Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Staple Singers

Charting Jun 3, 1967 → Apr 3, 1976 · 130 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 130 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 19 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jun 1972) · First crown Jun 1972
Global Music Power
1 crown
19671984
First crown Dec 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 130 wk UK Singles Chart · 19 wk Global Music Power · 142 wk

Peak Power: 2.29%; week of Jul 1, 1972
Career Power: 153; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; September 1971 – September 1972
Peak Five Years: 150; February 1971 – January 1976
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 130; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Jun 3, 1972
Comebacks: 2; Dec 1973 · Dec 1975

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

15 records · 153 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'll Take You ThereApple Music	#1June 1972	15	April 1972 – July 1972	36.1	36.0
Let's Do It AgainApple Music	#1December 1975	15	October 1975 – January 1976	31.3	31.2
If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)Apple Music	#9December 1973	16	October 1973 – February 1974	24.4	24.1
Respect YourselfApple Music	#12December 1971	14	October 1971 – January 1972	20.2	20.1
Touch A Hand, Make A FriendApple Music	#23April 1974	13	February 1974 – May 1974	13.4	13.3
Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)Apple Music	#27April 1971	12	February 1971 – April 1971	9.1	9.1
Oh La De DaApple Music	#33April 1973	9	March 1973 – May 1973	6.2	6.2
This WorldApple Music	#38September 1972	7	August 1972 – September 1972	5.4	5.4
Be What You AreApple Music	#66June 1973	6	June 1973 – July 1973	1.9	1.9
New OrleansApple Music	#70March 1976	6	February 1976 – April 1976	1.5	1.5
City In The SkyApple Music	#79September 1974	7	August 1974 – September 1974	1.4	1.3
For What It's WorthApple Music	#66October 1967	4	September 1967 – October 1967	1.2	1.2
My Main ManApple Music	#76December 1974	3	December 1974 – December 1974	0.6	0.6
You've Got To Earn ItApple Music	#97August 1971	2	July 1971 – August 1971	0.2	0.2
Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)	#95June 1967	1	June 1967	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1971 in music →

The Staple Singers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1971 to September 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.