
Like the original band, Mudcrutch Mach II didn't last long - long enough to play a few shows and record a warm, gangly beast of an album - but it reinvigorated Petty. Songs are ranked based on a formula blending performance, as outlined above.Looking back, it's clear the 2008 Mudcrutch reunion was pivotal for Tom Petty, helping him re-focus and re-dedicate himself to playing in a band.

Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Tom Petty’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 (from its inception on Aug. 4, 1958, through April 23, 2022). 1).īelow is Billboard’s ranking of Petty’s 25 biggest Hot 100 hits, from his solo and Heartbreakers songs to collaborations with Stevie Nicks. 10), while The Traveling Wilburys - the supergroup also consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison - charted a pair of original full-lengths, led by 1988’s No. His pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch (revived in the late 2000s) added two top 10s later in his career, most recently 2016’s 2 (No. 1 with his final album with the Heartbreakers, 2014’s Hypnotic Eye. Petty also charted 12 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, finally triumphing at No. 1s among 28 top 10s, the latter the record for the most top 10s in the chart’s history. He charted more than two dozen songs on the tally, led by a trio of top 10s that reflected his cornerstone status on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart, arguably Petty’s home base on the charts.

Rock icon Tom Petty was a steady presence on the Billboard Hot 100 between the late-1970s and mid-’90s, whether solo or with his long-running backing band The Heartbreakers.
