Artists · Global Music Power
Aretha Franklin
Charting Mar 4, 1961 → Aug 25, 2018 · 592 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 560 wk (7 at #1), UK Singles Chart 183 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 2.64%
- week of Oct 12, 1968
- Career Power
- 559
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 3
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 106
- October 1967 – October 1968
- Peak Five Years
- 307
- February 1967 – February 1972
- Top-five weeks
- 46
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 592
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.08%
- week of Sep 14, 1968
- Comebacks
- 3
- May 1971, February 1974, August 1985
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jun 28, 1969 | May 15, 1971 | 98 | 6 | 2.64% | 1.07% |
| After decline | Aug 26, 1972 | Feb 2, 1974 | 75 | 21 | 2.64% | 1.03% |
| After absence | Jul 27, 1974 | Aug 24, 1985 | 578 | 178 | 2.64% | 1.06% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).