Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Billy Joel

Charting Feb 23, 1974 → Feb 17, 2024 · 472 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 472 wk (10 crowns), UK Singles Chart 163 wk (6 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
10 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul–Aug 1980) · First crown Jul 1980
UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct–Nov 1983) · First crown Oct 1983
Global Music Power
11 crowns
19742024
Longest reign 5 weeks (Oct–Nov 1983) · First crown Aug 1980

Billboard Hot 100 · 472 wk UK Singles Chart · 163 wk Global Music Power · 494 wk

Peak Power: 3.24%; week of Dec 31, 1983
Career Power: 716; share-weeks
Crowns: 10; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 123; July 1983 – July 1984
Peak Five Years: 309; April 1980 – March 1985
Top-five weeks: 43; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 472; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.05%; week of Nov 5, 1983
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1989 · Sep 1993

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

43 records · 716 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 River Of DreamsApple Music	#3October 1993	27	July 1993 – January 1994	50.9	52.1
It's Still Rock And Roll To MeApple Music	#1July 1980	21	May 1980 – October 1980	47.5	48.5
Just The Way You AreApple Music	#3February 1978	27	November 1977 – May 1978	43.6	43.1
Uptown GirlApple Music	#3November 1983	22	September 1983 – February 1984	41.8	43.7
My LifeApple Music	#3January 1979	19	November 1978 – March 1979	40.0	40.1
We Didn't Start The FireApple Music	#1December 1989	19	October 1989 – February 1990	38.1	38.1
Tell Her About ItApple Music	#1September 1983	18	July 1983 – November 1983	35.1	36.0
AllentownApple Music	#17February 1983	22	November 1982 – April 1983	27.9	28.1
You May Be RightApple Music	#7May 1980	15	March 1980 – June 1980	24.9	25.4
I Go To ExtremesApple Music	#6March 1990	16	January 1990 – April 1990	24.0	24.1
You're Only Human (Second Wind)Apple Music	#9August 1985	16	July 1985 – October 1985	23.0	22.9
An Innocent ManApple Music	#10February 1984	18	December 1983 – April 1984	22.6	24.0
The Longest TimeApple Music	#14May 1984	18	March 1984 – July 1984	21.9	22.0
A Matter Of TrustApple Music	#10October 1986	18	August 1986 – December 1986	21.0	21.2
Modern Woman (From "Ruthless People")Apple Music	#10July 1986	15	June 1986 – September 1986	18.2	18.3
Keeping The FaithApple Music	#18March 1985	16	January 1985 – May 1985	17.9	17.5
This Is The TimeApple Music	#18January 1987	17	November 1986 – March 1987	16.4	16.4
She's Always A WomanApple Music	#17October 1978	15	August 1978 – November 1978	16.3	16.3
Say Goodbye To HollywoodApple Music	#17November 1981	15	September 1981 – December 1981	16.1	16.2
Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)Apple Music	#17May 1978	14	March 1978 – June 1978	15.0	15.7
PressureApple Music	#20November 1982	17	September 1982 – January 1983	15.0	15.3
All About SoulApple Music	#29December 1993	20	November 1993 – March 1994	14.7	15.9
She's Got A WayApple Music	#23January 1982	14	November 1981 – February 1982	13.8	13.8
Don't Ask Me WhyApple Music	#19September 1980	15	August 1980 – November 1980	13.6	15.6
Big ShotApple Music	#14March 1979	11	February 1979 – April 1979	12.9	13.3
Leave A Tender Moment AloneApple Music	#27August 1984	15	July 1984 – October 1984	12.9	12.7
Piano ManApple Music	#25April 1974	14	February 1974 – May 1974	10.3	10.3
Only The Good Die YoungApple Music	#24July 1978	13	May 1978 – August 1978	9.9	10.4
HonestyApple Music	#24May 1979	11	April 1979 – June 1979	9.0	8.9
The EntertainerApple Music	#34January 1975	10	November 1974 – February 1975	7.9	7.9
The Night Is Still YoungApple Music	#34November 1985	10	October 1985 – December 1985	6.7	6.7
And So It GoesApple Music	#37December 1990	12	October 1990 – January 1991	6.5	6.4
Sometimes A FantasyApple Music	#36November 1980	9	October 1980 – December 1980	5.4	5.5
To Make You Feel My LoveApple Music	#50August 1997	9	August 1997 – October 1997	4.0	3.9
The Downeaster "AlexaApple Music	#57June 1990	8	May 1990 – June 1990	2.8	2.7
Goodnight SaigonApple Music	#56April 1983	7	March 1983 – April 1983	2.2	2.6
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)Apple Music	#77April 1994	8	March 1994 – May 1994	1.7	1.6
That's Not Her StyleApple Music	#77August 1990	6	August 1990 – September 1990	1.2	1.2
Baby Grandfeat. Ray CharlesApple Music	#75April 1987	7	April 1987 – May 1987	1.0	1.4
Travelin' PrayerApple Music	#77August 1974	4	August 1974 – September 1974	0.8	0.8
Worse Comes To WorstApple Music	#80July 1974	4	June 1974 – July 1974	0.7	0.7
Turn The Lights Back On	#62February 2024	1	February 2024	0.5	0.4
All Shook Up (From "Honeymoon In Vegas")Apple Music	#92August 1992	3	August 1992 – September 1992	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1983 in music →

Billy Joel's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1983 to July 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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