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The Jimi Hendrix Experience portraitThe Jimi Hendrix Experience

Charting Aug 26, 1967Jan 18, 1969 · 29 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 29 wk, UK Singles Chart 52 wk (5 crowns)

Part of the extended career Jimi Hendrix (extended) × 1 — this page stays artist-only.

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    5 crowns

    19671971

    Longest reign 4 weeks (May–Jun 1967) · First crown May 1967

Peak Power
0.88%
week of Nov 16, 1968
Career Power
18
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
January 1968 – January 1969
Peak Five Years
18
February 1964 – January 1969
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
29
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.84%
week of Oct 19, 1968
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

4 records · 18 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
All Along The Watchtower#20911.9
Crosstown Traffic#5283.8
Purple Haze#6582.0
Up From The Skies#8240.7

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At their peak

1968 in music

The Jimi Hendrix Experience's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1968 to January 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Aretha Franklin125
  2. 2The Beatles104
  3. 3The Temptations79
  4. 4The Young Rascals75
  5. 5Dionne Warwick70
  6. 6Otis Redding68
  7. 7Marvin Gaye67
  8. 8Steppenwolf63
  9. 91910 Fruitgum Co.62
  10. 10Diana Ross & The Supremes62

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.