Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Eric Carmen

Charting Dec 20, 1975 → Oct 22, 1988 · 148 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 148 wk, UK Singles Chart 20 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 148 wk UK Singles Chart · 20 wk Global Music Power · 149 wk

Peak Power: 2.15%; week of Aug 27, 1988
Career Power: 173; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 72; October 1987 – October 1988
Peak Five Years: 93; August 1975 – July 1980
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 148; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.40%; week of Mar 20, 1976
Comebacks: 1; Jan 1988, after 11 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

13 records · 173 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
Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing")Apple Music	#4February 1988	25	November 1987 – April 1988	37.7	37.1
All By MyselfApple Music	#2March 1976	19	December 1975 – April 1976	34.6	34.6
Make Me Lose ControlApple Music	#3August 1988	20	May 1988 – October 1988	34.2	33.7
Never Gonna Fall In Love AgainApple Music	#11July 1976	15	May 1976 – August 1976	19.9	19.8
Change Of HeartApple Music	#19December 1978	16	September 1978 – December 1978	14.5	14.4
She Did ItApple Music	#23November 1977	16	August 1977 – December 1977	14.4	14.3
I Wanna Hear It From Your LipsApple Music	#35March 1985	11	January 1985 – March 1985	7.4	7.2
SunriseApple Music	#34October 1976	10	August 1976 – October 1976	6.5	6.4
Baby, I Need Your LovinApple Music	#62February 1979	5	January 1979 – February 1979	1.8	1.8
It Hurts Too MuchApple Music	#75July 1980	2	July 1980 – July 1980	0.5	0.5
I'm Through With LoveApple Music	#87April 1985	3	April 1985 – May 1985	0.5	0.5
Boats Against The CurrentApple Music	#88January 1978	3	December 1977 – January 1978	0.5	0.5
Reason To TryApple Music	#87October 1988	3	October 1988 – October 1988	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

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Eric Carmen's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1987 to October 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.