Artists · Global Music Power
Neil Sedaka
Charting Dec 13, 1958 → Aug 2, 1980 · 409 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 316 wk (4 at #1), UK Singles Chart 187 wk
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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 2.13%
- week of Sep 15, 1962
- Career Power
- 375
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 85
- December 1961 – December 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 250
- January 1959 – December 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 27
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 409
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.21%
- week of Aug 25, 1962
- Comebacks
- 1
- January 1975
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Jul 13, 1963 | Jan 11, 1975 | 600 | 343 | 2.13% | 1.10% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).