Artists · Billboard Hot 100

David Bowie

Charting Apr 15, 1972 → Jan 30, 2016 · 291 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 291 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 462 wk (11 crowns)

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
First crown Sep 1975
UK Singles Chart
11 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Oct–Nov 1973) · First crown Oct 1973
Global Music Power
4 crowns
19692026
Longest reign 2 weeks (Oct 1975) · First crown Sep 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 291 wk UK Singles Chart · 462 wk Global Music Power · 588 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.58%; week of Jul 2, 1983
Career Power: 278; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 83; March 1983 – March 1984
Peak Five Years: 151; October 1982 – October 1987
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 291; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.70%; week of Jun 18, 1983
Comebacks: 2; Sep 1975 · May 1983, after 7 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

28 records · 278 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
Let's DanceApple Music	#1May 1983	20	March 1983 – August 1983	42.7	42.2
FameApple Music	#1September 1975	21	June 1975 – November 1975	35.1	35.1
Golden YearsApple Music	#10April 1976	21	December 1975 – May 1976	31.0	31.0
Blue JeanApple Music	#8November 1984	18	September 1984 – January 1985	23.8	23.6
China GirlApple Music	#10August 1983	18	June 1983 – October 1983	22.8	23.8
Space OddityApple Music	#15April 1973	15	January 1973 – January 2016	18.9	19.1
Modern LoveApple Music	#14November 1983	13	September 1983 – December 1983	16.8	16.8
Day-In Day-OutApple Music	#21May 1987	12	April 1987 – June 1987	12.5	12.4
Dancing In The Streetwith Mick JaggerApple Music	#7October 1985	14	August 1985 – November 1985	10.7	21.1
Never Let Me DownApple Music	#27September 1987	11	August 1987 – October 1987	9.2	9.1
Young AmericansApple Music	#28May 1975	11	March 1975 – May 1975	8.7	8.7
ChangesApple Music	#41February 1975	18	April 1972 – February 1975	8.0	8.0
Under Pressurewith QueenApple Music	#29January 1982	16	November 1981 – January 2016	6.8	13.8
This Is Not Americawith Pat Metheny GroupApple Music	#32March 1985	12	February 1985 – April 1985	4.5	8.9
I'm Afraid Of AmericansApple Music	#66December 1997	16	November 1997 – March 1998	4.5	4.4
TonightApple Music	#53December 1984	9	December 1984 – January 1985	3.4	3.6
Absolute BeginnersApple Music	#53May 1986	9	March 1986 – May 1986	3.3	3.2
FashionApple Music	#70January 1981	9	December 1980 – January 1981	2.3	2.2
Rebel RebelApple Music	#64June 1974	8	June 1974 – July 1974	2.3	2.2
StarmanApple Music	#65August 1972	9	July 1972 – August 1972	2.1	2.1
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)Apple Music	#67May 1982	10	April 1982 – June 1982	2.0	2.0
Sound And VisionApple Music	#69May 1977	6	April 1977 – May 1977	1.6	1.6
TVC15Apple Music	#64June 1976	5	May 1976 – June 1976	1.4	1.4
The Jean GenieApple Music	#71December 1972	5	November 1972 – December 1972	1.3	1.3
LazarusApple Music	#40January 2016	1	January 2016	1.0	0.9
Without YouApple Music	#73March 1984	4	March 1984 – March 1984	1.0	1.0
The Hearts Filthy LessonApple Music	#92October 1995	2	October 1995 – October 1995	0.3	0.3
Blackstar	#78January 2016	1	January 2016	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1983 in music →

David Bowie's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1983 to March 1984. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.