Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Simon & Garfunkel

Charting Nov 20, 1965 → Jun 12, 1982 · 166 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 166 wk (11 at #1), UK Singles Chart 86 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 166 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 200 wk

Peak Power: 2.87%; week of Jun 13, 1970
Career Power: 303; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 11; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 90; December 1965 – December 1966
Peak Five Years: 269; December 1965 – November 1970
Top-five weeks: 34; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 166; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.62%; week of Apr 25, 1970
Comebacks: 1; December 1975

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Dec 26, 1970	Dec 6, 1975	258	149	2.87%	1.09%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

17 records · 303 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Bridge Over Troubled WaterApple Music	#1February 1970	14	February 1970 – May 1970	39.7
Mrs. RobinsonApple Music	#1June 1968	13	April 1968 – July 1968	33.2
The Sound Of SilenceApple Music	#1January 1966	14	November 1965 – February 1966	29.4
I Am A RockApple Music	#3June 1966	11	May 1966 – July 1966	25.7
CeciliaApple Music	#4May 1970	13	April 1970 – July 1970	25.5
Homeward BoundApple Music	#5March 1966	12	February 1966 – April 1966	22.5
The BoxerApple Music	#7May 1969	10	April 1969 – June 1969	21.4
My Little TownApple Music	#9December 1975	14	October 1975 – January 1976	20.5
Scarborough Fair (/Canticle)Apple Music	#11April 1968	11	March 1968 – May 1968	17.4
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)Apple Music	#18October 1970	11	September 1970 – November 1970	14.2
A Hazy Shade Of WinterApple Music	#13December 1966	9	November 1966 – December 1966	13.5
At The ZooApple Music	#16April 1967	9	March 1967 – May 1967	12.4
Wake Up Little SusieApple Music	#27May 1982	11	April 1982 – June 1982	9.8
Fakin' It	#23August 1967	8	July 1967 – September 1967	8.0
The Dangling Conversation	#25September 1966	7	August 1966 – September 1966	6.4
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her	#53October 1972	7	September 1972 – October 1972	3.3
America	#97November 1972	2	November 1972 – December 1972	0.3

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