Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paul Simon

Charting Feb 5, 1972 → Jan 12, 1991 · 210 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 210 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 98 wk

Compare with other artists →

Image credits

Photo: Matthew Straubmuller (imatty35), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb 1976) · First crown Feb 1976
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19722011
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1973) · First crown Jul 1973

Billboard Hot 100 · 210 wk UK Singles Chart · 98 wk Global Music Power · 239 wk

Peak Power: 2.08%; week of Mar 13, 1976
Career Power: 240; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 52; February 1973 – February 1974
Peak Five Years: 137; June 1971 – June 1976
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 210; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.52%; week of Feb 21, 1976
Comebacks: 3; Jan 1976 · Dec 1977 · Sep 1980

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

19 records · 240 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
Slip Slidin' AwayApple Music	#5January 1978	20	October 1977 – February 1978	34.5	34.1
50 Ways To Leave Your LoverApple Music	#1February 1976	17	December 1975 – April 1976	33.7	33.6
Late In The EveningApple Music	#6September 1980	16	August 1980 – November 1980	31.6	31.4
KodachromeApple Music	#2July 1973	14	May 1973 – August 1973	28.6	28.6
Mother And Child ReunionApple Music	#4April 1972	13	February 1972 – April 1972	26.1	25.9
You Can Call Me AlApple Music	#23May 1987	29	August 1986 – July 1987	18.6	18.5
Loves Me Like A Rockwith The Dixie HummingbirdsApple Music	#2October 1973	16	August 1973 – November 1973	17.1	34.6
Me And Julio Down By The SchoolyardApple Music	#22May 1972	11	April 1972 – June 1972	12.2	13.2
American TuneApple Music	#35January 1974	10	December 1973 – February 1974	6.4	6.3
Gone At Lastwith Phoebe SnowApple Music	#23October 1975	10	August 1975 – October 1975	5.4	10.7
One-Trick PonyApple Music	#40November 1980	11	October 1980 – January 1981	5.3	5.4
(What A) Wonderful Worldwith Art Garfunkel, James TaylorApple Music	#17March 1978	14	January 1978 – April 1978	4.5	14.5
Still Crazy After All These YearsApple Music	#40May 1976	7	May 1976 – June 1976	4.1	4.1
AllergiesApple Music	#44December 1983	10	November 1983 – January 1984	4.1	4.0
DuncanApple Music	#52August 1972	7	July 1972 – August 1972	3.3	3.3
The Blueswith Randy NewmanApple Music	#51February 1983	8	January 1983 – March 1983	1.8	3.5
GracelandApple Music	#81January 1987	7	December 1986 – January 1987	1.3	1.3
The Obvious ChildApple Music	#92January 1991	5	December 1990 – January 1991	0.7	0.7
The Boy In The BubbleApple Music	#86March 1987	4	March 1987 – March 1987	0.6	0.6

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.

At their peak

1973 in music →

Paul Simon's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1973 to February 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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