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 1978
Jan 7, 1978 → Dec 30, 1978 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Andy Gibb151
- 2Bee Gees133
- 3Billy Joel98
- 4Barry Manilow97
- 5Donna Summer86
- 6Foreigner80
- 7Olivia Newton-John74
- 8Gerry Rafferty64
- 9Eric Clapton62
- 10Commodores62
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Gibb | 151 | 2.91% | 4.47% | 3.60% | 10 | 26 | 52 |
| 2 | Bee Gees | 133 | 2.56% | 6.67% | 5.50% | 18 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 | Billy Joel | 98 | 1.88% | 3.38% | 2.31% | 0 | 6 | 52 |
| 4 | Barry Manilow | 97 | 1.87% | 3.51% | 2.48% | 0 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Donna Summer | 86 | 1.64% | 3.54% | 2.77% | 4 | 12 | 51 |
| 6 | Foreigner | 80 | 1.55% | 3.41% | 2.76% | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Olivia Newton-John | 74 | 1.42% | 3.99% | 2.88% | 6 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | Gerry Rafferty | 64 | 1.23% | 3.42% | 2.40% | 0 | 8 | 36 |
| 9 | Eric Clapton | 62 | 1.19% | 3.36% | 2.46% | 0 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Commodores | 62 | 1.19% | 3.57% | 2.61% | 1 | 9 | 33 |
| 11 | Player | 61 | 1.18% | 3.57% | 2.48% | 0 | 5 | 40 |
| 12 | The Rolling Stones | 61 | 1.17% | 3.56% | 2.31% | 0 | 6 | 31 |
| 13 | Chic | 60 | 1.16% | 3.54% | 2.10% | 4 | 7 | 35 |
| 14 | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | 60 | 1.15% | 3.19% | 2.02% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 15 | Paul Davis | 59 | 1.13% | 2.93% | 2.26% | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 16 | ABBA | 55 | 1.06% | 3.30% | 2.32% | 0 | 5 | 32 |
| 17 | Steely Dan | 54 | 1.04% | 2.56% | 1.54% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 18 | Exile | 53 | 1.02% | 3.56% | 2.59% | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 19 | Linda Ronstadt | 53 | 1.02% | 4.75% | 3.52% | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| 20 | Nick Gilder | 53 | 1.01% | 3.68% | 2.59% | 1 | 7 | 30 |
| 21 | Wings | 52 | 1.00% | 3.55% | 2.19% | 2 | 6 | 35 |
| 22 | Little River Band | 52 | 1.00% | 3.31% | 2.16% | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 23 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 50 | 0.96% | 2.69% | 1.47% | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 24 | A Taste Of Honey | 49 | 0.95% | 3.56% | 2.58% | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 25 | Heatwave | 49 | 0.94% | 2.88% | 2.05% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 26 | Atlanta Rhythm Section | 47 | 0.91% | 2.89% | 1.73% | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| 27 | Samantha Sang | 46 | 0.88% | 3.36% | 2.42% | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 28 | Anne Murray | 45 | 0.86% | 3.53% | 2.39% | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 29 | Jefferson Starship | 45 | 0.86% | 2.84% | 1.72% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 30 | Pablo Cruise | 44 | 0.85% | 2.98% | 1.82% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 31 | Rod Stewart | 44 | 0.84% | 3.22% | 2.11% | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| 32 | Yvonne Elliman | 44 | 0.84% | 3.56% | 2.42% | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 33 | Frankie Valli | 42 | 0.80% | 3.55% | 2.34% | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 34 | Electric Light Orchestra | 42 | 0.80% | 2.36% | 1.65% | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 35 | Alicia Bridges | 41 | 0.79% | 3.07% | 2.22% | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 36 | Kansas | 41 | 0.79% | 3.01% | 2.12% | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 37 | Dan Hill | 40 | 0.78% | 3.38% | 2.23% | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| 38 | Queen | 39 | 0.76% | 3.25% | 2.22% | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 39 | Chuck Mangione | 38 | 0.73% | 3.20% | 2.07% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 40 | Meat Loaf | 38 | 0.73% | 2.50% | 1.59% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 41 | Eddie Money | 38 | 0.73% | 2.51% | 1.43% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 42 | Jackson Browne | 37 | 0.71% | 2.53% | 1.38% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 43 | Bonnie Tyler | 37 | 0.71% | 3.31% | 2.09% | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 44 | Styx | 37 | 0.71% | 2.80% | 1.86% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 45 | Ambrosia | 36 | 0.70% | 3.29% | 2.13% | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 46 | Dolly Parton | 36 | 0.70% | 3.32% | 2.01% | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| 47 | John Paul Young | 36 | 0.69% | 2.89% | 2.00% | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 48 | Bob Welch | 36 | 0.69% | 2.80% | 1.72% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 49 | Kenny Loggins | 36 | 0.69% | 3.09% | 2.05% | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 50 | Johnny Mathis/Deniece Williams | 35 | 0.67% | 3.56% | 2.11% | 1 | 7 | 18 |