Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bob Dylan

Charting Apr 3, 1965 → Feb 11, 1984 · 186 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 186 wk, UK Singles Chart 140 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 186 wk UK Singles Chart · 140 wk Global Music Power · 245 wk

Peak Power: 2.13%; week of Nov 13, 1965
Career Power: 183; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 70; August 1965 – August 1966
Peak Five Years: 110; December 1964 – December 1969
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 186; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.43%; week of Sep 11, 1965
Comebacks: 2; Sep 1969 · Nov 1973

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

23 records · 183 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
Like A Rolling StoneApple Music	#2September 1965	12	July 1965 – October 1965	24.1	23.8
Lay Lady LayApple Music	#7September 1969	14	July 1969 – October 1969	23.8	23.7
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Apple Music	#2May 1966	10	April 1966 – June 1966	22.6	22.5
Knockin' On Heaven's DoorApple Music	#12October 1973	16	September 1973 – December 1973	22.3	22.2
Positively 4th StreetApple Music	#7November 1965	9	October 1965 – November 1965	15.8	16.2
Gotta Serve SomebodyApple Music	#24November 1979	12	September 1979 – November 1979	10.3	10.1
I Want YouApple Music	#20July 1966	7	July 1966 – August 1966	7.8	7.7
Hurricane (Part 1)Apple Music	#33January 1976	11	November 1975 – February 1976	7.3	7.3
George JacksonApple Music	#33January 1972	8	December 1971 – January 1972	6.1	6.1
Tangled Up In BlueApple Music	#31April 1975	7	March 1975 – April 1975	5.4	5.4
Watching The River FlowApple Music	#41August 1971	8	June 1971 – August 1971	5.2	5.2
Just Like A WomanApple Music	#33October 1966	6	September 1966 – October 1966	4.9	4.8
Subterranean Homesick BluesApple Music	#39May 1965	8	April 1965 – May 1965	4.8	4.7
WigwamApple Music	#41August 1970	7	July 1970 – September 1970	4.8	4.8
On A Night Like ThisApple Music	#44March 1974	6	February 1974 – March 1974	3.5	3.4
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With YouApple Music	#50November 1969	7	November 1969 – December 1969	2.9	2.8
Sweetheart Like YouApple Music	#55January 1984	9	December 1983 – February 1984	2.8	2.7
A Fool Such As IApple Music	#55January 1974	7	December 1973 – January 1974	2.6	2.6
MozambiqueApple Music	#54April 1976	5	March 1976 – April 1976	2.4	2.4
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?Apple Music	#58January 1966	6	January 1966 – February 1966	1.9	1.9
I Threw It All AwayApple Music	#85June 1969	5	May 1969 – June 1969	0.8	0.8
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box HatApple Music	#81June 1967	4	May 1967 – June 1967	0.8	0.8
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)with The BandApple Music	#66August 1974	5	August 1974 – September 1974	0.7	1.3

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At their peak

1965 in music →

Bob Dylan's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1965 to August 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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