Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bob Seger

Charting Nov 20, 1971 → Sep 19, 1987 · 202 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 202 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 20 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Adam Freese - Mitchell, SD, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
19711996
First crown May 1980

Billboard Hot 100 · 202 wk UK Singles Chart · 20 wk Global Music Power · 222 wk

Peak Power: 2.58%; week of Jul 5, 1980
Career Power: 246; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 80; February 1980 – January 1981
Peak Five Years: 138; January 1977 – December 1981
Top-five weeks: 15; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 202; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.96%; week of May 10, 1980
Comebacks: 3; Apr 1980 · Jan 1985 · May 1986

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

19 records · 246 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
Shakedown (From "Beverly Hills Cop II")Apple Music	#1August 1987	18	May 1987 – September 1987	37.0	36.7
Tryin' To Live My Life Without YouApple Music	#5November 1981	19	September 1981 – January 1982	30.2	29.8
Against The WindApple Music	#5June 1980	17	May 1980 – August 1980	29.6	30.2
Fire LakeApple Music	#6May 1980	16	February 1980 – June 1980	26.4	27.0
You'll Accomp'ny MeApple Music	#14September 1980	16	July 1980 – November 1980	19.2	19.0
Night MovesApple Music	#6March 1977	13	December 1976 – March 1977	18.3	18.3
Like A RockApple Music	#12July 1986	13	May 1986 – August 1986	17.8	17.7
American StormApple Music	#13May 1986	14	March 1986 – June 1986	17.7	17.9
UnderstandingApple Music	#17January 1985	15	November 1984 – February 1985	17.7	17.4
MainstreetApple Music	#24June 1977	10	April 1977 – June 1977	7.8	7.8
KatmanduApple Music	#43October 1975	11	August 1975 – October 1975	5.3	5.3
The Horizontal BopApple Music	#42December 1980	12	November 1980 – January 1981	5.2	5.0
Rock And Roll Never ForgetsApple Music	#41August 1977	8	July 1977 – August 1977	4.3	4.3
It's YouApple Music	#52September 1986	9	August 1986 – October 1986	3.3	3.3
MiamiApple Music	#70November 1986	9	November 1986 – January 1987	2.0	2.0
If I Were A Carpenter	#76August 1972	9	July 1972 – August 1972	2.0	2.0
Nutbush City LimitsApple Music	#69June 1976	4	June 1976 – June 1976	1.2	1.2
Get Out Of DenverApple Music	#80August 1974	4	July 1974 – August 1974	0.7	0.7
Lookin' BackApple Music	#96November 1971	2	November 1971 – November 1971	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Bob Seger's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to January 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.