Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Willie Nelson

Charting Aug 30, 1975 → Mar 4, 2006 · 138 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 138 wk, UK Singles Chart 15 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 138 wk UK Singles Chart · 15 wk Global Music Power · 138 wk

Peak Power: 2.11%; week of Jul 3, 1982
Career Power: 114; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 44; October 1981 – October 1982
Peak Five Years: 83; August 1979 – July 1984
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 138; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.10%; week of Jun 26, 1982
Comebacks: 2; Nov 1980, after 5 quiet years · May 1982

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

10 records · 114 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
Always On My MindApple Music	#5June 1982	23	March 1982 – August 1982	37.9	37.7
On The Road AgainApple Music	#20November 1980	20	September 1980 – January 1981	18.3	17.8
Blue Eyes Crying In The RainApple Music	#21November 1975	18	August 1975 – December 1975	16.7	16.7
To All The Girls I've Loved Beforewith Julio IglesiasApple Music	#5May 1984	21	March 1984 – July 1984	15.6	30.7
Beer For My Horseswith Toby KeithApple Music	#22June 2003	20	May 2003 – September 2003	11.1	21.4
Let It Be MeApple Music	#40September 1982	12	August 1982 – October 1982	6.1	6.0
My Heroes Have Always Been CowboysApple Music	#44March 1980	10	February 1980 – April 1980	4.9	4.9
Remember MeApple Music	#67February 1976	8	January 1976 – February 1976	2.2	2.2
Georgia On My MindApple Music	#84June 1978	6	May 1978 – July 1978	1.0	1.0
Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond Of Each Other)	#52March 2006	1	March 2006	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

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Willie Nelson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1981 to October 1982. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.