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 1975
Jan 4, 1975 → Dec 27, 1975 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Eagles97
- 2John Denver93
- 3Linda Ronstadt84
- 4Freddy Fender83
- 5Olivia Newton-John79
- 6Barry Manilow79
- 7Elton John73
- 8Frankie Valli72
- 9Neil Sedaka70
- 10America70
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eagles | 97 | 1.87% | 3.52% | 2.62% | 3 | 16 | 45 |
| 2 | John Denver | 93 | 1.80% | 3.52% | 2.62% | 2 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Linda Ronstadt | 84 | 1.61% | 3.52% | 2.25% | 3 | 7 | 48 |
| 4 | Freddy Fender | 83 | 1.60% | 3.52% | 2.29% | 1 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Olivia Newton-John | 79 | 1.52% | 3.52% | 2.25% | 1 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Barry Manilow | 79 | 1.52% | 3.52% | 1.91% | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Elton John | 73 | 1.40% | 3.54% | 2.58% | 5 | 10 | 34 |
| 8 | Frankie Valli | 72 | 1.38% | 3.52% | 2.12% | 1 | 4 | 42 |
| 9 | Neil Sedaka | 70 | 1.34% | 3.54% | 2.17% | 4 | 8 | 45 |
| 10 | America | 70 | 1.34% | 3.52% | 2.26% | 1 | 5 | 46 |
| 11 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 67 | 1.29% | 3.52% | 2.09% | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| 12 | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 65 | 1.25% | 3.52% | 2.27% | 3 | 5 | 46 |
| 13 | AWB | 63 | 1.20% | 3.52% | 2.04% | 1 | 4 | 41 |
| 14 | Bee Gees | 59 | 1.13% | 3.52% | 2.11% | 2 | 6 | 30 |
| 15 | Carpenters | 56 | 1.09% | 3.53% | 1.98% | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| 16 | Glen Campbell | 56 | 1.08% | 3.52% | 2.49% | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| 17 | War | 56 | 1.08% | 2.96% | 2.02% | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| 18 | The Doobie Brothers | 54 | 1.03% | 3.52% | 2.16% | 1 | 6 | 35 |
| 19 | Ohio Players | 52 | 1.01% | 3.52% | 1.97% | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| 20 | KC And The Sunshine Band | 52 | 0.99% | 3.53% | 2.44% | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 21 | Grand Funk | 50 | 0.97% | 3.28% | 2.02% | 0 | 5 | 25 |
| 22 | David Bowie | 50 | 0.96% | 3.52% | 2.15% | 2 | 5 | 42 |
| 23 | Sweet | 49 | 0.94% | 3.07% | 2.04% | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| 24 | Helen Reddy | 47 | 0.90% | 2.96% | 2.30% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 25 | The Elton John Band | 45 | 0.87% | 3.52% | 2.21% | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| 26 | Wings | 45 | 0.87% | 3.52% | 1.92% | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 27 | Gladys Knight And The Pips | 44 | 0.85% | 2.49% | 1.61% | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 28 | Michael Murphey | 43 | 0.82% | 3.28% | 1.83% | 0 | 4 | 32 |
| 29 | B.T. Express | 42 | 0.80% | 3.17% | 2.25% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 30 | The Isley Brothers | 41 | 0.80% | 3.17% | 1.91% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 31 | Ringo Starr | 41 | 0.79% | 3.29% | 2.13% | 0 | 3 | 26 |
| 32 | Morris Albert | 41 | 0.78% | 2.97% | 2.08% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 33 | Bad Company | 40 | 0.76% | 2.58% | 1.64% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 34 | The Spinners | 38 | 0.73% | 3.08% | 1.91% | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 35 | B.J. Thomas | 38 | 0.72% | 3.52% | 2.12% | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 36 | Chicago | 37 | 0.72% | 3.06% | 1.94% | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| 37 | Labelle | 37 | 0.71% | 3.52% | 2.07% | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 38 | Minnie Riperton | 36 | 0.70% | 3.52% | 2.17% | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 39 | Hot Chocolate | 36 | 0.69% | 2.76% | 1.42% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 40 | Melissa Manchester | 35 | 0.68% | 2.96% | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 41 | Tavares | 35 | 0.68% | 2.59% | 1.55% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 42 | Barry White | 35 | 0.67% | 3.40% | 2.30% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 43 | Janis Ian | 33 | 0.63% | 3.29% | 1.96% | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 44 | Jefferson Starship | 33 | 0.63% | 3.30% | 1.94% | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 45 | Jessi Colter | 33 | 0.63% | 3.17% | 1.81% | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 46 | Major Harris | 33 | 0.63% | 3.06% | 1.96% | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| 47 | Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony | 33 | 0.63% | 3.52% | 2.08% | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 48 | The 4 Seasons | 32 | 0.62% | 3.30% | 1.97% | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 49 | Al Green | 32 | 0.61% | 2.32% | 1.60% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 50 | 10cc | 32 | 0.61% | 3.40% | 1.97% | 0 | 4 | 22 |