Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Brenda Lee

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

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 375 wk (12 at #1), UK Singles Chart 267 wk

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

Billboard Hot 100 · 375 wk UK Singles Chart · 267 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: 682; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 12; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 157; March 1960 – February 1961
Peak Five Years: 461; December 1959 – December 1964
Top-five weeks: 63; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 375; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.69%; week of Jul 18, 1960
Comebacks: 1; January 2020

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	May 23, 1964	Jan 4, 2020	2902	2122	3.75%	1.37%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

48 records · 682 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower
Rockin' Around The Christmas TreeApple Music	#1December 2023	70	December 1960 – January 2026	171.4
I'm SorryApple Music	#1July 1960	23	May 1960 – October 1960	48.9
Sweet Nothin'sApple Music	#4April 1960	24	December 1959 – May 1960	40.0
I Want To Be WantedApple Music	#1October 1960	15	September 1960 – December 1960	33.0
All Alone Am IApple Music	#3November 1962	15	September 1962 – January 1963	32.1
Fool #1Apple Music	#3November 1961	14	October 1961 – January 1962	28.7
Break It To Me GentlyApple Music	#4March 1962	13	January 1962 – April 1962	28.4
Dum DumApple Music	#4July 1961	12	June 1961 – September 1961	26.2
Losing YouApple Music	#6May 1963	13	April 1963 – June 1963	23.1
You Can Depend On MeApple Music	#6May 1961	12	March 1961 – June 1961	23.1
EmotionsApple Music	#7February 1961	12	January 1961 – March 1961	21.7
Everybody Loves Me But YouApple Music	#6May 1962	11	April 1962 – June 1962	20.4
As UsualApple Music	#12January 1964	11	December 1963 – February 1964	17.9
Coming On StrongApple Music	#11December 1966	13	October 1966 – December 1966	17.4
Too Many RiversApple Music	#13July 1965	13	May 1965 – August 1965	15.1
That's All You Gotta DoApple Music	#6July 1960	14	June 1960 – September 1960	14.9
Is It TrueApple Music	#17November 1964	9	October 1964 – December 1964	12.4
Heart In HandApple Music	#15August 1962	10	July 1962 – September 1962	12.1
ThinkApple Music	#25April 1964	9	March 1964 – May 1964	10.5
The Grass Is GreenerApple Music	#17November 1963	8	September 1963 – November 1963	9.9
My Whole World Is Falling DownApple Music	#24August 1963	9	July 1963 – August 1963	9.3
It Started All Over Again	#29July 1962	8	June 1962 – August 1962	6.1
Rusty Bells	#33November 1965	9	October 1965 – December 1965	5.7
Your Used To Be	#32February 1963	7	January 1963 – March 1963	5.7
Johnny One TimeApple Music	#41April 1969	11	February 1969 – April 1969	5.7
I Wonder	#25August 1963	8	July 1963 – August 1963	4.9
Anybody But MeApple Music	#31October 1961	9	October 1961 – November 1961	4.8
Ride, Ride, Ride	#37February 1967	7	January 1967 – February 1967	4.6
Thanks A Lot	#45February 1965	7	January 1965 – February 1965	3.7
When You Loved Me	#47September 1964	7	August 1964 – September 1964	3.4
Alone With You	#48July 1964	6	June 1964 – July 1964	3.1
I'm Learning About Love	#33February 1961	4	January 1961 – February 1961	2.5
Truly, Truly, True	#54May 1965	6	April 1965 – May 1965	2.4
She'll Never Know	#47February 1963	6	January 1963 – March 1963	2.4
Save All Your Lovin' For Me	#53October 1962	6	September 1962 – October 1962	2.2
Just A Little	#40October 1960	5	October 1960 – October 1960	1.6
So Deep	#52January 1962	4	January 1962 – February 1962	1.2
Nobody Wins	#70April 1973	5	March 1973 – April 1973	1.2
Ain't Gonna Cry No More	#77July 1966	4	July 1966 – July 1966	0.9
Sweet Impossible You	#70October 1963	5	September 1963 – October 1963	0.7
Eventually	#56July 1961	3	July 1961 – July 1961	0.7
You Don't Need Me For Anything Anymore	#84May 1969	3	May 1969 – May 1969	0.6
The Crying Game	#87January 1965	4	January 1965 – January 1965	0.5
He's So Heavenly	#73April 1963	3	April 1963 – April 1963	0.4
My Dreams	#85June 1964	3	June 1964 – June 1964	0.4
Here Comes That Feelin	#89May 1962	3	April 1962 – May 1962	0.3
I Think I Love You Again	#97June 1970	2	May 1970 – June 1970	0.3
No One	#98May 1965	1	May 1965	0.1

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