Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Johnny Cash

Charting Oct 6, 1958 → Apr 24, 1971 · 187 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 187 wk, UK Singles Chart 51 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 187 wk UK Singles Chart · 51 wk Global Music Power · 221 wk

Peak Power: 2.01%; week of Oct 4, 1969
Career Power: 136; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 49; June 1969 – May 1970
Peak Five Years: 75; February 1966 – January 1971
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 187; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.42%; week of Aug 30, 1969
Comebacks: 1; Aug 1969, after 6 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

32 records · 136 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
A Boy Named SueApple Music	#2August 1969	12	July 1969 – October 1969	31.6	31.4
Ring Of FireApple Music	#17July 1963	13	June 1963 – August 1963	17.0	16.8
What Is TruthApple Music	#19May 1970	8	April 1970 – May 1970	10.6	10.5
Folsom Prison BluesApple Music	#32July 1968	12	May 1968 – August 1968	9.5	9.5
Don't Take Your Guns To TownApple Music	#32February 1959	12	January 1959 – April 1959	9.2	9.0
Understand Your ManApple Music	#35March 1964	8	February 1964 – April 1964	6.1	5.6
Daddy Sang BassApple Music	#42February 1969	10	December 1968 – March 1969	6.0	5.9
I Got StripesApple Music	#43September 1959	11	August 1959 – October 1959	5.6	5.5
All Over AgainApple Music	#38November 1958	11	October 1958 – December 1958	5.1	5.2
The MatadorApple Music	#44November 1963	7	October 1963 – December 1963	4.3	4.3
Sunday Morning Coming DownApple Music	#46October 1970	7	August 1970 – October 1970	4.0	4.0
Flesh And BloodApple Music	#54January 1971	7	December 1970 – January 1971	2.9	2.9
The One On The Right Is On The LeftApple Music	#46March 1966	6	February 1966 – April 1966	2.9	2.9
Blistered/See Ruby FallApple Music	#50December 1969	6	November 1969 – December 1969	2.7	2.8
It Ain't Me, BabeApple Music	#58November 1964	8	October 1964 – December 1964	2.7	2.6
If I Were A Carpenterwith June CarterApple Music	#36February 1970	8	January 1970 – March 1970	2.7	5.3
What Do I CareApple Music	#52November 1958	8	October 1958 – December 1958	2.4	2.9
Frankie's Man, JohnnyApple Music	#57June 1959	7	April 1959 – June 1959	2.3	2.2
Man In BlackApple Music	#58April 1971	6	March 1971 – April 1971	2.3	2.3
Get RhythmApple Music	#60December 1969	6	November 1969 – December 1969	1.2	1.8
Orange Blossom SpecialApple Music	#80March 1965	6	February 1965 – March 1965	1.0	1.0
Tennessee Flat-Top BoxApple Music	#84December 1961	6	November 1961 – December 1961	1.0	1.0
The Little Drummer BoyApple Music	#63December 1959	3	December 1959 – January 1960	0.8	0.8
Second HoneymoonApple Music	#79July 1960	4	July 1960 – July 1960	0.8	0.7
See Ruby FallApple Music	#75November 1969	3	November 1969 – November 1969	0.6	0.6
Five Feet High And RisingApple Music	#76September 1959	3	August 1959 – September 1959	0.4	0.6
Rosanna's Going WildApple Music	#91January 1968	2	January 1968 – February 1968	0.3	0.3
Everybody Loves A NutApple Music	#96July 1966	2	July 1966 – July 1966	0.3	0.3
Bonanza!	#94September 1962	1	September 1962	0.1	0.1
Oh Lonesome Mewith The Gene Lowery SingersApple Music	#93January 1961	2	January 1961 – January 1961	0.1	0.3
Honky-Tonk Girl	#92July 1960	1	July 1960	0.1	0.2
Rock Island Line	#93February 1970	1	February 1970	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1969 in music →

Johnny Cash's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1969 to May 1970. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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