Artists · Global Music Power
Paul Simon
Charting Feb 5, 1972 → Sep 17, 2011 · 221 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 187 wk (3 at #1), UK Singles Chart 98 wk
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
- 1.81%
- week of Apr 29, 1972
- Career Power
- 188
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 2
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 40
- August 1971 – August 1972
- Peak Five Years
- 100
- June 1971 – June 1976
- Top-five weeks
- 19
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 221
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.24%
- week of Jul 7, 1973
- Comebacks
- 3
- February 1976, December 1977, September 1980
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Nov 10, 1973 | Feb 7, 1976 | 117 | 97 | 1.81% | 1.05% |
| After decline | Jul 3, 1976 | Dec 31, 1977 | 78 | 67 | 1.81% | 1.07% |
| After absence | May 13, 1978 | Sep 27, 1980 | 124 | 117 | 1.81% | 1.08% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).