Artists · Billboard Hot 100

B.B. King

Also credited as B.B. King And His Orchestra

Charting Mar 28, 1964 → May 13, 1989 · 201 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 201 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 201 wk UK Singles Chart · 8 wk Global Music Power · 203 wk

Peak Power: 1.14%; week of Mar 21, 1970
Career Power: 87; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 26; December 1969 – December 1970
Peak Five Years: 68; April 1969 – March 1974
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 201; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.18%; week of Feb 21, 1970
Comebacks: 0; none detected

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

32 records · 87 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
The Thrill Is GoneApple Music	#15February 1970	14	December 1969 – March 1970	16.5	16.5
I Like To Live The LoveApple Music	#28March 1974	16	December 1973 – March 1974	11.7	11.6
To Know You Is To Love YouApple Music	#38September 1973	14	August 1973 – November 1973	7.7	7.7
Ain't Nobody HomeApple Music	#46January 1972	12	November 1971 – January 1972	5.9	5.8
Rock Me BabyApple Music	#34June 1964	8	May 1964 – June 1964	5.5	5.3
Ask Me No QuestionsApple Music	#40April 1971	10	February 1971 – April 1971	5.0	5.0
Chains And ThingsApple Music	#45December 1970	8	October 1970 – December 1970	4.3	4.3
Paying The Cost To Be The BossApple Music	#39May 1968	7	April 1968 – June 1968	4.1	4.1
HummingbirdApple Music	#48August 1970	7	July 1970 – September 1970	3.1	3.0
Guess Who/Them ChangesApple Music	#62October 1972	11	August 1972 – October 1972	2.9	2.9
Why I Sing The BluesApple Music	#61July 1969	10	May 1969 – July 1969	2.7	2.7
So ExcitedApple Music	#54May 1970	6	April 1970 – May 1970	2.3	2.3
Don't Answer The Door - Part 1Apple Music	#72December 1966	9	October 1966 – December 1966	2.0	2.0
PhiladelphiaApple Music	#64January 1975	7	November 1974 – January 1975	2.0	2.0
Get Off My Back WomanApple Music	#74October 1969	8	August 1969 – October 1969	1.7	1.7
Ghetto WomanApple Music	#68October 1971	5	September 1971 – October 1971	1.5	1.5
I'm Gonna Do What They Do To MeApple Music	#74August 1968	5	July 1968 – August 1968	1.0	1.0
You Put It On MeApple Music	#82November 1968	5	October 1968 – November 1968	0.9	0.9
When Love Comes To Townwith U2Apple Music	#68April 1989	7	April 1989 – May 1989	0.9	1.8
Just A Little LoveApple Music	#76November 1969	5	October 1969 – November 1969	0.9	0.9
I Got Some Help I Don't NeedApple Music	#92June 1972	6	May 1972 – June 1972	0.8	0.8
Beautician BluesApple Music	#82November 1964	3	November 1964 – November 1964	0.6	0.6
Who Are YouApple Music	#78June 1974	3	June 1974 – June 1974	0.5	0.5
Help The PoorApple Music	#90June 1971	4	June 1964 – June 1971	0.5	0.6
Sweet SixteenApple Music	#93March 1972	3	March 1972 – March 1972	0.4	0.4
The Woman I LoveApple Music	#94August 1968	3	August 1968 – September 1968	0.4	0.4
How Blue Can You Get	#97March 1964	2	March 1964 – April 1964	0.3	0.3
The Jungle	#94April 1967	2	April 1967 – April 1967	0.3	0.3
Never Trust A WomanApple Music	#90November 1964	3	November 1964 – November 1964	0.3	0.4
That Evil ChildApple Music	#97May 1971	2	April 1971 – May 1971	0.3	0.3
Blue Shadows	#97July 1965	1	July 1965	0.1	0.1
The B.B. Jones	#98September 1968	1	September 1968	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1969 in music →

B.B. King's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1969 to December 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.