Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Meters
Charting Feb 8, 1969 → Oct 8, 1977 · 49 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 49 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.79%
- week of Jun 7, 1969
- Career Power
- 24
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 19
- February 1969 – February 1970
- Peak Five Years
- 24
- August 1965 – July 1970
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 49
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.64%
- week of Jun 7, 1969
- 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 · 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cissy StrutApple Music | #23 | 11 | 9.2 | ||
| Sophisticated CissyApple Music | #34 | 8 | 5.4 | ||
| Chicken StrutApple Music | #50 | 8 | 3.5 | ||
| Look-Ka Py PyApple Music | #56 | 10 | 3.3 | ||
| Ease BackApple Music | #61 | 6 | 1.8 | ||
| Hand Clapping SongApple Music | #89 | 4 | 0.6 | ||
| Be My LadyApple Music | #78 | 2 | 0.5 |
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At their peak
1969 in music →The Meters's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1969 to February 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Creedence Clearwater Revival137
- 2The 5th Dimension103
- 3Three Dog Night96
- 4Elvis Presley95
- 5Tommy James And The Shondells94
- 6Blood, Sweat & Tears92
- 7The Temptations88
- 8The Beatles88
- 9James Brown79
- 10Sly & The Family Stone79
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.