Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Gordon Lightfoot

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

Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 123 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 26 wk

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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
Weeks at #1: 1; weeks as the top artist

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; June 1974, October 1976

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jul 10, 1971	Jun 8, 1974	152	87	1.76%	1.13%
After decline	Feb 1, 1975	Oct 30, 1976	91	63	2.13%	1.14%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds 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 Ruins	#65March 1977	4	February 1977 – March 1977	1.3	1.3
Summer Side Of Life	#98September 1971	2	September 1971 – September 1971	0.2	0.2

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