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Eric Clapton portraitEric Clapton

Charting Oct 17, 1970Nov 17, 2012 · 346 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 242 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 154 wk

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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
2.02%
week of May 23, 1992
Career Power
270
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
3
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
69
February 1992 – February 1993
Peak Five Years
119
February 1992 – February 1997
Top-five weeks
21
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
346
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.27%
week of Mar 28, 1992
Comebacks
3
March 1978, March 1992, August 1996
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineFeb 15, 1975Mar 11, 1978160581.56%1.01%
After absenceOct 7, 1978Mar 14, 19927011321.72%1.01%
After declineMar 20, 1993Aug 17, 1996178902.02%1.02%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).