Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Esther Phillips "Little Esther
Charting Oct 27, 1962 → Jun 10, 1967 · 16 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 16 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.52%
- week of Jan 12, 1963
- Career Power
- 23
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 23
- February 1962 – January 1963
- Peak Five Years
- 23
- June 1962 – June 1967
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 16
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.81%
- week of Dec 29, 1962
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
1 song · 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Me | #8 | 16 | 23.5 |
At their peak
1962 in music →Esther Phillips "Little Esther's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1962 to January 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Elvis Presley118
- 2Chubby Checker113
- 3Brenda Lee99
- 4Ray Charles94
- 5Dee Dee Sharp91
- 6Dion85
- 7The Shirelles77
- 8The Four Seasons77
- 9Connie Francis77
- 10Gene Pitney70
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1960s.