Turner Overdrive69
  9. 9Chicago67
  10. 10Grand Funk Railroad66

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.