Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Neil Young

Charting Jun 20, 1970 → Mar 5, 1983 · 79 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 79 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Mar 1972
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19701995
Longest reign 3 weeks (Apr 1972) · First crown Apr 1972

Billboard Hot 100 · 79 wk UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 97 wk

Peak Power: 2.15%; week of Apr 29, 1972
Career Power: 59; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 43; August 1971 – August 1972
Peak Five Years: 55; September 1969 – August 1974
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 79; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Mar 18, 1972
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

11 records · 59 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
Heart Of GoldApple Music	#1March 1972	14	February 1972 – May 1972	34.9	34.6
Only Love Can Break Your HeartApple Music	#33December 1970	12	October 1970 – January 1971	8.4	8.3
Old ManApple Music	#31June 1972	9	April 1972 – June 1972	6.8	7.0
Four Strong WindsApple Music	#61March 1979	7	February 1979 – March 1979	2.1	2.1
Cinnamon Girlwith Crazy HorseApple Music	#55July 1970	9	June 1970 – August 1970	1.9	3.8
Walk OnApple Music	#69August 1974	7	July 1974 – August 1974	1.5	1.5
Little Thing Called LoveApple Music	#71February 1983	6	January 1983 – March 1983	1.4	1.4
War Songwith Graham NashApple Music	#61July 1972	6	July 1972 – August 1972	1.1	2.2
Southern Pacificwith Crazy HorseApple Music	#70January 1982	5	December 1981 – January 1982	0.6	1.2
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)with Crazy HorseApple Music	#79November 1979	5	October 1979 – November 1979	0.5	1.0
When You Dance I Can Really Love	#93April 1971	1	April 1971	0.2	0.1

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At their peak

1971 in music →

Neil Young's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1971 to August 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.