Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Barry Manilow

Charting Nov 16, 1974 → Mar 26, 1988 · 354 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 354 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 151 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19741997
First crown Jan 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 354 wk UK Singles Chart · 151 wk Global Music Power · 406 wk

Peak Power: 2.64%; week of Feb 21, 1976
Career Power: 493; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 110; March 1978 – February 1979
Peak Five Years: 351; December 1974 – December 1979
Top-five weeks: 23; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 354; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Jul 23, 1977
Comebacks: 1; Jan 1984

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

28 records · 493 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
I Write The SongsApple Music	#1January 1976	20	November 1975 – March 1976	44.1	44.1
Can't Smile Without YouApple Music	#3April 1978	19	February 1978 – June 1978	42.6	41.8
Looks Like We Made ItApple Music	#1July 1977	19	May 1977 – September 1977	34.2	34.0
MandyApple Music	#1January 1975	16	November 1974 – March 1975	28.4	28.3
Could It Be MagicApple Music	#6September 1975	18	June 1975 – October 1975	28.3	28.3
Weekend In New EnglandApple Music	#10February 1977	19	November 1976 – April 1977	26.7	26.5
I Made It Through The RainApple Music	#10January 1981	16	November 1980 – March 1981	23.7	23.1
ShipsApple Music	#9December 1979	14	October 1979 – January 1980	23.7	23.3
Copacabana (at The Copa)Apple Music	#8August 1978	16	June 1978 – September 1978	22.7	23.4
Tryin' To Get The Feeling AgainApple Music	#10May 1976	15	March 1976 – June 1976	22.0	22.1
Somewhere In The NightApple Music	#9February 1979	15	December 1978 – March 1979	21.3	21.3
Ready To Take A Chance AgainApple Music	#11November 1978	16	September 1978 – December 1978	20.9	20.9
The Old SongsApple Music	#15November 1981	16	October 1981 – January 1982	19.4	19.4
Read 'Em And WeepApple Music	#18January 1984	14	November 1983 – February 1984	18.1	17.7
It's A MiracleApple Music	#12May 1975	13	March 1975 – May 1975	16.8	16.9
When I Wanted YouApple Music	#20March 1980	16	December 1979 – March 1980	13.6	13.8
Somewhere Down The RoadApple Music	#21February 1982	15	December 1981 – March 1982	13.2	13.5
Some Kind Of FriendApple Music	#26April 1983	16	February 1983 – June 1983	12.8	12.5
Even NowApple Music	#19June 1978	13	May 1978 – July 1978	9.8	11.2
DaybreakApple Music	#23November 1977	10	October 1977 – December 1977	9.3	9.2
This One's For YouApple Music	#29October 1976	10	September 1976 – November 1976	9.0	9.0
MemoryApple Music	#39January 1983	14	November 1982 – February 1983	7.3	7.3
I Don't Want To Walk Without YouApple Music	#36May 1980	11	April 1980 – June 1980	7.0	6.9
Oh Julie	#38September 1982	11	July 1982 – October 1982	6.2	6.1
Let's Hang OnApple Music	#32May 1982	10	March 1982 – May 1982	6.2	6.3
Lonely TogetherApple Music	#45April 1981	10	March 1981 – May 1981	4.7	4.6
I'm Your ManApple Music	#86July 1986	5	July 1986 – August 1986	0.8	0.8
Hey Mambowith Kid Creole & The CoconutsApple Music	#90March 1988	2	March 1988 – March 1988	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1978 in music →

Barry Manilow's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1978 to February 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.