Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Dion

Charting Oct 17, 1960 → Sep 2, 1989 · 143 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 143 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 37 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
19601990
Longest reign 2 weeks (Oct 1961) · First crown Oct 1961

Billboard Hot 100 · 143 wk UK Singles Chart · 37 wk Global Music Power · 155 wk

Peak Power: 2.73%; week of Mar 3, 1962
Career Power: 249; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 117; September 1961 – September 1962
Peak Five Years: 215; August 1958 – August 1963
Top-five weeks: 26; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 143; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.76%; week of Mar 9, 1963
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1968, after 5 quiet years

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 · 249 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
Runaround SueApple Music	#1October 1961	14	September 1961 – December 1961	38.3	37.7
The WandererApple Music	#2February 1962	18	December 1961 – April 1962	34.6	34.5
Abraham, Martin And JohnApple Music	#4December 1968	14	October 1968 – January 1969	31.4	31.1
Ruby BabyApple Music	#2February 1963	13	January 1963 – April 1963	28.6	28.9
Lonely TeenagerApple Music	#12December 1960	16	October 1960 – January 1961	22.0	21.5
Lovers Who WanderApple Music	#3June 1962	12	April 1962 – July 1962	22.0	21.9
Little DianeApple Music	#8August 1962	11	July 1962 – September 1962	17.4	17.3
Love Came To MeApple Music	#10December 1962	11	November 1962 – January 1963	16.4	16.2
This Little GirlApple Music	#21May 1963	8	April 1963 – June 1963	9.2	9.4
SandyApple Music	#21April 1963	11	March 1963 – May 1963	9.1	10.7
Be Careful Of Stones That You ThrowApple Music	#31August 1963	7	July 1963 – August 1963	5.4	5.5
Havin' FunApple Music	#42March 1961	6	February 1961 – March 1961	3.1	3.0
Come Go With MeApple Music	#48July 1963	6	June 1963 – July 1963	2.8	2.9
(I was) Born To CryApple Music	#42May 1962	7	April 1962 – June 1962	2.5	3.8
The MajesticApple Music	#36December 1961	8	December 1961 – February 1962	2.5	3.8
Purple HazeApple Music	#63February 1969	4	January 1969 – February 1969	1.3	1.4
And The Night Stood StillApple Music	#75August 1989	5	August 1989 – September 1989	1.0	1.0
Your Own Back YardApple Music	#75July 1970	3	June 1970 – July 1970	0.7	0.7
Kissin Game	#82May 1961	3	May 1961 – May 1961	0.5	0.5
From Both Sides NowApple Music	#91April 1969	2	April 1969 – May 1969	0.3	0.3
Little Miss Blue	#96December 1960	1	December 1960	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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