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Chuck Berry

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Jan 3, 2026 · 157 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 157 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 101 wk (2 at #1)

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Billboard Hot 100 · 157 wk UK Singles Chart · 101 wk Global Music Power · 203 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.98%; week of Nov 18, 1972
Career Power: 165; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 44; February 1964 – January 1965
Peak Five Years: 49; February 1960 – January 1965
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 157; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Oct 28, 1972
Comebacks: 1; October 1972

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Feb 27, 1965	Oct 14, 1972	398	379	1.47%	1.18%

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

21 records · 165 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
Run Rudolph RunApple Music	#10January 2021	31	December 1958 – January 2026	41.3
My Ding-A-LingApple Music	#1October 1972	17	August 1972 – November 1972	30.9
No Particular Place To GoApple Music	#10July 1964	11	May 1964 – August 1964	16.1
You Never Can TellApple Music	#14September 1964	9	August 1964 – September 1964	11.3
CarolApple Music	#18September 1958	10	August 1958 – October 1958	10.8
Nadine (Is It You?)Apple Music	#23May 1964	10	March 1964 – May 1964	10.6
Reelin' & RockinApple Music	#27February 1973	13	December 1972 – February 1973	10.6
Almost GrownApple Music	#32May 1959	13	March 1959 – June 1959	9.9
Back In The U.S.A.	#37July 1959	8	June 1959 – August 1959	4.8
Sweet Little Rock And RollerApple Music	#47December 1958	9	November 1958 – January 1959	4.3
Promised Land	#41January 1965	7	December 1964 – January 1965	4.3
Too Pooped To Pop ("Casey")	#42February 1960	6	February 1960 – March 1960	3.1
Little Marie	#54November 1964	6	October 1964 – November 1964	2.1
Anthony Boy	#60February 1959	5	February 1959 – March 1959	1.6
Let It Rock	#64February 1960	8	February 1960 – March 1960	1.5
Dear Dad	#95April 1965	4	April 1965 – April 1965	0.5
Little Queenie	#80May 1959	4	April 1959 – May 1959	0.5
Joe Joe Gunne	#83November 1958	5	November 1958 – December 1958	0.4
Merry Christmas Baby	#71December 1958	3	December 1958 – December 1958	0.3
Johnny B. Goode	#80August 1958	1	August 1958	0.2
Beautiful Delilah	#81August 1958	1	August 1958	0.2

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