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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bill Haley And His Comets

Charting Aug 11, 1958 → Jun 15, 1974 · 33 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 33 wk, UK Singles Chart 118 wk (18 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    18 crowns

    Longest reign 13 weeks (Sep–Nov 1956) · First crown Dec 1955

  • Global Music Power

    18 crowns

    19541981

    Longest reign 13 weeks (Sep–Dec 1956) · First crown Dec 1955

Peak Power
0.49%
week of Jun 8, 1974
Career Power
15
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
8
February 1959 – February 1960
Peak Five Years
8
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
33
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.95%
week of May 25, 1974
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

4 records · 15 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Rock Around The Clock#39147.3
Joey's Song#46125.9
Skokiaan (South African Song)#7061.6
Lean Jean#6710.4

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Bill Haley And His Comets's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1959 to February 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Frankie Avalon139
  2. 2Paul Anka124
  3. 3Lloyd Price121
  4. 4Bobby Darin115
  5. 5Connie Francis103
  6. 6Brook Benton102
  7. 7Fabian96
  8. 8Ricky Nelson91
  9. 9The Fleetwoods89
  10. 10The Coasters89

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.