Artists · Billboard Hot 100

First Class

Charting Jul 20, 1974 → Jul 19, 1975 · 28 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 28 wk, UK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 28 wk UK Singles Chart · 10 wk Global Music Power · 34 wk

Peak Power: 1.60%; week of Oct 12, 1974
Career Power: 27; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 27; July 1974 – July 1975
Peak Five Years: 27; August 1970 – July 1975
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 28; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.18%; week of Oct 12, 1974
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

3 records · 27 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
Beach BabyApple Music	#4October 1974	17	July 1974 – November 1974	24.7	24.6
Funny How Love Can BeApple Music	#74June 1975	7	May 1975 – July 1975	1.2	1.2
Dreams Are Ten A PennyApple Music	#83December 1974	4	November 1974 – December 1974	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1974 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.