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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Floaters

Charting Jul 9, 1977Oct 22, 1977 · 16 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 16 wk, UK Singles Chart 11 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Global Music Power

    2 crowns

    19771977

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug–Sep 1977) · First crown Aug 1977

Peak Power
1.79%
week of Oct 1, 1977
Career Power
27
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
27
October 1976 – October 1977
Peak Five Years
27
November 1972 – October 1977
Top-five weeks
2
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
16
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.43%
week of Sep 17, 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

1 song · 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Float On#21627.4

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At their peak

1976 in music

The Floaters's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1976 to October 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Leo Sayer100
  2. 2Fleetwood Mac90
  3. 3Eagles90
  4. 4Barbra Streisand83
  5. 5KC And The Sunshine Band81
  6. 6Stevie Wonder79
  7. 7ABBA72
  8. 8Commodores70
  9. 9Electric Light Orchestra69
  10. 10KISS69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.