Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The O'Jays

Charting Sep 14, 1963 → Dec 20, 1997 · 252 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 252 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 77 wk

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Image credits

Photo: RaymondBoyd51, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Mar 1973
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19631997
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jun–Jul 1978) · First crown Oct 1972

Billboard Hot 100 · 252 wk UK Singles Chart · 77 wk Global Music Power · 286 wk

Peak Power: 2.11%; week of Apr 7, 1973
Career Power: 235; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 68; July 1972 – July 1973
Peak Five Years: 173; February 1972 – February 1977
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 252; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Mar 24, 1973
Comebacks: 2; Dec 1975 · Jul 1978

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

29 records · 235 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 Love Music (Part 1)Apple Music	#5January 1976	17	November 1975 – February 1976	32.5	32.5
Use Ta Be My GirlApple Music	#4July 1978	19	April 1978 – September 1978	31.7	31.4
Love TrainApple Music	#1March 1973	14	January 1973 – April 1973	31.0	31.0
Back StabbersApple Music	#3October 1972	15	July 1972 – October 1972	29.0	29.0
Put Your Hands TogetherApple Music	#10March 1974	16	December 1973 – April 1974	22.9	22.7
For The Love Of MoneyApple Music	#9June 1974	16	April 1974 – July 1974	22.8	22.7
Livin' For The WeekendApple Music	#20April 1976	12	March 1976 – May 1976	12.0	12.0
Forever MineApple Music	#28February 1980	13	November 1979 – February 1980	10.2	10.0
Time To Get DownApple Music	#33July 1973	12	May 1973 – August 1973	6.3	6.3
Give The People What They WantApple Music	#45June 1975	9	May 1975 – June 1975	4.7	4.7
Message In Our MusicApple Music	#49October 1976	9	September 1976 – November 1976	4.1	4.1
Girl, Don't Let It Get You DownApple Music	#55October 1980	11	August 1980 – November 1980	3.8	3.7
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)Apple Music	#48June 1965	7	May 1965 – June 1965	3.3	3.2
992 ArgumentsApple Music	#57December 1972	8	November 1972 – December 1972	3.1	3.1
Sunshine Part II	#48January 1975	6	December 1974 – January 1975	2.7	2.7
I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)Apple Music	#66January 1968	9	November 1967 – January 1968	2.5	2.5
Deeper (In Love With You)Apple Music	#64May 1970	7	April 1970 – May 1970	2.4	2.4
What's Stopping YouApple Music	#73July 1997	11	July 1997 – September 1997	2.3	2.2
One Night AffairApple Music	#68September 1969	6	August 1969 – September 1969	1.7	1.7
Baby You KnowApple Music	#76December 1997	7	November 1997 – December 1997	1.4	1.4
Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love)Apple Music	#72February 1977	4	January 1977 – February 1977	0.9	0.9
Look Over Your ShoulderApple Music	#89July 1968	5	June 1968 – July 1968	0.8	0.8
Let Me Make Love To YouApple Music	#75August 1975	3	July 1975 – August 1975	0.7	0.7
BrandyApple Music	#79October 1978	3	September 1978 – October 1978	0.6	0.6
The ChoiceApple Music	#94October 1968	3	September 1968 – October 1968	0.4	0.4
Lonely DrifterApple Music	#93September 1963	3	September 1963 – October 1963	0.4	0.4
Stand In For LoveApple Music	#95November 1966	3	October 1966 – November 1966	0.4	0.4
I've Cried My Last Tear	#94August 1965	2	August 1965 – August 1965	0.3	0.3
Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)Apple Music	#98September 1970	2	September 1970 – September 1970	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1972 in music →

The O'Jays's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1972 to July 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.