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Johnny Mathis portraitJohnny Mathis

Charting Aug 4, 1958Aug 11, 1984 · 247 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 247 wk, UK Singles Chart 134 wk (3 crowns)

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Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19582024

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 1976 – Jan 1977) · First crown Dec 1976

Peak Power
1.75%
week of Apr 6, 1963
Career Power
185
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
52
May 1959 – April 1960
Peak Five Years
145
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
247
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.02%
week of Nov 17, 1962
Comebacks
2
Nov 1962 · Jun 1978, after 15 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

34 records · 185 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Misty#121722.9
Gina#61222.6
What Will My Mary Say#91221.8
Too Much, Too Little, Too Latewith Deniece Williams#11817.5
Call Me#211515.9
Small World#201513.4
Starbright#25119.8
A Certain Smile#2298.9
Someone#35138.3
Every Step Of The Way#3076.6
Let's Love#4494.5
My Love For You#47114.4
Life Is A Song Worth Singing#54123.8
Friends In Lovewith Dionne Warwick#38133.2
Bye Bye Barbara#5372.9
Listen Lonely Girl#6282.3
I'm Coming Home#75102.1
You're All I Need To Get Bywith Deniece Williams#4781.8
Come Back#6161.8
You Are Beautiful#6061.5
Simple#8181.5
Your Teenage Dreams#6871.4
Maria#7871.2
The Best Of Everything#6251.2
How To Handle A Woman#6431.0
Sooner Or Later#8430.6
I'll Search My Heart#9040.6
Taste Of Tears#8730.5
Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet" (A Time For Us)#9630.4
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever#9820.2
Sweet Thursday#9920.2
Marianna#8610.2
Wasn't The Summer Short?#8910.2
The Story Of Our Love#9320.1

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At their peak

1959 in music

Johnny Mathis's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1959 to April 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Paul Anka139
  2. 2Bobby Darin136
  3. 3Frankie Avalon117
  4. 4Connie Francis111
  5. 5Lloyd Price108
  6. 6Bobby Rydell97
  7. 7Fabian96
  8. 8Brook Benton86
  9. 9Fats Domino84
  10. 10The Everly Brothers79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.