Artists · UK Singles Chart

Buddy Holly

Charting Dec 6, 1957 → Dec 25, 1988 · 176 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: 2.87%; week of Jun 19, 1959
Career Power: 334; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 2; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 93; July 1958 – July 1959
Peak Five Years: 236; February 1959 – February 1964
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 176; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.92%; week of Aug 29, 1958
Comebacks: 1; August 1961

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jan 8, 1960	Aug 10, 1961	83	17	2.87%	1.07%

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 UK Singles Chart

23 records · 334 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	#1April 1959	21	February 1959 – July 1959	62.1	60.6
Peggy SueApple Music	#6January 1958	17	December 1957 – March 1958	39.0	38.4
Rave OnApple Music	#5August 1958	14	June 1958 – September 1958	34.8	33.8
Brown-Eyed Handsome ManApple Music	#3April 1963	17	March 1963 – July 1963	32.7	33.3
Bo DiddleyApple Music	#4July 1963	12	June 1963 – August 1963	25.3	25.2
Baby I Don't Care/Valley of TearsApple Music	#12August 1961	14	July 1961 – October 1961	24.8	24.2
WishingApple Music	#10September 1963	11	September 1963 – November 1963	20.7	20.6
Peggy Sue Got MarriedApple Music	#13October 1959	10	September 1959 – November 1959	18.4	18.0
ReminiscingApple Music	#17October 1962	11	September 1962 – November 1962	16.9	16.7
What to Do {1963}	#27January 1964	8	December 1963 – February 1964	9.2	9.0
True Love Ways	#25June 1960	7	May 1960 – July 1960	8.9	8.8
Peggy Sue/Rave On	#32April 1968	9	April 1968 – May 1968	8.9	8.9
What to Do	#34February 1961	6	January 1961 – March 1961	5.6	5.5
Early In The Morning	#17September 1958	4	August 1958 – September 1958	4.7	7.0
Midnight Shift	#26July 1959	3	July 1959 – August 1959	4.6	4.3
Love's Made a Fool of You	#39September 1964	6	September 1964 – October 1964	4.4	4.4
Heartbeat {1960}	#30May 1960	3	April 1960 – May 1960	3.6	3.5
Listen to Me	#16March 1958	2	March 1958 – March 1958	3.0	3.4
Learnin' the Game	#36November 1960	3	October 1960 – November 1960	2.9	2.8
True Love Ways {1988}	#65December 1988	5	November 1988 – December 1988	1.5	1.5
Heartbeat	#30January 1959	1	January 1959	1.3	1.3
Listen to Me {1962}	#48March 1962	1	March 1962	0.7	0.7
That'll Be the Day	#85September 1986	2	September 1986 – September 1986	0.3	0.3

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