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 1977
Jan 1, 1977 → Dec 31, 1977 · 53 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Fleetwood Mac110
- 2Eagles88
- 3Leo Sayer87
- 4KC And The Sunshine Band84
- 5Shaun Cassidy81
- 6Barbra Streisand81
- 7Stevie Wonder79
- 8Rita Coolidge73
- 9Bee Gees72
- 10Andy Gibb72
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleetwood Mac | 110 | 2.08% | 3.53% | 2.71% | 1 | 7 | 52 |
| 2 | Eagles | 88 | 1.66% | 3.81% | 3.10% | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Leo Sayer | 87 | 1.64% | 3.53% | 2.56% | 3 | 10 | 53 |
| 4 | KC And The Sunshine Band | 84 | 1.58% | 3.54% | 2.50% | 1 | 10 | 53 |
| 5 | Shaun Cassidy | 81 | 1.54% | 3.52% | 2.70% | 1 | 11 | 34 |
| 6 | Barbra Streisand | 81 | 1.53% | 3.54% | 2.52% | 2 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Stevie Wonder | 79 | 1.49% | 3.55% | 2.48% | 3 | 9 | 49 |
| 8 | Rita Coolidge | 73 | 1.38% | 3.42% | 2.45% | 0 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Bee Gees | 72 | 1.36% | 4.20% | 2.72% | 0 | 6 | 41 |
| 10 | Andy Gibb | 72 | 1.36% | 3.55% | 2.78% | 4 | 11 | 37 |
| 11 | Foreigner | 69 | 1.30% | 3.19% | 2.24% | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| 12 | Barry Manilow | 67 | 1.27% | 3.54% | 2.21% | 1 | 5 | 43 |
| 13 | Commodores | 65 | 1.23% | 3.51% | 2.60% | 0 | 5 | 41 |
| 14 | Electric Light Orchestra | 65 | 1.22% | 2.89% | 1.96% | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 15 | ABBA | 61 | 1.16% | 3.52% | 2.44% | 1 | 4 | 43 |
| 16 | Rose Royce | 61 | 1.14% | 3.54% | 2.28% | 1 | 6 | 43 |
| 17 | The Emotions | 58 | 1.10% | 3.54% | 2.65% | 5 | 9 | 36 |
| 18 | Kenny Nolan | 58 | 1.10% | 3.31% | 2.22% | 0 | 4 | 34 |
| 19 | Peter Frampton | 57 | 1.07% | 3.42% | 2.19% | 0 | 6 | 35 |
| 20 | The Steve Miller Band | 56 | 1.06% | 2.76% | 1.71% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 21 | Linda Ronstadt | 56 | 1.05% | 5.36% | 3.37% | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 22 | Rod Stewart | 52 | 0.99% | 3.53% | 2.54% | 1 | 3 | 38 |
| 23 | Debby Boone | 52 | 0.97% | 3.57% | 2.86% | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 24 | Thelma Houston | 49 | 0.93% | 3.52% | 2.41% | 1 | 7 | 33 |
| 25 | KISS | 49 | 0.92% | 2.17% | 1.81% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 26 | Daryl Hall John Oates | 48 | 0.90% | 3.52% | 2.32% | 2 | 4 | 37 |
| 27 | Heatwave | 46 | 0.87% | 3.43% | 2.40% | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 28 | The Sylvers | 46 | 0.87% | 3.08% | 2.07% | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 29 | James Taylor | 46 | 0.86% | 3.20% | 1.92% | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 30 | Stephen Bishop | 45 | 0.84% | 2.52% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 31 | Hot | 44 | 0.84% | 2.97% | 2.14% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 32 | Glen Campbell | 44 | 0.83% | 3.52% | 2.19% | 1 | 6 | 32 |
| 33 | Alan O'Day | 44 | 0.83% | 3.52% | 2.17% | 1 | 4 | 31 |
| 34 | Brick | 44 | 0.83% | 3.30% | 2.18% | 0 | 4 | 29 |
| 35 | Crystal Gayle | 43 | 0.80% | 3.45% | 2.44% | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 36 | Mary Macgregor | 42 | 0.80% | 3.53% | 2.22% | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| 37 | Carly Simon | 42 | 0.80% | 3.42% | 2.27% | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 38 | Kenny Rogers | 42 | 0.79% | 3.08% | 1.90% | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| 39 | David Soul | 41 | 0.78% | 3.52% | 2.10% | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| 40 | Donna Summer | 41 | 0.78% | 2.98% | 1.93% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 41 | Elvis Presley | 40 | 0.76% | 1.97% | 1.18% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | 40 | 0.76% | 2.87% | 1.92% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 43 | Jimmy Buffett | 40 | 0.75% | 2.78% | 1.87% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 44 | Marvin Gaye | 40 | 0.75% | 3.52% | 2.25% | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 45 | Bay City Rollers | 39 | 0.74% | 2.59% | 1.52% | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 46 | 10cc | 38 | 0.72% | 3.07% | 1.97% | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 47 | Pablo Cruise | 38 | 0.72% | 2.97% | 1.93% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 48 | Steve Miller | 38 | 0.72% | 3.42% | 2.48% | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 49 | Alice Cooper | 38 | 0.71% | 2.68% | 1.71% | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 50 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 38 | 0.71% | 3.54% | 2.15% | 1 | 5 | 22 |