Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Wild Cherry
Charting Jun 19, 1976 → Apr 15, 1978 · 48 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 48 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 11 wk
Honours
Artist of the Week
Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19761978Longest reign 3 weeks (Sep–Oct 1976) · First crown Sep 1976
- Peak Power
- 2.43%
- week of Oct 30, 1976
- Career Power
- 55
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 3
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 52
- May 1976 – May 1977
- Peak Five Years
- 55
- April 1973 – April 1978
- Top-five weeks
- 6
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.54%
- week of Oct 2, 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 →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
5 records · 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play That Funky MusicApple Music | #1 | 25 | 47.6 | ||
| Baby Don't You Know | #43 | 7 | 3.9 | ||
| I Love My MusicApple Music | #69 | 8 | 1.9 | ||
| Hold OnApple Music | #61 | 6 | 1.7 | ||
| Hot To TrotApple Music | #95 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1976 in music →Wild Cherry's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1976 to May 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Daryl Hall and John Oates100
- 2Bee Gees93
- 3Steve Miller92
- 4Captain & Tennille82
- 5Wings79
- 6KC And The Sunshine Band70
- 7Leo Sayer69
- 8ABBA69
- 9Fleetwood Mac69
- 10Boz Scaggs69
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.