Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Olivia Newton-John

Charting May 29, 1971 → May 22, 2010 · 443 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 443 wk (14 crowns), UK Singles Chart 197 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
14 crowns
Longest reign 7 weeks (Aug–Oct 1978) · First crown Oct 1974
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Nov 1978) · First crown Nov 1978
Global Music Power
11 crowns
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Longest reign 4 weeks (Nov–Dec 1981) · First crown Oct 1974

Billboard Hot 100 · 443 wk UK Singles Chart · 197 wk Global Music Power · 512 wk

Peak Power: 3.07%; week of Oct 14, 1978
Career Power: 631; share-weeks
Crowns: 14; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 114; April 1978 – March 1979
Peak Five Years: 340; April 1978 – March 1983
Top-five weeks: 57; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 443; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.33%; week of Sep 30, 1978
Comebacks: 2; Apr 1977 · Jun 1978

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

38 records · 631 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
PhysicalApple Music	#1November 1981	26	October 1981 – March 1982	62.3	62.2
A Little More LoveApple Music	#3February 1979	20	November 1978 – April 1979	44.6	44.3
MagicApple Music	#1August 1980	23	May 1980 – October 1980	43.6	43.8
Hopelessly Devoted To YouApple Music	#3September 1978	19	July 1978 – November 1978	37.5	37.9
Heart AttackApple Music	#3November 1982	21	September 1982 – January 1983	37.2	36.9
Twist Of FateApple Music	#5January 1984	18	November 1983 – March 1984	33.9	33.5
Let Me Be ThereApple Music	#6February 1974	19	November 1973 – March 1974	33.7	33.4
Please Mr. PleaseApple Music	#3August 1975	15	June 1975 – September 1975	31.2	31.2
I Honestly Love YouApple Music	#1October 1974	24	August 1974 – December 1977	30.7	30.7
Have You Never Been MellowApple Music	#1March 1975	16	January 1975 – May 1975	29.8	29.8
If You Love Me (let Me Know)Apple Music	#5June 1974	20	April 1974 – August 1974	29.3	29.3
Make A Move On MeApple Music	#5April 1982	14	February 1982 – May 1982	24.7	25.1
You're The One That I Wantwith John TravoltaApple Music	#1June 1978	24	April 1978 – September 1978	21.9	45.4
Deeper Than The NightApple Music	#11June 1979	13	April 1979 – July 1979	16.3	16.1
Something Better To DoApple Music	#13November 1975	11	September 1975 – November 1975	16.0	15.9
If Not For YouApple Music	#25September 1971	17	May 1971 – September 1971	15.1	15.0
SamApple Music	#20April 1977	13	January 1977 – April 1977	14.2	14.2
Soul KissApple Music	#20November 1985	15	October 1985 – January 1986	13.6	13.4
Come On OverApple Music	#23May 1976	12	March 1976 – May 1976	10.7	10.7
Summer Nightswith John TravoltaApple Music	#5September 1978	16	August 1978 – November 1978	10.5	30.2
Xanaduwith Electric Light OrchestraApple Music	#8October 1980	17	August 1980 – November 1980	10.2	24.2
Suddenlywith Cliff RichardApple Music	#20January 1981	19	October 1980 – February 1981	9.6	19.0
I Can't Help Itwith Andy GibbApple Music	#12May 1980	13	March 1980 – June 1980	9.2	18.4
Livin' In Desperate TimesApple Music	#31March 1984	10	February 1984 – April 1984	8.1	8.1
Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy...He's My BrotherApple Music	#30January 1976	9	December 1975 – January 1976	7.3	7.3
Tied UpApple Music	#38February 1983	11	January 1983 – March 1983	6.6	6.6
Don't Stop BelievinApple Music	#33September 1976	9	August 1976 – October 1976	6.2	6.2
Every Face Tells A StoryApple Music	#55December 1976	9	November 1976 – January 1977	3.6	3.6
I Honestly Love You (David Foster Vers.)Apple Music	#67June 1998	12	May 1998 – August 1998	3.1	3.1
LandslideApple Music	#52July 1982	8	June 1982 – July 1982	3.1	3.0
Totally HotApple Music	#52August 1979	6	July 1979 – September 1979	2.4	2.4
The RumourApple Music	#62September 1988	6	August 1988 – September 1988	1.8	1.7
The Best Of Mewith David FosterApple Music	#80July 1986	8	June 1986 – August 1986	0.7	1.4
Making A Good Thing BetterApple Music	#87June 1977	4	June 1977 – July 1977	0.7	0.7
Banks Of The OhioApple Music	#94November 1971	4	October 1971 – November 1971	0.5	0.5
Dancin' 'round And 'roundApple Music	#82September 1979	2	September 1979 – September 1979	0.4	0.4
I Need LoveApple Music	#96July 1992	2	July 1992 – July 1992	0.3	0.2
Physicalfeatured credit · with Glee Cast	#89May 2010	1	May 2010	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1978 in music →

Olivia Newton-John's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1978 to March 1979. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s.