Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bob Dylan

Charting Apr 3, 1965 → Feb 11, 1984 · 181 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 181 wk, UK Singles Chart 139 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 181 wk UK Singles Chart · 139 wk Global Music Power · 239 wk

Peak Power: 2.13%; week of Nov 13, 1965
Career Power: 183; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 70; August 1965 – August 1966
Peak Five Years: 110; December 1964 – December 1969
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 181; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.43%; week of Sep 11, 1965
Comebacks: 2; September 1969, November 1973

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Nov 19, 1966	Sep 6, 1969	146	100	2.13%	1.20%
After decline	Jan 10, 1970	Nov 3, 1973	199	83	2.13%	1.08%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

22 records · 183 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Like A Rolling StoneApple Music	#2September 1965	12	July 1965 – October 1965	24.1
Lay Lady LayApple Music	#7September 1969	14	July 1969 – October 1969	23.8
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35Apple Music	#2May 1966	10	April 1966 – June 1966	22.6
Knockin' On Heaven's DoorApple Music	#12October 1973	16	September 1973 – December 1973	22.3
Positively 4th StreetApple Music	#7November 1965	9	October 1965 – November 1965	15.8
Gotta Serve SomebodyApple Music	#24November 1979	12	September 1979 – November 1979	10.3
I Want YouApple Music	#20July 1966	7	July 1966 – August 1966	7.8
Hurricane (Part 1)Apple Music	#33January 1976	11	November 1975 – February 1976	7.3
George Jackson	#33January 1972	8	December 1971 – January 1972	6.1
Tangled Up In Blue	#31April 1975	7	March 1975 – April 1975	5.4
Watching The River Flow	#41August 1971	8	June 1971 – August 1971	5.2
Just Like A Woman	#33October 1966	6	September 1966 – October 1966	4.9
Subterranean Homesick Blues	#39May 1965	8	April 1965 – May 1965	4.8
Wigwam	#41August 1970	7	July 1970 – September 1970	4.8
On A Night Like This	#44March 1974	6	February 1974 – March 1974	3.5
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You	#50November 1969	7	November 1969 – December 1969	2.9
Sweetheart Like You	#55January 1984	9	December 1983 – February 1984	2.8
A Fool Such As I	#55January 1974	7	December 1973 – January 1974	2.6
Mozambique	#54April 1976	5	March 1976 – April 1976	2.4
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?	#58January 1966	6	January 1966 – February 1966	1.9
I Threw It All Away	#85June 1969	5	May 1969 – June 1969	0.8
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat	#81June 1967	4	May 1967 – June 1967	0.8

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