Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Kenny Rogers

Charting Mar 13, 1976 → Sep 5, 2026 · 377 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 377 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 97 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Dec 1980
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1980) · First crown Jun 1977
Global Music Power
8 crowns
19762026
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jun 1977) · First crown Jun 1977

Billboard Hot 100 · 377 wk UK Singles Chart · 97 wk Global Music Power · 391 wk

Peak Power: 2.82%; week of Jan 3, 1981
Career Power: 453; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 108; October 1980 – October 1981
Peak Five Years: 364; January 1979 – December 1983
Top-five weeks: 27; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 377; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.62%; week of Dec 13, 1980
Comebacks: 1; Feb 1979

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

32 records · 453 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
LadyApple Music	#1November 1980	25	October 1980 – March 1981	54.5	53.1
I Don't Need YouApple Music	#3August 1981	18	June 1981 – October 1981	36.5	36.5
Coward Of The CountyApple Music	#3January 1980	19	November 1979 – March 1980	35.8	36.6
LucilleApple Music	#5June 1977	19	March 1977 – July 1977	32.4	32.3
She Believes In MeApple Music	#5July 1979	16	April 1979 – August 1979	31.6	31.1
You Decorated My LifeApple Music	#7November 1979	18	September 1979 – January 1980	27.4	27.3
Islands In The Streamwith Dolly PartonApple Music	#1October 1983	26	August 1983 – September 2026	26.4	52.2
The GamblerApple Music	#16March 1979	22	November 1978 – March 1979	24.9	24.8
Love Will Turn You AroundApple Music	#13August 1982	17	July 1982 – October 1982	23.3	23.1
Through The YearsApple Music	#13March 1982	15	December 1981 – April 1982	20.1	19.8
Share Your Love With MeApple Music	#14October 1981	15	September 1981 – December 1981	19.5	20.1
We've Got Tonightwith Sheena EastonApple Music	#6March 1983	18	January 1983 – May 1983	17.0	33.8
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamerwith Kim CarnesApple Music	#4May 1980	19	March 1980 – August 1980	16.6	34.7
Love The World AwayApple Music	#14August 1980	12	June 1980 – September 1980	16.2	16.3
This WomanApple Music	#23March 1984	13	January 1984 – April 1984	12.2	12.0
What Are We Doin' In Lovewith Dottie WestApple Music	#14June 1981	20	March 1981 – August 1981	10.7	25.3
Daytime FriendsApple Music	#28October 1977	12	August 1977 – October 1977	8.8	8.8
Love Or Something Like ItApple Music	#32July 1978	12	June 1978 – August 1978	6.8	6.8
All My LifeApple Music	#37June 1983	11	April 1983 – July 1983	6.1	6.2
What About Me?with Kim Carnes, James IngramApple Music	#15November 1984	19	September 1984 – January 1985	6.0	17.8
A Love SongApple Music	#47November 1982	10	October 1982 – December 1982	4.3	4.3
Sweet Music ManApple Music	#44January 1978	8	December 1977 – February 1978	3.9	3.8
Buy Me A Rosewith Alison Krauss, Billy DeanApple Music	#40May 2000	20	March 2000 – July 2000	3.2	9.4
Morning DesireApple Music	#72December 1985	9	November 1985 – January 1986	2.2	2.2
Blaze Of GloryApple Music	#66December 1981	9	November 1981 – January 1982	1.8	2.1
CrazyApple Music	#79February 1985	8	January 1985 – March 1985	1.4	1.4
Eyes That See In The DarkApple Music	#79May 1984	5	April 1984 – May 1984	1.0	1.0
I Can't Unlove YouApple Music	#93July 2006	5	June 2006 – July 2006	0.7	0.7
The Greatest Gift Of Allwith Dolly PartonApple Music	#81January 1985	4	December 1984 – January 1985	0.4	0.9
Love Lifted MeApple Music	#97March 1976	3	March 1976 – March 1976	0.4	0.4
Scarlet FeverApple Music	#94August 1983	2	August 1983 – August 1983	0.2	0.3
Real Lovewith Dolly PartonApple Music	#91June 1985	3	June 1985 – June 1985	0.2	0.4

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Kenny Rogers's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1980 to October 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

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