Eras
Who was the most powerful artist in a year, who dominated a decade, who held #1 the longest. Every figure is a defined metric summed or maximised over a date range of stored weekly rows — nothing is weighted by opinion.
Strongest five-year period
1,071
Peak Five Years · best rolling 260-week Power Share total
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- The Beatles3 periods
- TLC3 periods
- Elton John2 periods
- Madonna2 periods
- Janet Jackson2 periods
- Usher2 periods
- Destiny's Child2 periods
- Katy Perry2 periods
- The Weeknd2 periods
- Morgan Wallen2 periods
- The Everly Brothers1 period
- Frankie Avalon1 period
- Connie Francis1 period
- Chubby Checker1 period
- Brenda Lee1 period
- The Beach Boys1 period
- The Monkees1 period
- Aretha Franklin1 period
- Creedence Clearwater Revival1 period
- Jackson 51 period
- Carpenters1 period
- Al Green1 period
- Eagles1 period
- Captain & Tennille1 period
- Fleetwood Mac1 period
- Andy Gibb1 period
- Donna Summer1 period
- Queen1 period
- Daryl Hall John Oates1 period
- John Cougar1 period
- Michael Jackson1 period
- Cyndi Lauper1 period
- George Michael1 period
- New Kids On The Block1 period
- Mariah Carey1 period
- SWV1 period
- Ace Of Base1 period
- Celine Dion1 period
- Spice Girls1 period
- Ashanti1 period
- 50 Cent1 period
- Kelly Clarkson1 period
- Chris Brown1 period
- Fergie1 period
- Rihanna1 period
- Lady Gaga1 period
- Ke$ha1 period
- Flo Rida1 period
- Bruno Mars1 period
- twenty one pilots1 period
- Ed Sheeran1 period
- Drake1 period
- Post Malone1 period
- Olivia Rodrigo1 period
- Harry Styles1 period
- Sabrina Carpenter1 period
- Ella Langley1 period
Leaders in 1971
Jan 2, 1971 → Dec 25, 1971 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Carpenters98
- 2Three Dog Night91
- 3Aretha Franklin83
- 4The Osmonds80
- 5Marvin Gaye75
- 6Jackson 569
- 7Bee Gees67
- 8Bread63
- 9Chicago63
- 10The Honey Cone62
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carpenters | 98 | 1.88% | 3.42% | 2.65% | 0 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Three Dog Night | 91 | 1.75% | 3.52% | 2.66% | 6 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Aretha Franklin | 83 | 1.60% | 3.41% | 2.28% | 0 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | The Osmonds | 80 | 1.53% | 3.52% | 2.19% | 5 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Marvin Gaye | 75 | 1.44% | 3.40% | 2.07% | 0 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Jackson 5 | 69 | 1.32% | 3.40% | 2.77% | 0 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Bee Gees | 67 | 1.28% | 3.52% | 2.34% | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 8 | Bread | 63 | 1.21% | 3.29% | 1.90% | 0 | 5 | 41 |
| 9 | Chicago | 63 | 1.20% | 2.88% | 1.99% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 10 | The Honey Cone | 62 | 1.19% | 3.52% | 2.14% | 1 | 6 | 34 |
| 11 | Carole King | 59 | 1.13% | 3.54% | 2.38% | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 12 | Dawn | 57 | 1.10% | 3.54% | 2.93% | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 13 | James Brown | 57 | 1.10% | 2.17% | 1.61% | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 14 | The 5th Dimension | 57 | 1.09% | 3.42% | 2.40% | 0 | 5 | 37 |
| 15 | The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones | 56 | 1.08% | 2.16% | 1.73% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 16 | The Grass Roots | 55 | 1.05% | 2.67% | 1.55% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 17 | The Raiders | 53 | 1.02% | 3.52% | 2.38% | 1 | 7 | 32 |
| 18 | Cat Stevens | 53 | 1.02% | 2.87% | 1.81% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 19 | George Harrison | 51 | 0.99% | 3.54% | 2.38% | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 20 | Tom Jones | 51 | 0.97% | 3.40% | 2.23% | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| 21 | Jerry Reed | 50 | 0.97% | 2.77% | 1.76% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 22 | The Temptations | 50 | 0.97% | 3.52% | 2.27% | 2 | 7 | 29 |
| 23 | Rod Stewart | 48 | 0.93% | 3.52% | 2.54% | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 24 | Santana | 47 | 0.90% | 3.19% | 2.00% | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 25 | James Taylor | 46 | 0.89% | 3.52% | 2.19% | 1 | 7 | 30 |
| 26 | Donny Osmond | 46 | 0.88% | 3.53% | 2.20% | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 27 | Neil Diamond | 42 | 0.81% | 3.17% | 2.51% | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 28 | Isaac Hayes | 42 | 0.81% | 3.53% | 2.20% | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 29 | John Denver | 41 | 0.80% | 3.40% | 2.15% | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| 30 | Stevie Wonder | 41 | 0.78% | 2.76% | 1.67% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 31 | The Chi-lites | 39 | 0.75% | 3.28% | 2.00% | 0 | 5 | 31 |
| 32 | Janis Joplin | 39 | 0.74% | 3.52% | 2.08% | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 33 | David Cassidy | 38 | 0.74% | 2.82% | 1.41% | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 34 | The Rolling Stones | 38 | 0.74% | 3.52% | 2.28% | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 35 | Jean Knight | 38 | 0.73% | 3.40% | 2.19% | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 36 | Rare Earth | 38 | 0.72% | 2.87% | 1.52% | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 37 | Five Man Electrical Band | 37 | 0.71% | 3.29% | 1.76% | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| 38 | Gladys Knight And The Pips | 37 | 0.71% | 2.67% | 1.53% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 39 | Joan Baez | 37 | 0.71% | 3.28% | 2.03% | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 40 | Tommy James | 36 | 0.70% | 3.17% | 1.77% | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| 41 | The Doors | 36 | 0.70% | 2.49% | 1.45% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 42 | Al Green | 36 | 0.69% | 2.49% | 1.69% | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 43 | Bill Withers | 36 | 0.69% | 3.28% | 1.93% | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 44 | Cher | 36 | 0.69% | 3.52% | 2.18% | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 45 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 35 | 0.68% | 2.96% | 1.53% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 46 | King Floyd | 35 | 0.67% | 2.97% | 1.92% | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 47 | Lee Michaels | 35 | 0.66% | 2.96% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 48 | Wilson Pickett | 34 | 0.65% | 2.33% | 1.47% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 49 | Lynn Anderson | 34 | 0.65% | 3.29% | 1.99% | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| 50 | The Undisputed Truth | 33 | 0.64% | 3.29% | 1.99% | 0 | 3 | 20 |