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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Desmond Dekker And The Aces

Charting May 17, 1969Jul 19, 1969 · 10 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 10 wk, UK Singles Chart 39 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    2 crowns

    19671970

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Apr 1969) · First crown Apr 1969

Peak Power
1.17%
week of Jul 19, 1969
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
July 1968 – July 1969
Peak Five Years
16
August 1964 – July 1969
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
10
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.69%
week of Jun 28, 1969
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 · 16 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
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At their peak

1968 in music

Desmond Dekker And The Aces's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1968 to July 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles99
  2. 2Marvin Gaye93
  3. 3The 5th Dimension89
  4. 4Creedence Clearwater Revival82
  5. 5The Temptations82
  6. 6Steppenwolf82
  7. 7Diana Ross & The Supremes81
  8. 8Tommy James And The Shondells80
  9. 9Glen Campbell79
  10. 10Aretha Franklin71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.