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 1976
Jan 3, 1976 → Dec 25, 1976 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Captain & Tennille102
- 2Bee Gees94
- 3Gary Wright82
- 4Daryl Hall John Oates78
- 5Wings73
- 6Peter Frampton73
- 7Diana Ross72
- 8Barry Manilow64
- 9Bay City Rollers64
- 10Dr. Hook63
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain & Tennille | 102 | 1.96% | 3.29% | 2.63% | 0 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 | Bee Gees | 94 | 1.81% | 3.52% | 2.87% | 4 | 12 | 41 |
| 3 | Gary Wright | 82 | 1.57% | 3.41% | 2.59% | 0 | 9 | 42 |
| 4 | Daryl Hall John Oates | 78 | 1.50% | 3.18% | 2.26% | 0 | 3 | 48 |
| 5 | Wings | 73 | 1.41% | 3.83% | 3.01% | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 6 | Peter Frampton | 73 | 1.40% | 2.98% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 7 | Diana Ross | 72 | 1.38% | 3.53% | 2.43% | 3 | 10 | 40 |
| 8 | Barry Manilow | 64 | 1.24% | 3.52% | 2.64% | 1 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Bay City Rollers | 64 | 1.23% | 3.53% | 1.99% | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 10 | Dr. Hook | 63 | 1.20% | 2.97% | 1.81% | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11 | Queen | 62 | 1.19% | 2.68% | 1.80% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 62 | 1.19% | 3.42% | 2.36% | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| 13 | Eric Carmen | 60 | 1.16% | 3.40% | 2.04% | 0 | 5 | 42 |
| 14 | Fleetwood Mac | 60 | 1.15% | 2.50% | 1.93% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 15 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 56 | 1.08% | 3.06% | 1.98% | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| 16 | Commodores | 56 | 1.08% | 3.08% | 1.82% | 0 | 2 | 37 |
| 17 | The Sylvers | 55 | 1.06% | 3.54% | 2.13% | 1 | 6 | 38 |
| 18 | KC And The Sunshine Band | 55 | 1.06% | 3.53% | 2.50% | 1 | 5 | 36 |
| 19 | Steve Miller | 55 | 1.05% | 3.53% | 2.23% | 1 | 2 | 34 |
| 20 | Electric Light Orchestra | 54 | 1.03% | 2.58% | 1.61% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 21 | Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band | 53 | 1.01% | 3.53% | 2.56% | 1 | 7 | 28 |
| 22 | Ohio Players | 51 | 0.99% | 3.52% | 2.45% | 1 | 5 | 35 |
| 23 | KISS | 51 | 0.98% | 2.87% | 1.84% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 24 | Aerosmith | 50 | 0.96% | 2.96% | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 25 | Chicago | 49 | 0.94% | 3.54% | 2.39% | 2 | 5 | 27 |
| 26 | Elton John | 48 | 0.93% | 2.97% | 2.06% | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| 27 | Boz Scaggs | 48 | 0.93% | 3.30% | 2.21% | 0 | 5 | 36 |
| 28 | Silver Convention | 48 | 0.92% | 3.40% | 2.40% | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| 29 | The Manhattans | 48 | 0.92% | 3.54% | 2.26% | 2 | 4 | 34 |
| 30 | Wild Cherry | 48 | 0.92% | 3.54% | 2.43% | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 31 | ABBA | 46 | 0.88% | 2.33% | 1.43% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 32 | The 4 Seasons | 46 | 0.88% | 3.52% | 2.33% | 3 | 5 | 29 |
| 33 | Dorothy Moore | 44 | 0.85% | 3.29% | 2.27% | 0 | 6 | 29 |
| 34 | Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots | 44 | 0.85% | 3.54% | 2.39% | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 35 | Rhythm Heritage | 43 | 0.83% | 3.52% | 1.93% | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| 36 | Neil Sedaka | 43 | 0.83% | 2.77% | 1.97% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 37 | Maxine Nightingale | 43 | 0.82% | 3.42% | 2.12% | 0 | 6 | 28 |
| 38 | Johnnie Taylor | 42 | 0.80% | 3.53% | 2.12% | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 39 | The Brothers Johnson | 42 | 0.80% | 3.31% | 1.95% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 40 | The Spinners | 39 | 0.76% | 3.42% | 2.18% | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| 41 | Henry Gross | 39 | 0.75% | 2.97% | 1.95% | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 42 | The Miracles | 39 | 0.74% | 3.52% | 2.23% | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 43 | Lou Rawls | 38 | 0.73% | 3.41% | 2.16% | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 44 | Starland Vocal Band | 38 | 0.73% | 3.54% | 2.09% | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| 45 | Starbuck | 38 | 0.72% | 3.30% | 1.92% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 46 | Andrea True Connection | 38 | 0.72% | 3.19% | 1.99% | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 47 | Paul Simon | 37 | 0.71% | 3.52% | 2.05% | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| 48 | The Beach Boys | 37 | 0.70% | 3.08% | 1.84% | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 49 | Eagles | 36 | 0.70% | 3.17% | 2.23% | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 50 | Linda Ronstadt | 36 | 0.70% | 2.50% | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 30 |