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William Bell portraitWilliam Bell

Charting Apr 28, 1962May 28, 1977 · 39 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 39 wk, UK Singles Chart 25 wk

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Peak Power
1.32%
week of May 7, 1977
Career Power
26
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
19
June 1976 – May 1977
Peak Five Years
19
June 1972 – May 1977
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
39
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.58%
week of Apr 30, 1977
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

6 records · 26 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
Tryin' To Love Two#101519.1
I Forgot To Be Your Lover#4594.4
A Tribute To A King#8661.0
Private Numberwith Judy Clay#7560.8
Everybody Loves A Winner#9520.3
You Don't Miss Your Water#9510.1

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At their peak

1976 in music

William Bell's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1976 to May 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Bee Gees93
  2. 2Steve Miller91
  3. 3Captain & Tennille80
  4. 4Wings76
  5. 5KC And The Sunshine Band74
  6. 6Leo Sayer73
  7. 7Boz Scaggs70
  8. 8Fleetwood Mac70
  9. 9Eagles70
  10. 10ABBA69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.