Artists · Global Music Power
Laurie Johnson
Also credited as Laurie Johnson Orchestra and London Big Band
Charting Sep 30, 1961 → May 17, 1997 · 14 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets — UK Singles Chart 14 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.
UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.
- Peak Power
- 0.49%
- week of Dec 9, 1961
- Career Power
- 8
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 8
- December 1960 – December 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 8
- December 1956 – December 1961
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 14
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.85%
- week of Oct 28, 1961
- 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 Global Music Power
2 records · 8 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sucu SucuApple Music | #9 | 12 | 7.7 | ||
| Theme from the Professionals | #36 | 2 | 0.5 |
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At their peak
Laurie Johnson's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from December 1960 to December 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Elvis Presley135
- 2Connie Francis104
- 3Brenda Lee88
- 4The Shirelles84
- 5Bobby Vee83
- 6Ricky Nelson78
- 7Del Shannon77
- 8Chubby Checker77
- 9Roy Orbison75
- 10The Everly Brothers74
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.