Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Emotions

Charting Dec 1, 1962 → Aug 25, 1979 · 106 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 106 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 28 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Aug–Sep 1977) · First crown Aug 1977
Global Music Power
4 crowns
19621979
Longest reign 4 weeks (Sep–Oct 1977) · First crown Sep 1977

Billboard Hot 100 · 106 wk UK Singles Chart · 28 wk Global Music Power · 107 wk

Peak Power: 2.65%; week of Oct 8, 1977
Career Power: 91; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 59; January 1977 – January 1978
Peak Five Years: 77; September 1974 – August 1979
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 106; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Sep 24, 1977
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

11 records · 91 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
Best Of My LoveApple Music	#1August 1977	23	June 1977 – November 1977	51.3	51.0
Boogie Wonderlandwith Earth, Wind & FireApple Music	#6July 1979	16	May 1979 – August 1979	14.8	29.2
Don't Ask My NeighborsApple Music	#44December 1977	13	October 1977 – January 1978	6.3	6.4
So I Can Love YouApple Music	#39July 1969	10	May 1969 – July 1969	5.5	5.5
Show Me HowApple Music	#52February 1972	14	November 1971 – February 1972	5.1	5.1
I Don't Wanna Lose Your LoveApple Music	#51December 1976	6	November 1976 – December 1976	2.4	2.4
I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love/FlowersApple Music	#74February 1977	6	January 1977 – February 1977	1.4	1.4
Echo	#76January 1963	6	December 1962 – January 1963	1.2	1.2
Put A Little Love AwayApple Music	#73April 1974	6	March 1974 – April 1974	1.2	1.2
I Could Never Be HappyApple Music	#93August 1972	5	July 1972 – August 1972	0.7	0.7
FlowersApple Music	#87October 1976	4	October 1976 – October 1976	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1977 in music →

The Emotions's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1977 to January 1978. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.