Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paul Davis

Charting Apr 18, 1970 → Sep 18, 1982 · 198 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 198 wk

Compare with other artists →

Billboard Hot 100 · 198 wk Global Music Power · 198 wk

Peak Power: 2.26%; week of Jun 5, 1982
Career Power: 195; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 66; September 1981 – September 1982
Peak Five Years: 157; September 1977 – September 1982
Top-five weeks: 1; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 198; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.99%; week of May 22, 1982
Comebacks: 1; Jan 1982

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

15 records · 195 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
I Go CrazyApple Music	#7March 1978	40	August 1977 – May 1978	54.7	53.8
65 Love AffairApple Music	#6May 1982	20	February 1982 – July 1982	32.8	32.6
Cool NightApple Music	#11February 1982	19	November 1981 – March 1982	27.5	27.2
Sweet LifeApple Music	#17December 1978	21	August 1978 – January 1979	22.8	22.7
Ride 'em CowboyApple Music	#23January 1975	18	October 1974 – February 1975	15.9	15.9
Do RightApple Music	#23May 1980	14	March 1980 – June 1980	11.8	11.7
Love Or Let Me Be LonelyApple Music	#40August 1982	10	July 1982 – September 1982	5.7	5.6
SuperstarApple Music	#35September 1976	9	August 1976 – October 1976	5.6	5.6
A Little Bit Of SoapApple Music	#52July 1970	12	April 1970 – July 1970	4.8	4.7
Thinking Of You	#45June 1976	10	April 1976 – June 1976	4.6	4.6
I Just Wanna Keep It TogetherApple Music	#51October 1970	9	September 1970 – November 1970	3.6	3.6
Boogie Woogie ManApple Music	#68February 1973	9	December 1972 – February 1973	2.1	2.1
Darlinfeat. Susan CollinsApple Music	#51June 1978	6	May 1978 – June 1978	1.6	2.3
Cry Just A LittleApple Music	#78August 1980	4	July 1980 – August 1980	0.8	0.8
Keep Our Love AliveApple Music	#90July 1975	2	July 1975 – July 1975	0.3	0.3

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.

At their peak

1981 in music →

Paul Davis's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 1981 to September 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s.