Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Guess Who

Charting May 8, 1965 → Feb 1, 1975 · 204 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 204 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 14 wk

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Image credits

Photo: RCA Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19651975
Longest reign 2 weeks (May 1970) · First crown May 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 204 wk UK Singles Chart · 14 wk Global Music Power · 207 wk

Peak Power: 2.69%; week of Jun 6, 1970
Career Power: 240; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 92; June 1969 – June 1970
Peak Five Years: 187; April 1969 – April 1974
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 204; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of May 9, 1970
Comebacks: 1; Sep 1974

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

19 records · 240 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
American Woman/No Sugar TonightApple Music	#1May 1970	15	March 1970 – June 1970	36.9	36.9
These EyesApple Music	#6May 1969	14	April 1969 – July 1969	26.0	25.8
Clap For The WolfmanApple Music	#6October 1974	16	July 1974 – November 1974	24.9	24.8
No TimeApple Music	#5February 1970	14	December 1969 – March 1970	23.6	23.6
LaughingApple Music	#10August 1969	11	July 1969 – September 1969	18.1	18.0
Share The LandApple Music	#10December 1970	10	October 1970 – December 1970	16.3	16.1
Hand Me Down WorldApple Music	#17September 1970	11	July 1970 – September 1970	13.9	13.8
Rain DanceApple Music	#19October 1971	12	August 1971 – October 1971	13.7	13.7
Shakin' All OverApple Music	#22July 1965	11	May 1965 – July 1965	11.9	11.6
Albert Flasher/BrokenApple Music	#29June 1971	13	April 1971 – July 1971	10.6	10.5
Star BabyApple Music	#39April 1974	19	February 1974 – June 1974	9.8	9.7
UndunApple Music	#22November 1969	10	October 1969 – December 1969	9.7	9.6
Dancin' FoolApple Music	#28January 1975	11	November 1974 – February 1975	8.6	8.6
Sour SuiteApple Music	#50January 1972	9	November 1971 – January 1972	4.4	4.4
Hang On To Your LifeApple Music	#43February 1971	7	January 1971 – March 1971	3.9	3.9
Heartbroken BopperApple Music	#47April 1972	7	March 1972 – April 1972	3.5	3.5
Follow Your Daughter HomeApple Music	#61March 1973	7	February 1973 – March 1973	2.3	2.3
Guns, Guns, GunsApple Music	#70June 1972	6	May 1972 – June 1972	1.5	1.5
Runnin' Back To SaskatoonApple Music	#96October 1972	3	October 1972 – October 1972	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1969 in music →

The Guess Who's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1969 to June 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.