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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Kings

Charting Aug 23, 1980Jan 24, 1981 · 23 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 23 wk

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Peak Power
0.42%
week of Dec 13, 1980
Career Power
8
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
8
February 1980 – January 1981
Peak Five Years
8
February 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
23
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.84%
week of Dec 13, 1980
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 · 8 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
Switchin' To Glide/This Beat Goes On#43238.3

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At their peak

1980 in music

The Kings's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to January 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Air Supply115
  2. 2Queen113
  3. 3Christopher Cross100
  4. 4Kenny Rogers99
  5. 5Diana Ross98
  6. 6Billy Joel91
  7. 7Blondie84
  8. 8Bob Seger80
  9. 9The Spinners76
  10. 10Donna Summer73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1980s.