Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paul McCartney

Charting Mar 6, 1971 → Jan 3, 2026 · 219 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 219 wk, UK Singles Chart 282 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
First crown Jan 1984
Global Music Power
5 crowns
19712026
Longest reign 5 weeks (Mar–Apr 1971) · First crown Mar 1971

Billboard Hot 100 · 219 wk UK Singles Chart · 282 wk Global Music Power · 358 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.14%; week of Sep 25, 1982
Career Power: 258; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 71; March 1982 – March 1983
Peak Five Years: 180; January 1982 – December 1986
Top-five weeks: 2; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 219; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.07%; week of Apr 17, 1971
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1982, after 11 quiet years

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

23 records · 258 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
No More Lonely NightsApple Music	#6December 1984	18	October 1984 – February 1985	31.2	30.7
Say Say Saywith Michael JacksonApple Music	#1December 1983	22	October 1983 – March 1984	26.7	55.2
Take It AwayApple Music	#10August 1982	16	July 1982 – October 1982	26.1	26.2
Spies Like UsApple Music	#7February 1986	17	November 1985 – March 1986	25.7	25.3
Another Day/Oh Woman Oh WhyApple Music	#5April 1971	12	March 1971 – May 1971	24.9	24.9
Ebony And Ivorywith Stevie WonderApple Music	#1May 1982	19	April 1982 – August 1982	22.8	46.3
Wonderful ChristmastimeApple Music	#26January 2024	20	December 2018 – January 2026	22.4	21.0
The Girl Is Minewith Michael JacksonApple Music	#2January 1983	18	November 1982 – March 1983	19.8	39.2
FourFiveSecondswith Rihanna, Kanye WestApple Music	#4February 2015	20	February 2015 – June 2015	13.9	38.6
So BadApple Music	#23February 1984	14	December 1983 – March 1984	12.3	13.9
PressApple Music	#21September 1986	11	August 1986 – October 1986	11.3	11.2
My Brave FaceApple Music	#25July 1989	10	May 1989 – July 1989	9.2	9.1
The World Tonight (From "Fathers' Day")Apple Music	#64May 1997	10	May 1997 – July 1997	2.8	2.8
Tug Of WarApple Music	#53October 1982	8	October 1982 – November 1982	2.6	2.8
Hope Of DeliveranceApple Music	#83March 1993	6	February 1993 – March 1993	1.2	1.1
StrangleholdApple Music	#81November 1986	6	November 1986 – December 1986	1.0	1.0
Only Onefeatured credit · with Kanye WestApple Music	#35January 2015	8	January 2015 – March 2015	1.0	3.7
Figure Of EightApple Music	#92January 1990	5	January 1990 – February 1990	0.7	0.7
Dance TonightApple Music	#69July 2007	2	July 2007 – July 2007	0.7	0.6
All Dayfeatured credit · with Kanye West · feat. Theophilus London, Allan KingdomApple Music	#15March 2015	15	March 2015 – June 2015	0.6	8.2
This OneApple Music	#94September 1989	3	September 1989 – September 1989	0.4	0.4
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bandwith U2	#48July 2005	1	July 2005	0.4	0.7
Freedom	#97December 2001	2	December 2001 – December 2001	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1982 in music →

Paul McCartney's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1982 to March 1983. 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, the 2020s.