Artists · Global Music Power
Elton John
Charting Aug 15, 1970 → Jan 3, 2026 · 1275 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 956 wk (11 at #1), UK Singles Chart 825 wk (9 at #1)
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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 2.65%
- week of Jan 17, 1998
- Career Power
- 1,210
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 25
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 100
- February 1974 – February 1975
- Peak Five Years
- 368
- April 1972 – March 1977
- Top-five weeks
- 107
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 1,275
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.57%
- week of Oct 11, 1997
- Comebacks
- 8
- December 1978, May 1982, January 1988, June 1990, August 1992, July 1994, October 1997, December 2021
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | May 7, 1977 | Dec 23, 1978 | 85 | 40 | 2.38% | 1.01% |
| After decline | Nov 29, 1980 | May 29, 1982 | 78 | 23 | 2.38% | 1.06% |
| After decline | Jun 21, 1986 | Jan 16, 1988 | 82 | 17 | 2.38% | 1.05% |
| After decline | Jan 14, 1989 | Jun 30, 1990 | 76 | 13 | 2.38% | 1.07% |
| After decline | Oct 6, 1990 | Aug 29, 1992 | 99 | 37 | 2.38% | 1.03% |
| After decline | Jun 12, 1993 | Jul 9, 1994 | 56 | 21 | 2.38% | 1.01% |
| After decline | Sep 16, 1995 | Oct 18, 1997 | 109 | 31 | 2.38% | 1.05% |
| After decline | Aug 22, 1998 | Dec 11, 2021 | 1216 | 70 | 2.65% | 1.08% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).