Artists · Global Music Power
Ella Fitzgerald
Charting May 24, 1958 → Jul 8, 1989 · 46 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 22 wk, UK Singles Chart 31 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.72%
- week of Jul 9, 1960
- Career Power
- 21
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 14
- October 1959 – October 1960
- Peak Five Years
- 19
- May 1958 – April 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 46
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.26%
- week of Jun 4, 1960
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Global Music Power
9 records · 21 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mack The KnifeApple Music | #27#19 | 149 | 12.3 | ||
| Swingin' Shepherd BluesApple Music | #15 | 5 | 3.0 | ||
| DesafinadoApple Music | #38 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
| Can't Buy Me LoveApple Music | #34 | 5 | 1.4 | ||
| But Not for MeApple Music | #25 | 3 | 1.3 | ||
| How High The Moon (Part 1)Apple Music | #76 | 5 | 0.6 | ||
| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come HomeApple Music | #75 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| How High the Moon | #46 | 1 | 0.2 | ||
| SummertimeApple Music | #82 | 2 | 0.1 |
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At their peak
Ella Fitzgerald's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from October 1959 to October 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Connie Francis122
- 2The Everly Brothers120
- 3Bobby Rydell105
- 4Paul Anka102
- 5Brenda Lee95
- 6Bobby Darin95
- 7Johnny Preston91
- 8Jimmy Jones79
- 9Fats Domino74
- 10Neil Sedaka66
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.