Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Don McLean
Charting Nov 27, 1971 → Jan 30, 1982 · 91 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 91 wk (2 at #1), UK Singles Chart 71 wk (5 at #1)
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- Peak Power
- 2.41%
- week of Feb 26, 1972
- Career Power
- 140
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 66
- June 1971 – June 1972
- Peak Five Years
- 83
- July 1970 – June 1975
- Top-five weeks
- 9
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 91
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.56%
- week of Jan 15, 1972
- Comebacks
- 1
- March 1981
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Apr 28, 1973 | Mar 7, 1981 | 410 | 290 | 2.41% | 1.20% |
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
9 records · 140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Pie (Parts I & II)Apple Music | #1 | 19 | 47.1 | |
| CryingApple Music | #5 | 18 | 36.0 | |
| Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The AirApple Music | #12 | 12 | 18.7 | |
| DreidelApple Music | #21 | 12 | 13.8 | |
| Since I Don't Have YouApple Music | #23 | 14 | 11.6 | |
| Castles In The AirApple Music | #36 | 14 | 9.4 | |
| If We Try | #58 | 7 | 2.6 | |
| Wonderful Baby | #93 | 3 | 0.4 | |
| It's Just The Sun | #83 | 2 | 0.4 |
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