Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Fats Domino

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Sep 14, 1968 · 217 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 217 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 106 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Aug–Sep 1959) · First crown Aug 1959
Global Music Power
1 crown
19561976
First crown Sep 1959

Billboard Hot 100 · 217 wk UK Singles Chart · 106 wk Global Music Power · 272 wk

Peak Power: 2.45%; week of Dec 14, 1959
Career Power: 279; share-weeks
Crowns: 3; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 98; July 1960 – July 1961
Peak Five Years: 276; November 1958 – November 1963
Top-five weeks: 9; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 217; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.14%; week of Sep 14, 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

45 records · 279 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
Whole Lotta LovingApple Music	#6January 1959	15	November 1958 – February 1959	28.6	27.9
Walking To New OrleansApple Music	#6August 1960	14	June 1960 – September 1960	25.7	25.1
I Want To Walk You HomeApple Music	#8September 1959	13	August 1959 – November 1959	23.1	23.1
Be My GuestApple Music	#8December 1959	14	October 1959 – January 1960	21.5	21.1
My Girl JosephineApple Music	#14December 1960	15	October 1960 – January 1961	19.0	19.2
Three Nights A WeekApple Music	#15October 1960	11	September 1960 – November 1960	15.4	15.6
Let The Four Winds BlowApple Music	#15August 1961	11	July 1961 – October 1961	14.0	13.9
I'm ReadyApple Music	#16June 1959	11	May 1959 – July 1959	13.6	13.2
I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some DayApple Music	#17September 1959	13	July 1959 – October 1959	10.3	14.5
What A PriceApple Music	#22February 1961	9	January 1961 – March 1961	10.1	9.9
It Keeps RaininApple Music	#23July 1961	11	May 1961 – July 1961	9.3	9.3
You Win AgainApple Music	#22April 1962	10	February 1962 – April 1962	9.2	9.0
Country BoyApple Music	#25February 1960	10	February 1960 – April 1960	8.7	8.6
What A PartyApple Music	#22November 1961	8	October 1961 – November 1961	7.5	7.5
Don't Come KnockinApple Music	#21August 1960	11	June 1960 – September 1960	7.1	10.6
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)Apple Music	#30January 1962	7	December 1961 – January 1962	6.4	6.3
Red Sails In The SunsetApple Music	#35November 1963	8	September 1963 – November 1963	5.1	5.1
Fell In Love On MondayApple Music	#32April 1961	6	March 1961 – April 1961	4.5	5.0
Ain't That Just Like A WomanApple Music	#33February 1961	8	January 1961 – March 1961	4.4	6.6
Shu RahApple Music	#32April 1961	7	March 1961 – May 1961	4.2	5.0
I've Been AroundApple Music	#33November 1959	9	October 1959 – December 1959	3.7	5.7
Natural Born LoverApple Music	#38December 1960	9	October 1960 – December 1960	3.6	5.6
Telling LiesApple Music	#50March 1959	9	February 1959 – April 1959	3.2	3.9
When The Saints Go Marching InApple Music	#50March 1959	8	February 1959 – April 1959	3.0	3.5
Tell Me That You Love MeApple Music	#51May 1960	7	April 1960 – June 1960	2.9	2.8
MargieApple Music	#51June 1959	8	May 1959 – June 1959	2.3	3.5
There Goes (My Heart Again)Apple Music	#59June 1963	7	May 1963 – June 1963	2.3	2.3
My Real NameApple Music	#59June 1962	7	May 1962 – June 1962	2.3	2.3
Who Cares	#63January 1964	5	January 1964 – February 1964	1.6	1.6
Put Your Arms Around Me HoneyApple Music	#58September 1960	6	September 1960 – October 1960	1.0	1.9
Nothing New (Same Old Thing)Apple Music	#77July 1962	5	June 1962 – July 1962	1.0	1.0
Did You Ever See A Dream WalkingApple Music	#79October 1962	5	October 1962 – November 1962	1.0	1.0
I Hear You KnockingApple Music	#67December 1961	2	December 1961 – December 1961	0.5	0.6
Little MaryApple Music	#72August 1958	2	August 1958 – August 1958	0.5	0.4
Lazy Lady	#86March 1964	2	February 1964 – March 1964	0.3	0.3
Sally Was A Good Old Girl	#99September 1964	2	September 1964 – September 1964	0.2	0.2
Heartbreak Hill	#99October 1964	2	October 1964 – November 1964	0.2	0.2
Lady MadonnaApple Music	#100September 1968	2	September 1968 – September 1968	0.2	0.2
Before I Grow Too OldApple Music	#84May 1960	2	May 1960 – May 1960	0.2	0.3
Ida JaneApple Music	#90March 1962	2	March 1962 – March 1962	0.2	0.3
Young School Girl	#92September 1958	1	September 1958	0.2	0.2
Rockin' Bicycle	#83October 1961	1	October 1961	0.1	0.2
Coquette	#92November 1958	1	November 1958	0.1	0.2
If You Need Me	#98February 1960	1	February 1960	0.1	0.1
Dance With Mr. Domino	#98July 1962	1	July 1962	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1960 in music →

Fats Domino's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1960 to July 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.