Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The New Birth
Charting Oct 9, 1971 → Oct 26, 1974 · 43 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 43 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.58%
- week of Jun 9, 1973
- Career Power
- 20
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 11
- March 1973 – March 1974
- Peak Five Years
- 20
- November 1969 – October 1974
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 43
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.08%
- week of May 26, 1973
- 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
6 records · 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Can Understand ItApple Music | #35 | 13 | 8.8 | ||
| It's ImpossibleApple Music | #52 | 9 | 4.2 | ||
| Wildflower | #45 | 9 | 4.1 | ||
| It's Been A Long TimeApple Music | #66 | 6 | 1.7 | ||
| I Wash My Hands Of The Whole Damn Deal, Part I | #88 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Until It's Time For You To GoApple Music | #97 | 3 | 0.4 |
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At their peak
1973 in music →The New Birth's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1973 to March 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Gladys Knight And The Pips118
- 2Jim Croce103
- 3Elton John95
- 4Stevie Wonder92
- 5Carpenters92
- 6Helen Reddy84
- 7Billy Preston75
- 8Charlie Rich74
- 9Barry White73
- 10Marvin Gaye71
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.