Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Carole King

Charting Aug 25, 1962 → May 29, 1982 · 157 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 157 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Jun–Jul 1971) · First crown Jun 1971
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19621982
First crown Jul 1971

Billboard Hot 100 · 157 wk UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 169 wk

Peak Power: 2.38%; week of Aug 14, 1971
Career Power: 203; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 77; April 1971 – April 1972
Peak Five Years: 156; May 1971 – April 1976
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 157; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Jul 17, 1971
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1974 · Jul 1980, after 5 quiet years

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

15 records · 203 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
It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth MoveApple Music	#1June 1971	17	May 1971 – August 1971	43.1	43.0
JazzmanApple Music	#2November 1974	16	August 1974 – December 1974	27.8	27.7
One Fine DayApple Music	#12July 1980	17	May 1980 – September 1980	22.9	22.6
Sweet SeasonsApple Music	#9March 1972	10	January 1972 – April 1972	17.8	17.7
NightingaleApple Music	#9March 1975	12	January 1975 – March 1975	16.9	16.9
So Far Away/Smackwater JackApple Music	#14October 1971	10	August 1971 – October 1971	15.8	15.9
Been To CanaanApple Music	#24January 1973	10	November 1972 – January 1973	10.8	10.8
Only Love Is RealApple Music	#28April 1976	11	February 1976 – April 1976	9.4	9.4
It Might As Well Rain Until SeptemberApple Music	#22October 1962	9	August 1962 – October 1962	9.1	8.9
Hard Rock CafeApple Music	#30September 1977	11	July 1977 – October 1977	8.7	8.6
You Light Up My Life/Believe In HumanityApple Music	#28September 1973	9	July 1973 – September 1973	7.9	7.9
CorazónApple Music	#37December 1973	10	October 1973 – December 1973	6.7	6.6
One To OneApple Music	#45May 1982	10	March 1982 – May 1982	4.9	4.9
High Out Of TimeApple Music	#76May 1976	3	May 1976 – June 1976	0.7	0.7
He's A Bad BoyApple Music	#94May 1963	3	April 1963 – May 1963	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1971 in music →

Carole King's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1971 to April 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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