Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Buddy Holly

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

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 25 wk, UK Singles Chart 176 wk (2 at #1)

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Photo: Buddy_Holly_Brunswick_Records.jpg : Brunswick Records derivative work: GD uwen Tell me!, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 25 wk UK Singles Chart · 176 wk Global Music Power · 179 wk

Peak Power: 1.11%; week of Apr 27, 1959
Career Power: 25; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top artist

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 (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
It Doesn't Matter AnymoreApple Music	#13March 1959	14	February 1959 – May 1959	17.2	16.7
Early In The Morning	#32August 1958	7	August 1958 – September 1958	6.5	6.4
Heartbeat	#82January 1959	4	December 1958 – January 1959	0.7	0.6
Raining In My Heart	#88April 1959	2	March 1959 – April 1959	0.2	0.3

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