Artists · Global Music Power
Bo Diddley
Charting Jul 11, 1959 → Aug 13, 2005 · 51 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 40 wk, UK Singles Chart 11 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.61%
- week of Nov 21, 1959
- Career Power
- 17
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 11
- April 1959 – April 1960
- Peak Five Years
- 15
- November 1958 – November 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 51
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.26%
- week of Oct 31, 1959
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
8 records · 17 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Say ManApple Music | #20 | 12 | 9.0 | ||
| You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover | #48 | 10 | 3.1 | ||
| Pretty ThingApple Music | #34 | 6 | 1.6 | ||
| Hey Good Lookin | #39 | 4 | 1.0 | ||
| Crackin UpApple Music | #62 | 5 | 0.8 | ||
| Road RunnerApple Music | #75 | 6 | 0.8 | ||
| Ooh BabyApple Music | #88 | 7 | 0.7 | ||
| Bo Diddley/I'm a Man | #99 | 1 | 0.0 |
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At their peak
Bo Diddley's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from April 1959 to April 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Bobby Darin131
- 2Paul Anka116
- 3Connie Francis99
- 4Lloyd Price93
- 5Frankie Avalon90
- 6The Everly Brothers86
- 7Ricky Nelson76
- 8Fats Domino72
- 9Fabian71
- 10Johnny And The Hurricanes65
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.