Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Brenda Lee

Charting Dec 21, 1959 → Jan 3, 2026 · 375 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 375 wk (10 crowns), UK Singles Chart 274 wk

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Image credits

Photo: MCA Records/Billy Smith-management, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
10 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jul–Aug 1960) · First crown Jul 1960
Global Music Power
13 crowns
19592026
Longest reign 9 weeks (Jul–Sep 1960) · First crown Jul 1960

Billboard Hot 100 · 375 wk UK Singles Chart · 274 wk Global Music Power · 436 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 3.75%; week of Aug 29, 1960
Career Power: 683; share-weeks
Crowns: 10; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 157; March 1960 – February 1961
Peak Five Years: 461; December 1959 – December 1964
Top-five weeks: 61; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 375; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.68%; week of Jul 18, 1960
Comebacks: 1; Jan 2020, after 56 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

48 records · 683 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
Rockin' Around The Christmas TreeApple Music	#1December 2023	70	December 1960 – January 2026	171.7	158.8
I'm SorryApple Music	#1July 1960	23	May 1960 – October 1960	48.9	48.9
Sweet Nothin'sApple Music	#4April 1960	24	December 1959 – May 1960	40.0	39.1
I Want To Be WantedApple Music	#1October 1960	15	September 1960 – December 1960	33.0	32.6
All Alone Am IApple Music	#3November 1962	15	September 1962 – January 1963	32.1	31.5
Fool #1Apple Music	#3November 1961	14	October 1961 – January 1962	28.7	28.1
Break It To Me GentlyApple Music	#4March 1962	13	January 1962 – April 1962	28.5	28.0
Dum DumApple Music	#4July 1961	12	June 1961 – September 1961	26.2	26.0
Losing YouApple Music	#6May 1963	13	April 1963 – June 1963	23.1	22.9
You Can Depend On MeApple Music	#6May 1961	12	March 1961 – June 1961	23.1	22.7
EmotionsApple Music	#7February 1961	12	January 1961 – March 1961	21.7	21.2
Everybody Loves Me But YouApple Music	#6May 1962	11	April 1962 – June 1962	20.5	20.2
As UsualApple Music	#12January 1964	11	December 1963 – February 1964	17.9	17.7
Coming On StrongApple Music	#11December 1966	13	October 1966 – December 1966	17.4	17.3
Too Many RiversApple Music	#13July 1965	13	May 1965 – August 1965	15.1	14.8
That's All You Gotta DoApple Music	#6July 1960	14	June 1960 – September 1960	14.9	22.1
Is It TrueApple Music	#17November 1964	9	October 1964 – December 1964	12.4	12.2
Heart In HandApple Music	#15August 1962	10	July 1962 – September 1962	12.1	12.6
ThinkApple Music	#25April 1964	9	March 1964 – May 1964	10.5	9.3
The Grass Is GreenerApple Music	#17November 1963	8	September 1963 – November 1963	9.9	9.8
My Whole World Is Falling DownApple Music	#24August 1963	9	July 1963 – August 1963	9.3	9.3
It Started All Over Again	#29July 1962	8	June 1962 – August 1962	6.1	7.5
Rusty Bells	#33November 1965	9	October 1965 – December 1965	5.7	5.7
Your Used To BeApple Music	#32February 1963	7	January 1963 – March 1963	5.7	5.8
Johnny One TimeApple Music	#41April 1969	11	February 1969 – April 1969	5.7	5.7
I WonderApple Music	#25August 1963	8	July 1963 – August 1963	4.9	7.3
Anybody But MeApple Music	#31October 1961	9	October 1961 – November 1961	4.8	7.3
Ride, Ride, Ride	#37February 1967	7	January 1967 – February 1967	4.6	4.6
Thanks A LotApple Music	#45February 1965	7	January 1965 – February 1965	3.7	3.7
When You Loved MeApple Music	#47September 1964	7	August 1964 – September 1964	3.4	3.2
Alone With You	#48July 1964	6	June 1964 – July 1964	3.1	3.0
I'm Learning About LoveApple Music	#33February 1961	4	January 1961 – February 1961	2.5	3.8
Truly, Truly, True	#54May 1965	6	April 1965 – May 1965	2.4	2.3
She'll Never KnowApple Music	#47February 1963	6	January 1963 – March 1963	2.4	3.4
Save All Your Lovin' For Me	#53October 1962	6	September 1962 – October 1962	2.2	3.0
Just A LittleApple Music	#40October 1960	5	October 1960 – October 1960	1.6	2.8
So DeepApple Music	#52January 1962	4	January 1962 – February 1962	1.2	1.8
Nobody WinsApple Music	#70April 1973	5	March 1973 – April 1973	1.2	1.2
Ain't Gonna Cry No More	#77July 1966	4	July 1966 – July 1966	0.9	0.8
Sweet Impossible You	#70October 1963	5	September 1963 – October 1963	0.7	1.1
EventuallyApple Music	#56July 1961	3	July 1961 – July 1961	0.7	1.1
You Don't Need Me For Anything Anymore	#84May 1969	3	May 1969 – May 1969	0.6	0.6
The Crying GameApple Music	#87January 1965	4	January 1965 – January 1965	0.5	0.6
He's So Heavenly	#73April 1963	3	April 1963 – April 1963	0.4	0.6
My Dreams	#85June 1964	3	June 1964 – June 1964	0.4	0.5
Here Comes That Feelin	#89May 1962	3	April 1962 – May 1962	0.3	0.4
I Think I Love You AgainApple Music	#97June 1970	2	May 1970 – June 1970	0.3	0.3
No One	#98May 1965	1	May 1965	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1960 in music →

Brenda Lee's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1960 to February 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.