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Village People portraitVillage People

Charting Jun 24, 1978Dec 29, 1979 · 64 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 64 wk, UK Singles Chart 75 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan 1979) · First crown Jan 1979

  • Global Music Power

    3 crowns

    19772000

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Jan–Feb 1979) · First crown Jan 1979

Peak Power
2.76%
week of Jun 2, 1979
Career Power
104
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
99
July 1978 – July 1979
Peak Five Years
104
January 1975 – December 1979
Top-five weeks
9
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
64
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.46%
week of May 26, 1979
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

5 records · 104 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
Y.M.C.A.#22654.1
In The Navy#31831.7
Macho Man#251511.3
Go West#4593.3
Ready For The 80's#5293.2

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At their peak

1978 in music

Village People's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1978 to July 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Donna Summer127
  2. 2Olivia Newton-John111
  3. 3Bee Gees107
  4. 4Village People99
  5. 5Chic87
  6. 6Foreigner82
  7. 7Billy Joel81
  8. 8Andy Gibb79
  9. 9Anne Murray74
  10. 10Peaches & Herb73

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.