Artists · Billboard Hot 100

George Harrison

Charting Nov 28, 1970 → Feb 2, 2002 · 149 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 149 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 98 wk (6 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Dec 1970 – Jan 1971) · First crown Dec 1970
UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Jan–Feb 1971) · First crown Jan 1971
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19702007
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jan–Feb 1971) · First crown Jan 1971

Billboard Hot 100 · 149 wk UK Singles Chart · 98 wk Global Music Power · 173 wk

Peak Power: 2.38%; week of Feb 13, 1971
Career Power: 243; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 64; October 1970 – September 1971
Peak Five Years: 121; November 1970 – November 1975
Top-five weeks: 23; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 149; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Jan 16, 1988
Comebacks: 6; Jun 1973 · Feb 1975 · Mar 1977 · May 1979 · Jun 1981 · Dec 1987, after 6 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

15 records · 243 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
My Sweet Lord/Isn't It A PityApple Music	#1December 1970	14	November 1970 – February 1971	39.4	39.2
Got My Mind Set On YouApple Music	#1January 1988	22	October 1987 – March 1988	39.4	39.3
All Those Years AgoApple Music	#2July 1981	16	May 1981 – September 1981	31.5	31.2
Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth)Apple Music	#1June 1973	14	May 1973 – August 1973	29.9	29.8
What Is LifeApple Music	#10March 1971	9	February 1971 – April 1971	15.9	16.0
Blow AwayApple Music	#16May 1979	14	March 1979 – June 1979	15.5	15.4
Crackerbox PalaceApple Music	#19March 1977	11	January 1977 – April 1977	12.4	12.5
Dark HorseApple Music	#15January 1975	10	November 1974 – January 1975	12.2	12.4
YouApple Music	#20November 1975	10	September 1975 – November 1975	10.9	10.9
This SongApple Music	#25January 1977	11	November 1976 – January 1977	10.9	10.9
When We Was FabApple Music	#23March 1988	11	February 1988 – April 1988	10.1	10.6
Bangla-Desh/Deep BlueApple Music	#23September 1971	7	August 1971 – September 1971	8.5	8.5
Ding Dong; Ding DongApple Music	#36February 1975	6	January 1975 – February 1975	3.9	4.1
Wake Up My LoveApple Music	#53December 1982	5	November 1982 – December 1982	2.1	2.1
My Sweet LordApple Music	#94February 2002	1	February 2002	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1970 in music →

George Harrison's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1970 to September 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Carpenters110
2Jackson 5108
3Three Dog Night93
4Dawn84
5James Taylor74
6The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones71
7Neil Diamond70
8Chicago70
9Aretha Franklin66
10Bee Gees65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.