Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Jimmy Buffett

Charting May 18, 1974 → Sep 16, 2023 · 152 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 152 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 152 wk Global Music Power · 152 wk

Peak Power: 1.87%; week of Aug 6, 1977
Career Power: 94; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 40; November 1976 – November 1977
Peak Five Years: 62; April 1976 – April 1981
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 152; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.78%; week of Jul 30, 1977
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

13 records · 94 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
MargaritavilleApple Music	#8July 1977	23	April 1977 – September 2023	34.7	34.3
It's Five O'Clock Somewherewith Alan JacksonApple Music	#17September 2003	20	June 2003 – November 2003	13.2	25.7
Come MondayApple Music	#30July 1974	14	May 1974 – August 1974	9.6	9.6
Knee Deepfeatured credit · with Zac Brown BandApple Music	#18August 2011	20	May 2011 – October 2011	7.8	24.5
Cheeseburger In ParadiseApple Music	#32June 1978	11	April 1978 – July 1978	7.4	7.4
FinsApple Music	#35November 1979	11	September 1979 – November 1979	6.3	6.2
Changes In Latitudes, Changes In AttitudesApple Music	#37November 1977	10	September 1977 – November 1977	6.2	6.2
It's My JobApple Music	#57March 1981	8	February 1981 – April 1981	2.7	2.7
Livingston Saturday NightApple Music	#52September 1978	6	August 1978 – September 1978	2.4	2.4
VolcanoApple Music	#66January 1980	7	December 1979 – February 1980	1.7	1.7
MañanaApple Music	#84December 1978	6	December 1978 – January 1979	0.9	0.9
SurviveApple Music	#77March 1980	5	March 1980 – April 1980	0.9	0.9
Hey Good Lookinwith Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, George StraitApple Music	#63July 2004	11	June 2004 – August 2004	0.6	3.2

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At their peak

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Jimmy Buffett's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1976 to November 1977. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.