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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Real Thing portraitThe Real Thing

Charting Jul 17, 1976Sep 4, 1976 · 8 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 8 wk, UK Singles Chart 119 wk (3 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19762005

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Jun–Jul 1976) · First crown Jun 1976

Peak Power
0.16%
week of Aug 28, 1976
Career Power
2
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
2
September 1975 – September 1976
Peak Five Years
2
September 1971 – September 1976
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
8
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.40%
week of Aug 28, 1976
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

1 song · 2 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
You To Me Are Everything#6482.0

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At their peak

1975 in music

The Real Thing's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1975 to September 1976. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Captain & Tennille99
  2. 2Wings81
  3. 3Barry Manilow79
  4. 4Bee Gees78
  5. 5Gary Wright78
  6. 6The Four Seasons77
  7. 7Diana Ross77
  8. 8Silver Convention75
  9. 9Neil Sedaka70
  10. 10Ohio Players65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.