Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Steve Miller Band

Charting Nov 23, 1968 → Aug 28, 1993 · 153 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 153 wk, UK Singles Chart 39 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: ceedub13, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1990) · First crown Sep 1990
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19681993
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul 1982) · First crown Jul 1982

Billboard Hot 100 · 153 wk UK Singles Chart · 39 wk Global Music Power · 178 wk

Peak Power: 2.85%; week of Oct 23, 1982
Career Power: 189; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 73; November 1981 – October 1982
Peak Five Years: 104; February 1973 – January 1978
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 153; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Sep 25, 1982
Comebacks: 2; Jun 1977 · Jul 1982

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 · 189 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
AbracadabraApple Music	#1September 1982	25	May 1982 – November 1982	57.6	57.0
The JokerApple Music	#1January 1974	20	October 1973 – March 1974	40.4	40.1
Jet AirlinerApple Music	#8July 1977	18	April 1977 – August 1977	28.4	28.4
SwingtownApple Music	#17December 1977	15	October 1977 – January 1978	16.5	16.5
Heart Like A WheelApple Music	#24December 1981	14	October 1981 – January 1982	13.3	13.2
Jungle LoveApple Music	#23October 1977	14	August 1977 – November 1977	12.7	13.0
Living In The U.s.a.Apple Music	#49June 1974	9	November 1968 – June 1974	3.3	3.3
Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But TrashApple Music	#51April 1974	7	March 1974 – April 1974	3.0	3.0
Give It UpApple Music	#60January 1983	9	December 1982 – February 1983	2.8	2.7
Shangri-LaApple Music	#57October 1984	6	October 1984 – November 1984	2.4	2.4
Wide RiverApple Music	#64August 1993	8	July 1993 – August 1993	2.3	2.3
Circle Of LoveApple Music	#55February 1982	7	January 1982 – March 1982	2.3	2.3
Cool MagicApple Music	#57November 1982	8	October 1982 – December 1982	2.2	2.5
Going To The CountryApple Music	#69September 1970	6	August 1970 – September 1970	1.5	1.5
I Want To Make The World Turn AroundApple Music	#97November 1986	3	November 1986 – November 1986	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1981 in music →

The Steve Miller Band's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1981 to October 1982. 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.