Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Jackie Wilson

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Mar 11, 1972 · 304 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 304 wk (7 crowns), UK Singles Chart 95 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Brunswick Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
7 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (May–Jun 1960) · First crown May 1960
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
19571987
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1986 – Jan 1987) · First crown Dec 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 304 wk UK Singles Chart · 95 wk Global Music Power · 391 wk

Peak Power: 2.75%; week of Jun 20, 1960
Career Power: 330; share-weeks
Crowns: 7; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 119; April 1960 – April 1961
Peak Five Years: 267; October 1958 – October 1963
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 304; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.73%; week of May 9, 1960
Comebacks: 2; Apr 1963 · Dec 1966

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

53 records · 330 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
Lonely TeardropsApple Music	#7February 1959	21	November 1958 – April 1959	36.6	36.0
NightApple Music	#4May 1960	17	March 1960 – July 1960	32.8	31.9
Baby WorkoutApple Music	#5April 1963	12	March 1963 – May 1963	24.1	23.7
Alone At LastApple Music	#8November 1960	15	October 1960 – January 1961	23.6	23.1
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And HigherApple Music	#6October 1967	12	August 1967 – October 1967	22.6	22.4
(You Were Made For) All My LoveApple Music	#12August 1960	13	July 1960 – October 1960	17.7	17.2
That's Why (I Love You So)Apple Music	#13May 1959	13	March 1959 – June 1959	16.7	16.4
Whispers (Gettin' Louder)Apple Music	#11December 1966	12	October 1966 – January 1967	15.8	15.7
My Empty ArmsApple Music	#9February 1961	9	January 1961 – March 1961	13.8	13.6
Doggin' AroundApple Music	#15May 1960	16	April 1960 – July 1960	11.9	17.4
I'll Be SatisfiedApple Music	#20August 1959	12	June 1959 – September 1959	11.4	11.1
I'm Comin' On On Back To You	#19July 1961	8	June 1961 – July 1961	9.4	9.3
Please Tell Me WhyApple Music	#20April 1961	8	March 1961 – May 1961	9.4	9.3
A Woman, A Lover, A FriendApple Music	#15August 1960	12	July 1960 – September 1960	8.8	13.2
Talk That TalkApple Music	#34January 1960	12	November 1959 – February 1960	7.8	7.7
The Greatest HurtApple Music	#34February 1962	9	January 1962 – March 1962	7.1	6.9
You Better Know ItApple Music	#37October 1959	10	September 1959 – November 1959	5.9	5.9
I Get The Sweetest FeelingApple Music	#34September 1968	8	July 1968 – September 1968	5.3	5.3
Shake! Shake! Shake!Apple Music	#33August 1963	8	July 1963 – August 1963	5.2	5.2
Since You Showed Me How To Be HappyApple Music	#32December 1967	6	November 1967 – December 1967	4.7	4.7
Am I The ManApple Music	#32December 1960	10	October 1960 – December 1960	4.3	6.3
(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is RealApple Music	#56February 1971	11	December 1970 – February 1971	3.6	3.6
Years From Now	#37September 1961	6	August 1961 – September 1961	3.5	3.4
No Pity (In The Naked City)Apple Music	#59August 1965	10	July 1965 – September 1965	3.3	3.2
The Tear Of The YearApple Music	#44January 1961	7	January 1961 – March 1961	2.7	4.0
Hearts	#58May 1962	6	April 1962 – June 1962	2.3	2.3
The Way I AmApple Music	#58November 1961	6	October 1961 – November 1961	2.2	2.3
Shake A Handwith Linda Hopkins	#42June 1963	7	May 1963 – July 1963	2.0	4.0
Your One And Only LoveApple Music	#40March 1961	6	March 1961 – April 1961	1.9	2.8
For Your Precious Lovewith Count BasieApple Music	#49March 1968	7	February 1968 – March 1968	1.8	3.7
My Heart Belongs To Only You	#65November 1961	6	October 1961 – November 1961	1.4	1.8
Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)	#61October 1963	5	September 1963 – October 1963	1.4	1.4
I Just Can't Help It	#70July 1962	4	July 1962 – July 1962	1.0	1.0
For Once In My LifeApple Music	#70November 1968	3	November 1968 – November 1968	0.8	0.8
I've Lost YouApple Music	#82May 1967	4	May 1967 – May 1967	0.8	0.8
Forever And A DayApple Music	#82October 1962	4	September 1962 – October 1962	0.7	0.7
You Don't Know What It Means	#79October 1961	3	October 1961 – October 1961	0.7	0.6
I Don't Want To Lose YouApple Music	#84March 1967	3	March 1967 – March 1967	0.5	0.5
Chain Gangwith Count BasieApple Music	#84May 1968	5	April 1968 – May 1968	0.5	0.9
There'll Be No Next TimeApple Music	#75February 1962	3	January 1962 – February 1962	0.5	0.7
Just Be SincereApple Music	#91February 1967	3	February 1967 – February 1967	0.5	0.5
Danny BoyApple Music	#94March 1965	3	February 1965 – March 1965	0.4	0.4
You Got Me WalkingApple Music	#93March 1972	3	February 1972 – March 1972	0.4	0.4
Love Is Funny That WayApple Music	#95December 1971	3	November 1971 – December 1971	0.4	0.4
Squeeze Her-Tease Her (But Love Her)Apple Music	#89August 1964	2	August 1964 – August 1964	0.3	0.3
Let This Be A Letter (To My Baby)Apple Music	#91May 1970	2	May 1970 – May 1970	0.3	0.3
We Have LoveApple Music	#93September 1958	2	September 1958 – September 1958	0.3	0.3
I Believe I'll Love On	#96October 1965	2	October 1965 – October 1965	0.3	0.3
To Be LovedApple Music	#86August 1958	1	August 1958	0.2	0.2
Lonely Life	#80June 1961	1	June 1961	0.2	0.2
Big Boss Line	#94May 1964	1	May 1964	0.2	0.1
Think Twicewith LaVern Baker	#93January 1966	1	January 1966	0.1	0.1
I Found Lovewith Linda Hopkins	#93April 1962	1	April 1962	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1960 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.