Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Lou Christie

Charting Jan 5, 1963 → Aug 8, 1981 · 89 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 89 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 32 wk

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Image credits

Photo: MGM Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19631981
First crown Feb 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 89 wk UK Singles Chart · 32 wk Global Music Power · 98 wk

Peak Power: 1.93%; week of Mar 19, 1966
Career Power: 100; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 40; July 1965 – July 1966
Peak Five Years: 78; May 1962 – May 1967
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 89; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Feb 19, 1966
Comebacks: 2; Feb 1966 · Oct 1969

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

13 records · 100 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
Lightnin' StrikesApple Music	#1February 1966	15	December 1965 – April 1966	28.3	28.1
Two Faces Have IApple Music	#6June 1963	15	March 1963 – July 1963	24.3	24.0
I'm Gonna Make You MineApple Music	#10October 1969	12	August 1969 – November 1969	18.7	18.5
The Gypsy CriedApple Music	#24March 1963	13	January 1963 – March 1963	11.3	11.2
Rhapsody In The RainApple Music	#16April 1966	8	March 1966 – May 1966	8.1	8.5
How Many TeardropsApple Music	#46August 1963	5	July 1963 – August 1963	2.7	2.6
Outside The Gates Of HeavenApple Music	#45April 1966	8	March 1966 – April 1966	2.6	3.5
Beyond The Blue HorizonApple Music	#80March 1974	10	February 1974 – April 1974	1.7	1.7
Are You Getting Any Sunshine?Apple Music	#73January 1970	4	December 1969 – January 1970	1.0	0.9
PainterApple Music	#81July 1966	5	June 1966 – July 1966	0.9	0.9
Shake Hands And Walk Away CryinApple Music	#95May 1967	2	April 1967 – May 1967	0.3	0.3
Summer '81 medleyfeatured credit · with The Cantina Band	#81August 1981	3	July 1981 – August 1981	0.2	0.6
Big Time	#95March 1966	1	March 1966	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1965 in music →

Lou Christie's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1965 to July 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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