Artists · Billboard Hot 100

John Lennon portraitJohn Lennon

Charting Nov 10, 1973May 5, 1984 · 100 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 100 wk (12 at #1), UK Singles Chart 120 wk (10 at #1)

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Peak Power
3.77%
week of Apr 25, 1981
Career Power
197
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
12
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
116
July 1980 – July 1981
Peak Five Years
142
May 1979 – May 1984
Top-five weeks
20
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
100
weeks with chart power
Dominance
5.00%
week of Feb 14, 1981
Comebacks
2
December 1980, March 1984
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After absenceJul 26, 1975Dec 6, 19802802751.57%1.19%
After absenceAug 29, 1981Mar 10, 19841321253.77%1.45%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

9 records · 197 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
(Just Like) Starting Over#12251.3
Woman#22044.5
Nobody Told Me#51424.3
Watching The Wheels#101720.0
#9 Dream#91218.4
MIND GAMES#181315.5
Whatever Gets You Thru The Nightwith The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band#11512.1
Stand By Me#2099.4
I'm Steppin' Out#5561.8

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