Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Elton John

Charting Aug 15, 1970 → Jan 3, 2026 · 976 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 976 wk (11 crowns), UK Singles Chart 839 wk (9 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year: 1973
1974

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
11 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb 1973) · First crown Feb 1973
UK Singles Chart
9 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jun–Jul 1990) · First crown Jun 1990
Global Music Power
22 crowns
19702026
Longest reign 11 weeks (Oct–Dec 1997) · First crown Feb 1973

Billboard Hot 100 · 976 wk UK Singles Chart · 839 wk Global Music Power · 1297 wk

Peak Power: 2.96%; week of Jan 24, 1998
Career Power: 1,314; share-weeks
Crowns: 11; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 119; November 1973 – November 1974
Peak Five Years: 409; March 1972 – March 1977
Top-five weeks: 85; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 976; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.62%; week of Dec 20, 1997
Comebacks: 7; Aug 1979 · May 1982 · Jan 1988 · Feb 1992 · Jul 1994 · Oct 1997 · Jan 2022, after 23 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

69 records · 1,314 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
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look TonightApple Music	#1October 1997	42	October 1997 – July 1998	86.2	84.3
Can You Feel The Love Tonight (From "The Lion King")Apple Music	#4August 1994	26	May 1994 – November 1994	54.4	55.2
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)with Dua LipaApple Music	#7January 2022	52	August 2021 – September 2022	50.6	89.6
Little JeannieApple Music	#3July 1980	21	May 1980 – September 1980	44.3	44.0
Bennie And The JetsApple Music	#1April 1974	18	February 1974 – June 1974	41.7	41.5
Crocodile RockApple Music	#1February 1973	17	December 1972 – March 1973	39.8	39.8
I Guess That's Why They Call It The BluesApple Music	#4January 1984	23	October 1983 – March 1984	36.9	36.1
The OneApple Music	#9September 1992	22	June 1992 – November 1992	36.6	36.1
Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadApple Music	#2December 1973	17	October 1973 – February 1974	34.8	34.4
BelieveApple Music	#13May 1995	20	March 1995 – July 1995	32.4	31.4
Island GirlApple Music	#1November 1975	15	October 1975 – January 1976	32.4	32.3
I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like ThatApple Music	#2August 1988	18	June 1988 – October 1988	32.4	32.2
DanielApple Music	#2June 1973	15	April 1973 – July 1973	31.5	31.4
Sad Songs (say So Much)Apple Music	#5August 1984	19	June 1984 – October 1984	30.2	30.5
Candle In The WindApple Music	#6January 1988	21	November 1987 – March 1988	29.8	29.4
Mama Can't Buy You LoveApple Music	#9August 1979	18	June 1979 – October 1979	29.7	29.4
Lucy In The Sky With DiamondsApple Music	#1January 1975	14	November 1974 – March 1975	28.2	28.1
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest WordApple Music	#6December 1976	14	November 1976 – February 1977	26.7	26.7
NikitaApple Music	#7March 1986	18	January 1986 – May 1986	26.1	25.9
Rocket ManApple Music	#6July 1972	15	May 1972 – August 1972	25.6	25.6
Someone Saved My Life TonightApple Music	#4August 1975	13	July 1975 – September 1975	25.4	25.4
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On MeApple Music	#2July 1974	15	June 1974 – September 1974	25.0	25.1
Your SongApple Music	#8January 1971	14	November 1970 – February 1971	24.4	24.3
The Bitch Is BackApple Music	#4November 1974	14	September 1974 – December 1974	23.8	24.2
I'm Still StandingApple Music	#12July 1983	16	May 1983 – August 1983	23.5	23.3
Blue EyesApple Music	#12October 1982	18	July 1982 – November 1982	22.7	22.4
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Mewith George MichaelApple Music	#1February 1992	20	December 1991 – April 1992	21.5	41.8
Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)Apple Music	#13May 1982	17	March 1982 – July 1982	20.9	20.8
Circle Of Life (From "The Lion King")Apple Music	#18October 1994	20	August 1994 – January 1995	19.1	21.1
Saturday Night's Alright For FightingApple Music	#12September 1973	12	August 1973 – October 1973	19.0	19.0
Don't Go Breaking My Heartwith Kiki DeeApple Music	#1August 1976	20	July 1976 – November 1976	18.7	37.3
SacrificeApple Music	#18March 1990	17	January 1990 – May 1990	17.9	17.7
Healing HandsApple Music	#13October 1989	15	August 1989 – December 1989	17.7	17.3
The Last SongApple Music	#23December 1992	20	October 1992 – March 1993	16.9	17.0
Who Wears These Shoes?Apple Music	#16November 1984	14	September 1984 – December 1984	16.4	16.4
Wrap Her UpApple Music	#20December 1985	14	October 1985 – January 1986	15.7	15.5
Honky CatApple Music	#8September 1972	10	August 1972 – October 1972	15.6	15.7
BlessedApple Music	#34December 1995	20	November 1995 – March 1996	15.4	15.0
Grow Some Funk Of Your Own/I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford)Apple Music	#14February 1976	11	January 1976 – April 1976	12.7	12.6
Nobody WinsApple Music	#21June 1981	13	May 1981 – August 1981	12.2	12.1
Kiss The BrideApple Music	#25October 1983	12	August 1983 – October 1983	12.1	12.1
A Word In SpanishApple Music	#19November 1988	13	September 1988 – December 1988	12.0	12.3
Simple LifeApple Music	#30April 1993	16	February 1993 – June 1993	11.8	11.6
Hold Me Closerwith Britney SpearsApple Music	#6September 2022	20	September 2022 – January 2023	10.8	18.9
Club At The End Of The StreetApple Music	#28July 1990	16	April 1990 – August 1990	10.5	10.5
LevonApple Music	#24February 1972	10	December 1971 – February 1972	10.4	10.3
Part-Time LoveApple Music	#22December 1978	10	November 1978 – January 1979	10.2	10.2
In NeonApple Music	#38January 1985	13	December 1984 – February 1985	8.3	8.1
Chloe	#34September 1981	13	July 1981 – October 1981	7.5	7.5
FriendsApple Music	#34April 1971	9	March 1971 – May 1971	7.4	7.4
Victim Of LoveApple Music	#31November 1979	10	September 1979 – December 1979	7.0	7.0
You Gotta Love SomeoneApple Music	#43January 1991	13	November 1990 – February 1991	6.9	6.8
Through The Stormwith Aretha FranklinApple Music	#16May 1989	11	April 1989 – June 1989	6.6	13.0
EgoApple Music	#34May 1978	8	April 1978 – June 1978	6.2	6.1
Bite Your Lip (Get up and dance!)Apple Music	#28March 1977	6	February 1977 – March 1977	6.0	6.0
(Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?	#39September 1980	12	August 1980 – October 1980	5.7	6.3
Recover Your SoulApple Music	#55May 1998	20	April 1998 – August 1998	5.1	7.1
Someday Out Of The BlueApple Music	#49May 2000	15	April 2000 – July 2000	4.9	4.8
Tiny DancerApple Music	#41April 1972	7	March 1972 – April 1972	4.3	4.3
Flames of Paradisewith Jennifer RushApple Music	#36July 1987	13	May 1987 – August 1987	4.2	8.3
Merry Christmaswith Ed SheeranApple Music	#37January 2026	12	December 2021 – January 2026	4.2	8.4
Made In EnglandApple Music	#52August 1995	10	July 1995 – September 1995	4.1	4.3
You Can Make History (Young Again)Apple Music	#70November 1996	17	October 1996 – February 1997	3.9	3.8
Heartache All Over The WorldApple Music	#55November 1986	8	October 1986 – December 1986	3.0	3.0
Written In The Starswith LeAnn RimesApple Music	#29March 1999	10	March 1999 – May 1999	3.0	5.9
True Lovewith Kiki DeeApple Music	#56December 1993	12	November 1993 – February 1994	2.0	4.0
Border SongApple Music	#92August 1970	5	August 1970 – September 1970	0.7	0.7
Don't Go Breaking My Heartwith RuPaulApple Music	#92March 1994	2	March 1994 – April 1994	0.1	0.3
One Of Mefeatured credit · with Lil Nas X	#88October 2021	1	October 2021	0.0	0.2

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At their peak

1973 in music →

Elton John's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1973 to November 1974. 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, the 2020s.