Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Chubby Checker

Charting May 18, 1959 → Mar 20, 1982 · 231 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 231 wk (12 crowns), UK Singles Chart 84 wk (5 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Year: 1961
1962

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
12 crowns
Longest reign 10 weeks (Nov 1961 – Feb 1962) · First crown Oct 1960
UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Feb–Mar 1962) · First crown Feb 1962
Global Music Power
13 crowns
19591988
Longest reign 8 weeks (Jan–Mar 1962) · First crown Dec 1961

Billboard Hot 100 · 231 wk UK Singles Chart · 84 wk Global Music Power · 254 wk

Peak Power: 3.65%; week of Feb 3, 1962
Career Power: 419; share-weeks
Crowns: 12; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 134; February 1961 – February 1962
Peak Five Years: 413; June 1960 – May 1965
Top-five weeks: 43; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 231; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.19%; week of Dec 11, 1961
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

32 records · 419 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
The TwistApple Music	#1September 1960	39	August 1960 – April 1962	98.5	98.7
Limbo RockApple Music	#2December 1962	23	September 1962 – February 1963	45.1	47.6
Pony TimeApple Music	#1February 1961	16	January 1961 – May 1961	38.8	38.6
Let's Twist AgainApple Music	#8August 1961	23	June 1961 – February 1962	27.2	31.4
The FlyApple Music	#7November 1961	13	September 1961 – December 1961	24.6	25.7
Loddy LoApple Music	#12December 1963	13	November 1963 – January 1964	17.8	18.2
Popeye (The Hitchhiker)Apple Music	#10November 1962	13	September 1962 – December 1962	16.9	18.9
The HucklebuckApple Music	#14November 1960	13	October 1960 – January 1961	15.3	16.2
Hooka TookaApple Music	#17February 1964	14	December 1963 – March 1964	15.1	16.0
Dancin' PartyApple Music	#12July 1962	10	June 1962 – August 1962	15.1	14.9
Slow Twistinwith Dee Dee SharpApple Music	#3April 1962	14	March 1962 – June 1962	15.0	30.9
BirdlandApple Music	#12June 1963	9	May 1963 – July 1963	13.2	13.1
Twenty MilesApple Music	#15April 1963	12	February 1963 – May 1963	12.7	14.4
Let's Limbo Some MoreApple Music	#20March 1963	10	February 1963 – April 1963	11.8	12.7
Hey, Bobba NeedleApple Music	#23April 1964	9	March 1964 – May 1964	9.7	8.5
Twist It UpApple Music	#25August 1963	8	July 1963 – September 1963	8.1	8.3
(Dance The) Mess AroundApple Music	#24May 1961	7	April 1961 – June 1961	6.9	6.9
Let's Do The FreddieApple Music	#40May 1965	9	April 1965 – May 1965	5.1	4.9
Lazy Elsie MollyApple Music	#40July 1964	7	June 1964 – July 1964	4.1	3.9
The ClassApple Music	#38June 1959	7	May 1959 – June 1959	4.0	3.9
She Wants T' SwimApple Music	#50September 1964	7	August 1964 – October 1964	3.0	3.0
Good, Good LovinApple Music	#43May 1961	6	April 1961 – May 1961	2.1	3.5
Surf PartyApple Music	#55July 1963	6	July 1963 – August 1963	2.0	2.5
Jingle Bell Rockwith Bobby RydellApple Music	#21January 1962	7	December 1961 – December 1962	1.5	6.2
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' OnApple Music	#42November 1960	8	October 1960 – November 1960	1.4	3.2
Lovely, Lovely (Loverly, Loverly)Apple Music	#70January 1965	4	January 1965 – January 1965	1.1	1.1
Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-LooApple Music	#76July 1966	5	July 1966 – July 1966	1.0	1.0
Back In The U.S.S.R.Apple Music	#82May 1969	5	April 1969 – May 1969	1.0	1.0
Running	#91February 1982	5	February 1982 – March 1982	0.7	0.7
La Paloma TwistApple Music	#72March 1962	2	March 1962 – March 1962	0.2	0.5
Twistin' U.S.A.Apple Music	#68December 1961	3	December 1961 – December 1961	0.2	0.8
Black Cloud	#98June 1963	1	June 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

Chubby Checker's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1961 to February 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.