Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Linda Ronstadt

Charting Nov 11, 1967 → Jun 16, 1990 · 358 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 358 wk (12 crowns), UK Singles Chart 37 wk

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Image credits

Photo: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
12 crowns
Longest reign 9 weeks (Nov 1977 – Jan 1978) · First crown Feb 1975
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19671990
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1977) · First crown Dec 1977

Billboard Hot 100 · 358 wk UK Singles Chart · 37 wk Global Music Power · 376 wk

Peak Power: 3.52%; week of Jan 7, 1978
Career Power: 416; share-weeks
Crowns: 12; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 85; December 1974 – December 1975
Peak Five Years: 250; April 1974 – March 1979
Top-five weeks: 18; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 358; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.36%; week of Dec 24, 1977
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1989, after 9 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

33 records · 416 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
Blue BayouApple Music	#3December 1977	23	September 1977 – February 1978	41.6	41.1
When Will I Be LovedApple Music	#2June 1975	15	April 1975 – July 1975	31.7	31.7
Don't Know Muchfeat. Aaron NevilleApple Music	#2December 1989	26	September 1989 – March 1990	30.2	43.5
Ooh Baby BabyApple Music	#7January 1979	16	November 1978 – February 1979	27.5	27.5
You're No GoodApple Music	#1February 1975	16	December 1974 – March 1975	26.1	26.0
How Do I Make YouApple Music	#10March 1980	16	February 1980 – May 1980	24.9	25.5
Hurt So BadApple Music	#8May 1980	14	April 1980 – July 1980	24.9	25.5
Heat Wave/love Is A RoseApple Music	#5November 1975	13	September 1975 – December 1975	24.6	24.5
That'll Be The DayApple Music	#11October 1976	16	August 1976 – December 1976	23.1	23.0
It's So EasyApple Music	#5December 1977	18	October 1977 – February 1978	19.5	29.6
Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")with James IngramApple Music	#2March 1987	22	December 1986 – May 1987	16.3	32.3
Back In The U.s.a.Apple Music	#16October 1978	13	August 1978 – November 1978	16.1	16.0
All My Lifefeat. Aaron NevilleApple Music	#11March 1990	15	February 1990 – May 1990	13.1	18.8
Long Long TimeApple Music	#25October 1970	12	August 1970 – October 1970	12.1	12.1
Tracks Of My TearsApple Music	#25February 1976	13	December 1975 – March 1976	11.7	11.7
Get CloserApple Music	#29November 1982	12	October 1982 – December 1982	8.4	8.4
I Can't Let GoApple Music	#31August 1980	12	June 1980 – September 1980	8.1	8.1
Different Drumfeatured credit · with Stone PoneysApple Music	#13January 1968	17	November 1967 – March 1968	7.4	24.6
I Knew You WhenApple Music	#37February 1983	12	December 1982 – February 1983	7.4	7.3
Someone To Lay Down Beside MeApple Music	#42January 1977	11	December 1976 – February 1977	6.9	6.9
Poor Poor Pitiful MeApple Music	#31March 1978	9	January 1978 – March 1978	6.3	6.4
Tumbling DiceApple Music	#32May 1978	8	April 1978 – June 1978	5.9	5.8
Love Has No PrideApple Music	#51January 1974	11	December 1973 – February 1974	4.2	4.1
Easy For You To SayApple Music	#54May 1983	10	April 1983 – June 1983	3.7	3.6
Just One LookApple Music	#44March 1979	8	February 1979 – March 1979	3.6	3.8
What's Newwith The Nelson Riddle OrchestraApple Music	#53December 1983	14	October 1983 – January 1984	2.8	5.4
It Doesn't Matter Anymore/When Will I Be LovedApple Music	#47August 1975	4	July 1975 – August 1975	2.1	2.1
Silver Threads And Golden NeedlesApple Music	#67May 1974	7	April 1974 – May 1974	1.6	1.6
(She's A) Very Lovely Woman/The Long Way AroundApple Music	#70February 1971	5	January 1971 – February 1971	1.2	1.2
Lose AgainApple Music	#76June 1977	5	June 1977 – July 1977	1.2	1.2
Love Is A RoseApple Music	#63September 1975	2	September 1975 – September 1975	0.7	0.7
When Something Is Wrong With My Babyfeat. Aaron NevilleApple Music	#78June 1990	6	May 1990 – June 1990	0.7	1.0
Rock Me On The WaterApple Music	#85March 1972	3	March 1972 – March 1972	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1974 in music →

Linda Ronstadt's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1974 to December 1975. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.