Helen Reddy - I Am Woman billboard nr 1 (dec 9 1972)

"I Am Woman" is a song written by Australian-American artist Helen Reddy and singer-songwriter Ray Burton and performed by Reddy. The first recording of the song appeared on Reddy's debut album I Don't Know How to Love Him, released in May 1971, and was heard during the closing credits for the 1972 film Stand Up and Be Counted. A new recording of the song was released as a single in May 1972 and became a number one hit later that year, eventually selling over one million copies. The song came at the apex of the counterculture era and, by celebrating female empowerment, became an enduring anthem for the women’s liberation movement. Despite the chord it was striking with television viewers, the song's trek to the top of the charts was still a long, hard climb. It first entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 99 in the issue of the magazine dated June 24, 1972, peaked at number 97 two weeks later, fell off the Hot 100, re-entered at number 87 two months later in the September 16 issue, and reached number one three months later, in the December 9 issue. It was the first number one hit on the Billboard chart by an Australian-born artist and the first Australian-penned song to win a Grammy Award (in her acceptance speech for Best Female Performance, Reddy thanked "God, because She makes everything possible").It also became the second Helen Reddy hit – after "I Don't Know How to Love Him" – to peak at number two in her native Australia.