Artists · Global Music Power
Paul McCartney
Charting Feb 20, 1971 → Jan 3, 2026 · 355 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 219 wk, UK Singles Chart 267 wk (1 at #1)
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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
- 1.96%
- week of Feb 4, 1984
- Career Power
- 282
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 5
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 60
- March 1982 – March 1983
- Peak Five Years
- 165
- January 1982 – January 1987
- Top-five weeks
- 13
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 355
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.01%
- week of Jan 7, 1984
- Comebacks
- 1
- June 1982
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After absence | Aug 14, 1971 | Jun 26, 1982 | 567 | 432 | 1.64% | 1.05% |
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).