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The James Brown Soul Train

Charting Jun 24, 1972Aug 12, 1972 · 8 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 8 wk

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Peak Power
0.37%
week of Aug 12, 1972
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
August 1971 – August 1972
Peak Five Years
5
August 1967 – August 1972
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
8
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.79%
week of Aug 5, 1972
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 · 5 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
Honky Tonk - Part 1#4484.8

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At their peak

1971 in music

The James Brown Soul Train's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1971 to August 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Al Green105
  2. 2Donny Osmond97
  3. 3Carpenters85
  4. 4Michael Jackson80
  5. 5Aretha Franklin77
  6. 6Three Dog Night77
  7. 7Bread74
  8. 8The Osmonds72
  9. 9The Chi-lites72
  10. 10Cher71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.