Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Manhattan Transfer
Charting Sep 20, 1975 → Feb 16, 1985 · 74 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 74 wk, UK Singles Chart 72 wk (2 crowns)
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19751985Longest reign 2 weeks (Mar 1977) · First crown Mar 1977
- Peak Power
- 1.93%
- week of Sep 5, 1981
- Career Power
- 63
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 35
- October 1980 – October 1981
- Peak Five Years
- 52
- March 1980 – February 1985
- Top-five weeks
- 1
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 74
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.89%
- week of Aug 8, 1981
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boy From New York CityApple Music | #7 | 21 | 33.4 | ||
| OperatorApple Music | #22 | 12 | 11.1 | ||
| Twilight Zone/Twilight ToneApple Music | #30 | 12 | 8.5 | ||
| Spice Of LifeApple Music | #40 | 13 | 7.0 | ||
| Trickle TrickleApple Music | #73 | 8 | 1.7 | ||
| Route 66Apple Music | #78 | 5 | 0.9 | ||
| Baby Come Back To MeApple Music | #83 | 3 | 0.6 |
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At their peak
1980 in music →The Manhattan Transfer's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1980 to October 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1John Lennon116
- 2Daryl Hall and John Oates113
- 3Kenny Rogers108
- 4REO Speedwagon103
- 5Neil Diamond102
- 6Air Supply94
- 7Diana Ross92
- 8Eddie Rabbitt82
- 9Blondie82
- 10Juice Newton82
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.