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Buddy Holly portraitBuddy Holly

Charting Aug 4, 1958May 25, 1959 · 25 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 25 wk, UK Singles Chart 176 wk (2 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19571988

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr–May 1959) · First crown Apr 1959

Peak Power
1.11%
week of Apr 27, 1959
Career Power
25
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
25
August 1958 – July 1959
Peak Five Years
25
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
25
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.49%
week of Mar 30, 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 →

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

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

4 records · 25 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
It Doesn't Matter Anymore#131417.2
Early In The Morning#3276.5
Heartbeat#8240.7
Raining In My Heart#8820.2

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At their peak

1958 in music

Buddy Holly's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to July 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Ricky Nelson139
  2. 2The Everly Brothers117
  3. 3Frankie Avalon111
  4. 4Connie Francis107
  5. 5Tommy Edwards100
  6. 6Elvis Presley99
  7. 7Bobby Darin88
  8. 8Lloyd Price86
  9. 9The Kingston Trio82
  10. 10The Platters79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1950s.