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Brian Wilson portraitBrian Wilson

Charting Mar 26, 1966May 7, 1966 · 7 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 7 wk, UK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Peak Power
0.45%
week of May 7, 1966
Career Power
5
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
5
May 1965 – May 1966
Peak Five Years
5
May 1961 – May 1966
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
7
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.22%
week of Apr 30, 1966
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

1 song · 5 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
Caroline, No#3275.2

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At their peak

1965 in music

Brian Wilson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1965 to May 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles149
  2. 2Herman's Hermits133
  3. 3The Rolling Stones114
  4. 4Gary Lewis And The Playboys98
  5. 5The Beach Boys93
  6. 6The Righteous Brothers92
  7. 7The Dave Clark Five89
  8. 8The Supremes87
  9. 9Four Tops76
  10. 10The Byrds75

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.