Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Herb Alpert

Charting Oct 27, 1962 → Oct 17, 1987 · 135 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 135 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 72 wk

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Image credits

Photo: New service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jun–Jul 1968) · First crown Jun 1968
Global Music Power
1 crown
19621987
First crown Jul 1968

Billboard Hot 100 · 135 wk UK Singles Chart · 72 wk Global Music Power · 157 wk

Peak Power: 2.44%; week of Nov 17, 1979
Career Power: 159; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 55; August 1979 – August 1980
Peak Five Years: 66; January 1979 – January 1984
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 135; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.60%; week of Oct 27, 1979
Comebacks: 2; Sep 1979, after 11 quiet years · Jun 1987, after 7 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

14 records · 159 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
RiseApple Music	#1October 1979	25	July 1979 – January 1980	43.8	43.6
This Guy's In Love With YouApple Music	#1June 1968	14	May 1968 – August 1968	36.3	36.1
DiamondsApple Music	#5June 1987	19	April 1987 – August 1987	26.3	26.5
The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)with Tijuana BrassApple Music	#6December 1962	14	October 1962 – January 1963	12.7	25.1
RotationApple Music	#30January 1980	13	November 1979 – February 1980	9.1	9.6
Making Love In The RainApple Music	#35September 1987	14	July 1987 – October 1987	7.5	7.6
Route 101Apple Music	#37August 1982	10	June 1982 – August 1982	7.1	7.1
Keep Your Eye On MeApple Music	#46April 1987	10	February 1987 – May 1987	4.2	4.3
To Wait For LoveApple Music	#51September 1968	6	August 1968 – October 1968	3.4	3.4
BeyondApple Music	#50July 1980	8	June 1980 – August 1980	3.2	3.2
Without HerApple Music	#63June 1969	6	May 1969 – July 1969	2.1	2.0
Red HotApple Music	#77December 1983	5	December 1983 – January 1984	1.1	1.1
Magic ManApple Music	#79September 1981	5	September 1981 – October 1981	1.0	1.0
Garden PartyApple Music	#81September 1983	4	August 1983 – September 1983	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1979 in music →

Herb Alpert's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1979 to August 1980. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.