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Charting Jun 23, 1979May 7, 1994 · 49 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 49 wk (7 crowns), UK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    7 crowns

    Longest reign 7 weeks (Sep–Oct 1979) · First crown Sep 1979

  • Global Music Power

    1 crown

    19792009

    First crown Sep 1979

Peak Power
3.15%
week of Nov 3, 1979
Career Power
75
share-weeks
Crowns
7
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
73
May 1979 – May 1980
Peak Five Years
75
December 1976 – November 1981
Top-five weeks
13
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
49
weeks with chart power
Dominance
4.42%
week of Sep 29, 1979
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

6 records · 75 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
My Sharona#12247.6
Good Girls Don't#111619.3
Baby Talks Dirty#3884.6
Can't Put A Price On Love#6261.8
Pay The Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)#6751.4
My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")#9140.6

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At their peak

1979 in music

The Knack's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1979 to May 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer160
  2. 2Michael Jackson104
  3. 3Kenny Rogers99
  4. 4Eagles85
  5. 5Commodores84
  6. 6Dr. Hook84
  7. 7The Knack73
  8. 8Rupert Holmes71
  9. 9Supertramp69
  10. 10Blondie67

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.