Artists · UK Singles Chart

Carly Simon

Charting Dec 10, 1972 → Feb 24, 2002 · 98 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 274 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 98 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 274 wk UK Singles Chart · 98 wk Global Music Power · 307 wk

Peak Power: 1.89%; week of Feb 18, 1973
Career Power: 118; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 43; May 1972 – May 1973
Peak Five Years: 71; October 1972 – October 1977
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 98; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.33%; week of Jan 28, 1973
Comebacks: 3; September 1977, October 1982, March 1987

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 29, 1973	Sep 4, 1977	213	171	1.89%	1.14%
After absence	Jan 1, 1978	Oct 3, 1982	247	240	1.89%	1.08%
After absence	Jan 2, 1983	Mar 8, 1987	217	210	1.89%	1.11%

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 UK Singles Chart

13 records · 118 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
You're So VainApple Music	#3January 1973	15	December 1972 – March 1973	31.3
Nobody Does It BetterApple Music	#7September 1977	12	July 1977 – October 1977	25.6
WhyApple Music	#10September 1982	13	August 1982 – November 1982	19.2
Coming Around AgainApple Music	#10February 1987	12	January 1987 – April 1987	17.7
The Right Thing To DoApple Music	#17May 1973	9	March 1973 – May 1973	11.4
You're So Vain {1991}	#41April 1991	5	April 1991 – May 1991	3.4
Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song)featured credit · with Janet Jackson	#13December 2001	11	December 2001 – February 2002	3.4
Mockingbirdwith James TaylorApple Music	#34March 1974	5	March 1974 – April 1974	2.4
Why {1989}	#56June 1989	5	June 1989 – July 1989	2.1
Let the River Run	#79April 1989	7	April 1989 – May 1989	1.2
You're So Vain (Live)	#96September 1988	2	September 1988 – September 1988	0.3
Give Me All NightApple Music	#98May 1987	1	May 1987	0.1
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of	#99September 1987	1	September 1987	0.1

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