Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Donna Summer

Charting Dec 6, 1975 → Sep 18, 1999 · 347 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 347 wk (21 crowns), UK Singles Chart 282 wk (15 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989 (Most Recent), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1979

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
21 crowns
Longest reign 13 weeks (Jun–Aug 1979) · First crown Nov 1978
UK Singles Chart
15 crowns
Longest reign 7 weeks (Dec 1977 – Jan 1978) · First crown Jul 1977
Global Music Power
27 crowns
19752012
Longest reign 12 weeks (Jun–Aug 1979) · First crown Jan 1976

Billboard Hot 100 · 347 wk UK Singles Chart · 282 wk Global Music Power · 428 wk

Peak Power: 4.47%; week of Aug 11, 1979
Career Power: 539; share-weeks
Crowns: 21; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 166; April 1979 – April 1980
Peak Five Years: 385; December 1975 – December 1980
Top-five weeks: 53; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 347; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.75%; week of Jul 21, 1979
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1977 · Sep 1982

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

32 records · 539 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
Hot StuffApple Music	#1June 1979	21	April 1979 – September 1979	45.2	52.3
She Works Hard For The MoneyApple Music	#3August 1983	21	May 1983 – October 1983	42.1	41.6
MacArthur ParkApple Music	#1November 1978	20	September 1978 – January 1979	42.1	42.1
Bad GirlsApple Music	#1July 1979	20	May 1979 – October 1979	41.3	45.0
Love To Love You BabyApple Music	#2February 1976	18	December 1975 – April 1976	36.9	36.8
Dim All The LightsApple Music	#2November 1979	21	August 1979 – January 1980	36.4	37.7
Last DanceApple Music	#3August 1978	21	May 1978 – September 1978	35.7	35.4
I Feel LoveApple Music	#6November 1977	23	August 1977 – January 1978	34.8	34.5
The WandererApple Music	#3November 1980	20	September 1980 – January 1981	33.7	33.6
On The RadioApple Music	#5March 1980	17	January 1980 – May 1980	30.3	30.0
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)Apple Music	#10September 1982	18	June 1982 – October 1982	25.4	25.3
This Time I Know It's For RealApple Music	#7June 1989	17	April 1989 – August 1989	24.5	24.1
Heaven Knowswith Brooklyn DreamsApple Music	#4March 1979	19	January 1979 – May 1979	16.3	32.6
There Goes My BabyApple Music	#21October 1984	14	August 1984 – November 1984	14.4	14.1
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)with Barbra StreisandApple Music	#1November 1979	15	October 1979 – January 1980	13.2	33.7
The Woman In MeApple Music	#33February 1983	16	December 1982 – April 1983	11.2	11.1
Cold LoveApple Music	#33January 1981	12	November 1980 – February 1981	8.0	8.3
Spring Affair/Winter MelodyApple Music	#43March 1977	14	December 1976 – March 1977	6.5	6.5
I Love YouApple Music	#37February 1978	11	December 1977 – February 1978	6.1	6.2
Who Do You Think You're FoolinApple Music	#40March 1981	11	February 1981 – May 1981	5.6	5.5
State Of IndependenceApple Music	#41November 1982	10	October 1982 – December 1982	5.3	5.3
Dinner With GershwinApple Music	#48October 1987	11	August 1987 – October 1987	4.7	4.6
Walk AwayApple Music	#36October 1980	11	September 1980 – November 1980	4.4	6.5
Rumour Has ItApple Music	#53April 1978	9	March 1978 – April 1978	3.7	3.6
Unconditional LoveApple Music	#43October 1983	8	September 1983 – October 1983	3.1	4.1
Could It Be MagicApple Music	#52May 1976	5	May 1976 – May 1976	2.1	2.1
I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro)Apple Music	#79August 1999	9	July 1999 – September 1999	1.9	1.9
Supernatural LoveApple Music	#75November 1984	5	November 1984 – December 1984	1.2	1.1
When Love CriesApple Music	#77August 1991	5	August 1991 – September 1991	1.0	1.0
Love Has A Mind Of Its Own	#70January 1984	4	January 1984 – February 1984	0.9	0.9
Try Me, I Know We Can Make ItApple Music	#80July 1976	4	July 1976 – July 1976	0.8	0.8
Love's About to Change My HeartApple Music	#85September 1989	3	September 1989 – September 1989	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Donna Summer's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1979 to April 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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