Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Kinks

Charting Sep 26, 1964 → Feb 23, 1985 · 212 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 212 wk, UK Singles Chart 216 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
19642012
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1966) · First crown Jul 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 212 wk UK Singles Chart · 216 wk Global Music Power · 314 wk

Peak Power: 2.20%; week of May 8, 1965
Career Power: 209; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 79; October 1964 – September 1965
Peak Five Years: 120; August 1962 – July 1967
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 212; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.06%; week of May 1, 1965
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1970 · Jul 1983, after 12 quiet years

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

22 records · 209 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
Come DancingApple Music	#6July 1983	17	May 1983 – August 1983	27.3	26.9
You Really Got MeApple Music	#7November 1964	15	September 1964 – January 1965	24.6	24.2
LolaApple Music	#9October 1970	20	August 1970 – October 1980	24.2	24.1
Tired Of Waiting For YouApple Music	#6April 1965	11	March 1965 – May 1965	20.5	20.2
All Day And All Of The NightApple Music	#7February 1965	12	December 1964 – March 1965	20.3	20.4
A Well Respected ManApple Music	#13February 1966	14	December 1965 – March 1966	17.3	17.1
Sunny AfternoonApple Music	#14October 1966	11	August 1966 – October 1966	14.5	14.3
A Rock 'N' Roll FantasyApple Music	#30September 1978	11	July 1978 – September 1978	8.1	8.1
Set Me FreeApple Music	#23July 1965	8	June 1965 – July 1965	7.8	7.6
Don't Forget To DanceApple Music	#29October 1983	10	August 1983 – October 1983	7.7	7.6
Who'll Be The Next In LineApple Music	#34September 1965	7	August 1965 – September 1965	5.8	5.7
(Wish I Could Fly Like) SupermanApple Music	#41June 1979	12	April 1979 – July 1979	5.3	5.2
ApemanApple Music	#45February 1971	9	January 1971 – February 1971	4.7	4.7
Do It AgainApple Music	#41February 1985	10	December 1984 – February 1985	4.7	4.6
Dedicated Follower Of FashionApple Music	#36June 1966	6	May 1966 – June 1966	4.2	4.1
Till The End Of The DayApple Music	#50May 1966	8	March 1966 – May 1966	3.4	3.4
SleepwalkerApple Music	#48May 1977	7	April 1977 – May 1977	3.2	3.2
VictoriaApple Music	#62March 1970	9	January 1970 – March 1970	2.4	2.4
Better ThingsApple Music	#92January 1982	8	November 1981 – January 1982	1.1	1.1
Deadend Street	#73January 1967	4	January 1967 – January 1967	0.8	0.8
Mr. PleasantApple Music	#80July 1967	4	July 1967 – July 1967	0.7	0.7
DestroyerApple Music	#85November 1981	4	October 1981 – November 1981	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1964 in music →

The Kinks's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1964 to September 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.