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John Lennon

Charting Feb 15, 1970 → Aug 26, 2012 · 120 weeks with chart power

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

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Billboard Hot 100 · 100 wk UK Singles Chart · 120 wk Global Music Power · 159 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 4.08%; week of Feb 22, 1981
Career Power: 183; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 10; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 81; May 1980 – May 1981
Peak Five Years: 101; July 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 120; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 6.91%; week of Jan 18, 1981
Comebacks: 1; December 1980

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Mar 28, 1976	Dec 7, 1980	245	240	1.40%	1.08%

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 UK Singles Chart

15 records · 183 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
ImagineApple Music	#1January 1981	40	October 1975 – August 2012	67.2
(Just Like) Starting OverApple Music	#1December 1980	14	November 1980 – February 1981	25.8
WomanApple Music	#1February 1981	11	January 1981 – March 1981	24.9
Nobody Told MeApple Music	#6January 1984	6	January 1984 – February 1984	10.8
MIND GAMESApple Music	#26December 1973	9	November 1973 – January 1974	10.0
No 9 Dream	#23March 1975	8	February 1975 – March 1975	9.4
Stand By MeApple Music	#30May 1975	7	April 1975 – June 1975	7.4
Instant Karmawith Yoko Ono, Plastic Ono Band	#5February 1970	9	February 1970 – April 1970	6.7
Watching The WheelsApple Music	#30April 1981	6	March 1981 – May 1981	5.4
Borrowed Time	#32April 1984	6	March 1984 – April 1984	5.1
Love	#41November 1982	8	November 1982 – January 1983	4.7
Imagine/Jealous Guy	#45December 1988	5	December 1988 – January 1989	2.9
Whatever Gets You Thru The Nightwith The Plastic Ono Nuclear BandApple Music	#36October 1974	4	October 1974 – November 1974	1.8
Jealous Guy	#65November 1985	2	November 1985 – December 1985	0.7
Steppin' Outwith Yoko Ono	#88July 1984	2	July 1984 – July 1984	0.2

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