Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bobby Darin

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Feb 24, 1973 · 292 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 292 wk (7 crowns), UK Singles Chart 147 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: General Artists Corporation (management)/photographer: "Bruno of Hollywood", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
7 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct 1959) · First crown Oct 1959
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
First crown Oct 1959
Global Music Power
15 crowns
19581979
Longest reign 10 weeks (Oct–Dec 1959) · First crown May 1959

Billboard Hot 100 · 292 wk UK Singles Chart · 147 wk Global Music Power · 318 wk

Peak Power: 3.10%; week of Dec 14, 1959
Career Power: 411; share-weeks
Crowns: 7; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 136; May 1959 – May 1960
Peak Five Years: 363; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 292; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.62%; week of Dec 7, 1959
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1966

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

40 records · 411 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
Mack The KnifeApple Music	#1October 1959	26	August 1959 – February 1960	65.8	65.2
Dream LoverApple Music	#2June 1959	17	April 1959 – August 1959	39.0	38.0
You're The Reason I'm LivingApple Music	#3March 1963	14	January 1963 – April 1963	30.7	30.3
Queen Of The HopApple Music	#9November 1958	19	October 1958 – February 1959	30.7	29.7
Beyond The SeaApple Music	#6February 1960	14	January 1960 – April 1960	25.7	26.2
ThingsApple Music	#3August 1962	12	July 1962 – September 1962	22.5	22.2
If I Were A CarpenterApple Music	#8November 1966	11	September 1966 – December 1966	21.1	21.0
You Must Have Been A Beautiful BabyApple Music	#5October 1961	11	September 1961 – November 1961	20.6	20.2
18 Yellow RosesApple Music	#10June 1963	10	May 1963 – July 1963	15.2	15.0
Splish SplashApple Music	#3August 1958	8	August 1958 – September 1958	15.0	14.6
Irresistible YouApple Music	#15February 1962	13	December 1961 – March 1962	14.6	14.4
Artificial FlowersApple Music	#20October 1960	12	September 1960 – December 1960	14.3	13.8
Lazy RiverApple Music	#14March 1961	10	February 1961 – April 1961	12.1	11.8
Won't You Come Home Bill BaileyApple Music	#19July 1960	11	May 1960 – August 1960	11.3	10.9
ClementineApple Music	#21April 1960	9	March 1960 – May 1960	9.7	10.2
What'd I Say (Part 1)Apple Music	#24April 1962	8	March 1962 – May 1962	7.5	7.4
If A Man AnswersApple Music	#32November 1962	8	September 1962 – November 1962	5.7	6.0
Lovin' You	#32February 1967	8	January 1967 – March 1967	5.6	5.6
MultiplicationApple Music	#30February 1962	10	December 1961 – February 1962	5.2	7.7
Plain JaneApple Music	#38February 1959	9	January 1959 – March 1959	5.0	5.1
Treat My Baby GoodApple Music	#43October 1963	9	August 1963 – October 1963	4.8	4.8
MilordApple Music	#45July 1964	9	May 1964 – July 1964	4.0	3.8
Nature BoyApple Music	#40July 1961	6	June 1961 – July 1961	3.6	3.5
Somebody To LoveApple Music	#45October 1960	9	September 1960 – November 1960	3.4	4.8
Baby FaceApple Music	#42October 1962	7	September 1962 – November 1962	3.2	4.2
MameApple Music	#53June 1966	7	April 1966 – June 1966	2.7	2.7
Be Mad Little GirlApple Music	#64December 1963	7	November 1963 – January 1964	2.3	2.2
HappyApple Music	#67February 1973	8	January 1973 – February 1973	2.0	2.0
The Lady Came From BaltimoreApple Music	#62April 1967	5	April 1967 – May 1967	1.7	1.7
The Girl That Stood Beside MeApple Music	#66December 1966	5	December 1966 – January 1967	1.6	1.6
Christmas Auld Lang SyneApple Music	#51January 1961	3	December 1960 – January 1961	1.3	1.3
Long Line RiderApple Music	#79February 1969	3	February 1969 – February 1969	0.7	0.7
Hello, Dolly!Apple Music	#79February 1965	3	February 1965 – February 1965	0.7	0.7
The Things In This House	#86October 1964	3	October 1964 – October 1964	0.5	0.5
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her NowApple Music	#93March 1964	3	March 1964 – March 1964	0.4	0.4
I'll Be ThereApple Music	#79July 1960	2	July 1960 – July 1960	0.3	0.4
Darling Be Home SoonApple Music	#93July 1967	2	July 1967 – August 1967	0.3	0.3
I Found A New Baby	#90December 1962	1	December 1962	0.2	0.2
Beachcomber	#100September 1960	1	September 1960	0.1	0.1
Child Of God	#95December 1960	1	December 1960	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1959 in music →

Bobby Darin's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1959 to May 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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