Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Gordon Lightfoot

Charting Dec 26, 1970 → May 22, 1982 · 123 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 123 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19701982
First crown Jun 1974

Billboard Hot 100 · 123 wk UK Singles Chart · 26 wk Global Music Power · 135 wk

Peak Power: 2.13%; week of Jul 20, 1974
Career Power: 139; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 52; May 1974 – May 1975
Peak Five Years: 103; May 1973 – April 1978
Top-five weeks: 15; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 123; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Jun 29, 1974
Comebacks: 2; Jun 1974 · Oct 1976

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

11 records · 139 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
The Wreck Of The Edmund FitzgeraldApple Music	#2November 1976	21	August 1976 – January 1977	35.2	35.0
SundownApple Music	#1June 1974	18	April 1974 – August 1974	33.3	33.1
If You Could Read My MindApple Music	#5February 1971	15	December 1970 – April 1971	26.7	26.6
Carefree HighwayApple Music	#10November 1974	14	August 1974 – November 1974	17.0	16.9
Rainy Day PeopleApple Music	#26May 1975	11	March 1975 – June 1975	8.5	8.5
The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)Apple Music	#33April 1978	12	February 1978 – April 1978	7.6	7.5
BeautifulApple Music	#58July 1972	11	May 1972 – August 1972	3.8	3.8
Baby Step BackApple Music	#50May 1982	8	April 1982 – May 1982	3.5	3.5
Talking In Your SleepApple Music	#64July 1971	7	June 1971 – July 1971	2.1	2.1
Race Among The RuinsApple Music	#65March 1977	4	February 1977 – March 1977	1.3	1.3
Summer Side Of LifeApple Music	#98September 1971	2	September 1971 – September 1971	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1974 in music →

Gordon Lightfoot's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1974 to May 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.