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.
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- Elvis Presley5 periods
- Ed Sheeran4 periods
- Madonna3 periods
- Frankie Laine2 periods
- T. Rex2 periods
- ABBA2 periods
- Madness2 periods
- Rihanna2 periods
- Drake2 periods
- Bing Crosby1 period
- Ruby Murray1 period
- Bill Haley And His Comets1 period
- Russ Conway1 period
- Adam Faith1 period
- The Beatles1 period
- Jim Reeves1 period
- The Seekers1 period
- The Beach Boys1 period
- Engelbert Humperdinck1 period
- Tom Jones1 period
- Fleetwood Mac1 period
- Gary Glitter1 period
- The Wombles1 period
- Mud1 period
- David Soul1 period
- Boney M1 period
- Adam & the Ants1 period
- Michael Jackson1 period
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood1 period
- Kylie Minogue1 period
- Jason Donovan1 period
- New Kids On The Block1 period
- Bryan Adams1 period
- Shakespears Sister1 period
- 2 Unlimited1 period
- Wet Wet Wet1 period
- Oasis1 period
- Fugees1 period
- Spice Girls1 period
- All Saints1 period
- Steps1 period
- S Club 71 period
- Atomic Kitten1 period
- Gareth Gates1 period
- Busted1 period
- Kelis1 period
- Gorillaz1 period
- Kooks1 period
- MIKA1 period
- Lady Gaga1 period
- Adele1 period
- Flo Rida1 period
- One Direction1 period
- Sam Smith1 period
- Lewis Capaldi1 period
- Dua Lipa1 period
- Taylor Swift1 period
- Sabrina Carpenter1 period
- Alex Warren1 period
Leaders in 1977
Jan 2, 1977 → Dec 25, 1977 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1David Soul101
- 2Boney M94
- 3Showaddywaddy87
- 4Elvis Presley83
- 5Donna Summer81
- 6ABBA78
- 7Smokie65
- 8Rod Stewart64
- 9Leo Sayer60
- 10Electric Light Orchestra60
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Soul | 101 | 1.94% | 4.07% | 2.82% | 7 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Boney M | 94 | 1.81% | 3.42% | 2.32% | 0 | 7 | 41 |
| 3 | Showaddywaddy | 87 | 1.68% | 3.42% | 2.37% | 0 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Elvis Presley | 83 | 1.60% | 5.34% | 2.48% | 3 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Donna Summer | 81 | 1.56% | 4.24% | 3.14% | 10 | 17 | 26 |
| 6 | ABBA | 78 | 1.49% | 3.53% | 2.93% | 8 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | Smokie | 65 | 1.24% | 3.08% | 1.95% | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Rod Stewart | 64 | 1.23% | 3.52% | 2.85% | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | Leo Sayer | 60 | 1.15% | 3.53% | 2.51% | 3 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Electric Light Orchestra | 60 | 1.15% | 2.76% | 1.77% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | The Stranglers | 59 | 1.13% | 3.30% | 2.11% | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Brotherhood Of Man | 58 | 1.11% | 3.54% | 2.42% | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 13 | Queen | 56 | 1.07% | 3.40% | 2.01% | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Deniece Williams | 54 | 1.04% | 3.52% | 1.89% | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 15 | The Status Quo | 51 | 0.98% | 3.28% | 2.05% | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 16 | Heatwave | 51 | 0.98% | 3.41% | 1.97% | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| 17 | The Jacksons | 49 | 0.95% | 3.52% | 1.86% | 1 | 4 | 30 |
| 18 | The Sex Pistols | 49 | 0.93% | 3.81% | 2.15% | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 19 | Julie Covington | 46 | 0.88% | 3.52% | 2.23% | 1 | 7 | 24 |
| 20 | Stevie Wonder | 45 | 0.86% | 3.40% | 1.92% | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 21 | Barry Biggs | 43 | 0.83% | 3.30% | 2.08% | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| 22 | Hot Chocolate | 43 | 0.83% | 3.54% | 1.99% | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 23 | 10cc | 42 | 0.80% | 3.06% | 1.82% | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 24 | Rose Royce | 41 | 0.79% | 3.14% | 1.61% | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| 25 | Barbra Streisand | 41 | 0.79% | 3.28% | 2.13% | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| 26 | Tavares | 41 | 0.78% | 3.06% | 1.78% | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| 27 | The Manhattan Transfer | 40 | 0.77% | 3.54% | 2.12% | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 28 | Boz Scaggs | 39 | 0.75% | 2.58% | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 29 | Kenny Rogers | 38 | 0.74% | 3.52% | 2.12% | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 30 | David Bowie | 38 | 0.73% | 3.30% | 1.84% | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 31 | Baccara | 35 | 0.67% | 3.52% | 2.04% | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 32 | Van Mccoy | 35 | 0.67% | 3.17% | 1.91% | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 33 | Elkie Brooks | 34 | 0.66% | 2.76% | 1.36% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Gladys Knight And The Pips | 34 | 0.65% | 3.18% | 1.86% | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 35 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 33 | 0.64% | 3.42% | 2.05% | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 36 | La Belle Epoque | 33 | 0.64% | 3.43% | 2.05% | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 37 | Yvonne Elliman | 32 | 0.61% | 2.03% | 1.69% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 38 | The Dooleys | 31 | 0.60% | 2.68% | 1.54% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 39 | Eagles | 30 | 0.58% | 2.76% | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 40 | Space | 30 | 0.57% | 3.52% | 1.94% | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 41 | The Boomtown Rats | 29 | 0.56% | 2.50% | 1.43% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 42 | Billy Ocean | 29 | 0.55% | 3.41% | 1.95% | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 43 | The Floaters | 28 | 0.55% | 3.60% | 1.95% | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 44 | Thin Lizzy | 28 | 0.54% | 2.41% | 1.19% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 45 | Bryan Ferry | 28 | 0.54% | 2.69% | 1.40% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 46 | Joe Tex | 28 | 0.53% | 3.40% | 1.87% | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 47 | Rita Coolidge | 27 | 0.53% | 2.97% | 1.70% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 48 | Bob Marley And The Wailers | 27 | 0.53% | 2.26% | 1.13% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 49 | Wings | 27 | 0.52% | 3.54% | 1.78% | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 50 | Bee Gees | 27 | 0.52% | 3.30% | 1.99% | 0 | 5 | 10 |