Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Lou Reed
Charting Feb 17, 1973 → May 19, 1973 · 14 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 14 wk, UK Singles Chart 39 wk
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- Peak Power
- 1.12%
- week of May 19, 1973
- Career Power
- 16
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 16
- May 1972 – May 1973
- Peak Five Years
- 16
- June 1968 – May 1973
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.09%
- week of May 5, 1973
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk On The Wild SideApple Music | #16 | 14 | 16.1 |
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At their peak
1972 in music →Lou Reed's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1972 to May 1973. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Gilbert O'Sullivan93
- 2Elton John91
- 3Al Green88
- 4Bill Withers69
- 5Neil Diamond68
- 6Roberta Flack66
- 7Stevie Wonder63
- 8The O'Jays63
- 9Johnny Nash59
- 10The Spinners59
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1970s.