Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Perry Como

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Jan 3, 2026 · 182 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 182 wk, UK Singles Chart 257 wk (18 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Walter Albertin, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
18 crowns
Longest reign 9 weeks (Jun–Aug 1954) · First crown Jun 1954
Global Music Power
13 crowns
19532026
Longest reign 9 weeks (Jun–Aug 1954) · First crown Jun 1954

Billboard Hot 100 · 182 wk UK Singles Chart · 257 wk Global Music Power · 339 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.55%; week of Feb 20, 1971
Career Power: 148; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 29; May 1970 – May 1971
Peak Five Years: 57; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 182; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.59%; week of Jan 23, 1971
Comebacks: 0; none detected

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

24 records · 148 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
It's ImpossibleApple Music	#10January 1971	17	November 1970 – March 1971	25.9	25.8
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmaswith The Fontane Sisters, Mitchell Ayres And His OrchestraApple Music	#12December 2020	32	December 2018 – January 2026	15.7	49.6
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays	#22January 2021	12	December 2018 – January 2022	14.0	13.2
And I Love You SoApple Music	#29June 1973	16	April 1973 – July 1973	13.4	13.4
DelawareApple Music	#22March 1960	11	February 1960 – April 1960	11.4	11.2
Caterina	#23May 1962	12	March 1962 – June 1962	11.4	11.2
Dream On Little DreamerApple Music	#25May 1965	10	April 1965 – June 1965	9.5	9.2
Moon TalkApple Music	#29September 1958	9	August 1958 – September 1958	8.5	8.3
TomboyApple Music	#29March 1959	9	February 1959 – April 1959	7.0	6.8
SeattleApple Music	#38May 1969	10	April 1969 – June 1969	6.3	6.3
Love Makes The World Go 'roundApple Music	#33November 1958	10	October 1958 – December 1958	5.9	5.8
(I Love You) Don't You Forget It	#39July 1963	9	June 1963 – July 1963	5.1	5.1
I KnowApple Music	#47July 1959	9	June 1959 – August 1959	3.5	3.5
I Think Of YouApple Music	#53April 1971	8	March 1971 – May 1971	3.4	3.4
Mandolins In The MoonlightApple Music	#47November 1958	10	October 1958 – December 1958	2.8	3.7
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (1959)with Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra	#38January 2026	4	January 2023 – January 2026	1.2	3.4
Oowee, Oowee	#88August 1965	4	July 1965 – August 1965	0.6	0.6
Stop! And Think It Over	#92June 1967	4	May 1967 – June 1967	0.6	0.6
You're Following Me	#92November 1961	3	November 1961 – December 1961	0.4	0.4
Make Someone Happy	#80January 1961	2	December 1960 – January 1961	0.4	0.4
The Father Of GirlsApple Music	#92March 1968	2	March 1968 – March 1968	0.3	0.3
Christmas DreamApple Music	#92December 1974	2	December 1974 – December 1974	0.3	0.3
I Know What God IsApple Music	#81February 1960	2	February 1960 – February 1960	0.2	0.4
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (1954)with Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra	#50January 2024	1	January 2024	0.2	0.6

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At their peak

1970 in music →

Perry Como's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1970 to May 1971. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.