Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Eric Clapton

Also credited as Eric Clapton And His Band

Charting Feb 21, 1970 → May 10, 1997 · 304 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 304 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 177 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug–Sep 1974) · First crown Aug 1974
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19692012
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug–Sep 1974) · First crown Aug 1974

Billboard Hot 100 · 304 wk UK Singles Chart · 177 wk Global Music Power · 424 wk

Peak Power: 2.57%; week of May 23, 1992
Career Power: 407; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 89; February 1992 – February 1993
Peak Five Years: 159; February 1992 – February 1997
Top-five weeks: 22; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 304; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Sep 14, 1974
Comebacks: 5; Mar 1978 · Apr 1981 · Apr 1983 · Mar 1992, after 9 quiet years · Aug 1996

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

23 records · 407 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
Change The WorldApple Music	#5August 1996	43	July 1996 – May 1997	82.3	80.8
Tears In HeavenApple Music	#2March 1992	26	February 1992 – August 1992	59.7	58.4
Lay Down SallyApple Music	#3April 1978	23	January 1978 – June 1978	47.9	47.1
LaylaApple Music	#12November 1992	20	October 1992 – February 1993	30.1	29.4
I Can't Stand It	#10May 1981	17	February 1981 – June 1981	28.1	27.6
I Shot The SheriffApple Music	#1September 1974	14	July 1974 – October 1974	27.9	27.8
PromisesApple Music	#9January 1979	18	October 1978 – February 1979	23.6	23.5
I've Got A Rock N' Roll HeartApple Music	#18March 1983	16	January 1983 – May 1983	19.6	19.2
Wonderful TonightApple Music	#16July 1978	17	May 1978 – September 1978	14.1	14.3
After MidnightApple Music	#18December 1970	12	October 1970 – January 1971	13.2	13.1
Hello Old FriendApple Music	#24December 1976	14	October 1976 – January 1977	12.3	12.3
Tulsa Time/Cocaine	#30August 1980	14	June 1980 – September 1980	10.9	10.8
Forever ManApple Music	#26April 1985	12	March 1985 – May 1985	10.7	10.4
Willie And The Hand JiveApple Music	#26December 1974	9	November 1974 – December 1974	8.0	8.0
Let It RainApple Music	#48December 1972	13	September 1972 – December 1972	6.7	6.7
Watch Out For Lucy	#40March 1979	7	February 1979 – April 1979	4.1	4.0
PretendingApple Music	#55December 1989	11	November 1989 – January 1990	3.7	3.6
Bell Bottom BluesApple Music	#78March 1973	5	February 1973 – March 1973	1.0	1.0
Another TicketApple Music	#78June 1981	5	June 1981 – July 1981	1.0	1.0
Blues Power	#76November 1980	5	November 1980 – December 1980	1.0	0.9
Bad LoveApple Music	#88March 1990	5	March 1990 – April 1990	0.7	0.7
See What Love Can DoApple Music	#89July 1985	2	June 1985 – July 1985	0.3	0.3
Comin' Homewith Delaney & BonnieApple Music	#84March 1970	3	February 1970 – March 1970	0.3	0.5

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At their peak

1992 in music →

Eric Clapton's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1992 to February 1993. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.