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Waylon Jennings portraitWaylon Jennings

Charting Sep 6, 1969 → May 29, 1982 · 97 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 97 wk

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Peak Power
1.06%
week of Jan 3, 1981
Career Power
49
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
19
February 1980 – February 1981
Peak Five Years
43
February 1976 – January 1981
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
97
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.81%
week of Dec 13, 1980
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

11 records · 49 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
Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)#212319.4
Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)#251613.2
Good Hearted Womanwith Willie#25125.5
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way#6093.1
Amanda#5472.5
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboyswith Willie#42102.3
Just To Satisfy Youwith Willie#5291.6
I'm A Ramblin' Man#7571.3
MacArthur Parkwith The Kimberlys#9320.2
The Taker#9410.1
Can't You See#9710.1

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Waylon Jennings's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to February 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Air Supply123
  2. 2Queen107
  3. 3Diana Ross106
  4. 4Christopher Cross100
  5. 5Blondie95
  6. 6Kenny Rogers92
  7. 7Billy Joel91
  8. 8Bob Seger80
  9. 9Boz Scaggs73
  10. 10Olivia Newton-John72

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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