Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ben E. King

Charting Jan 2, 1961 → Feb 21, 1987 · 153 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 153 wk, UK Singles Chart 40 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19612015
Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb–Mar 1987) · First crown Feb 1987

Billboard Hot 100 · 153 wk UK Singles Chart · 40 wk Global Music Power · 168 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 1.93%; week of Jul 10, 1961
Career Power: 151; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 62; December 1960 – November 1961
Peak Five Years: 98; April 1960 – April 1965
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 153; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.22%; week of Jun 19, 1961
Comebacks: 2; Apr 1975, after 13 quiet years · Dec 1986, after 11 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

21 records · 151 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
Stand By MeApple Music	#4June 1961	35	May 1961 – February 1987	56.4	55.7
Spanish HarlemApple Music	#10March 1961	16	January 1961 – April 1961	22.2	21.7
Supernatural Thing - Part IApple Music	#5April 1975	14	February 1975 – May 1975	20.5	20.4
Don't Play That Song (You Lied)Apple Music	#11June 1962	12	April 1962 – July 1962	14.8	14.7
AmorApple Music	#18September 1961	10	July 1961 – October 1961	9.8	10.0
I (Who Have Nothing)Apple Music	#29August 1963	12	June 1963 – September 1963	9.5	9.4
Seven LettersApple Music	#45January 1965	7	December 1964 – January 1965	3.8	3.7
That's When It HurtsApple Music	#63May 1964	7	April 1964 – May 1964	2.3	2.0
EcstasyApple Music	#56March 1962	6	February 1962 – March 1962	2.1	2.1
First Taste Of LoveApple Music	#53February 1961	7	January 1961 – February 1961	1.8	2.8
Young Boy BluesApple Music	#66October 1961	6	October 1961 – November 1961	1.7	1.7
Do It In The Name Of LoveApple Music	#60June 1975	4	June 1975 – June 1975	1.4	1.4
It's All OverApple Music	#72October 1964	5	September 1964 – October 1964	1.3	1.3
I Could Have Danced All NightApple Music	#72November 1963	4	November 1963 – November 1963	1.0	0.9
How Can I ForgetApple Music	#85April 1963	4	March 1963 – April 1963	0.6	0.6
The Record (Baby I Love You)Apple Music	#84April 1965	3	April 1965 – April 1965	0.5	0.5
Goodnight My LoveApple Music	#91January 1966	3	January 1966 – January 1966	0.4	0.4
Here Comes The NightApple Music	#81October 1961	2	October 1961 – October 1961	0.4	0.4
Too BadApple Music	#88August 1962	2	August 1962 – August 1962	0.3	0.3
Tears, Tears, TearsApple Music	#93April 1967	2	April 1967 – April 1967	0.3	0.3
So Much LoveApple Music	#96May 1966	2	May 1966 – May 1966	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1960 in music →

Ben E. King's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1960 to November 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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