Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Dinah Washington

Charting May 25, 1959 → Jun 8, 1963 · 121 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 121 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Mercury Records The full size copy of the photo shows the photographer to be James Kriegsmann, New York., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 121 wk UK Singles Chart · 8 wk Global Music Power · 126 wk

Peak Power: 1.72%; week of Sep 14, 1959
Career Power: 113; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 63; July 1959 – July 1960
Peak Five Years: 113; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 121; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 2.84%; week of Aug 17, 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

21 records · 113 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
What A Diff'rence A Day MakesApple Music	#8August 1959	20	May 1959 – October 1959	30.9	30.1
UnforgettableApple Music	#17November 1959	13	October 1959 – December 1959	15.2	14.9
Baby (You've Got What It Takes)with Brook BentonApple Music	#5March 1960	15	January 1960 – May 1960	14.3	28.5
September In The RainApple Music	#23November 1961	11	October 1961 – December 1961	11.3	11.0
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)with Brook BentonApple Music	#7June 1960	13	May 1960 – August 1960	10.7	22.4
This Bitter EarthApple Music	#24August 1960	14	June 1960 – September 1960	10.3	10.8
Where Are YouApple Music	#36June 1962	12	May 1962 – August 1962	7.3	7.2
Love Walked InApple Music	#30November 1960	10	October 1960 – December 1960	6.6	6.4
It Could Happen To YouApple Music	#53April 1960	6	March 1960 – May 1960	1.7	2.1
Tears And LaughterApple Music	#71March 1962	5	February 1962 – March 1962	1.2	1.2
I Want To Be LovedApple Music	#76August 1962	4	August 1962 – September 1962	0.8	0.8
We Have LoveApple Music	#76January 1961	3	December 1960 – January 1961	0.6	0.6
Our Love Is Here To StayApple Music	#89May 1961	3	May 1961 – May 1961	0.4	0.4
SoulvilleApple Music	#92June 1963	3	May 1963 – June 1963	0.4	0.4
You're A SweetheartApple Music	#98November 1962	2	November 1962 – December 1962	0.3	0.2
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You	#87May 1962	1	May 1962	0.2	0.2
DreamApple Music	#92May 1962	2	May 1962 – May 1962	0.2	0.3
For All We KnowApple Music	#88August 1962	2	August 1962 – September 1962	0.2	0.3
Early Every Morning (Early Every Evening Too)	#95March 1961	1	March 1961	0.1	0.1
Cold, Cold Heart	#96November 1962	1	November 1962	0.1	0.1
I Wouldn't Know (What To Do)	#93September 1962	1	September 1962	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

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Dinah Washington's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1959 to July 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.