Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Louis Armstrong
Charting Oct 3, 1964 → Apr 30, 1988 · 21 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 21 wk, UK Singles Chart 79 wk (4 crowns)
Part of the extended career Louis Armstrong (extended) × 1 — this page stays artist-only.
Honours
Artist of the Week
UK Singles Chart
4 crowns
19521995Longest reign 4 weeks (Apr–May 1968) · First crown Apr 1968
- Peak Power
- 0.53%
- week of Apr 9, 1988
- Career Power
- 11
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 8
- May 1987 – April 1988
- Peak Five Years
- 8
- May 1983 – April 1988
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 21
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 1.21%
- week of Apr 2, 1988
- 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 Billboard Hot 100
3 records · 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What A Wonderful WorldApple Music | #32 | 11 | 7.5 | ||
| So Long DearieApple Music | #56 | 6 | 2.4 | ||
| MameApple Music | #81 | 4 | 0.8 |
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At their peak
1987 in music →Louis Armstrong's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1987 to April 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Whitney Houston131
- 2George Michael113
- 3Debbie Gibson104
- 4Michael Jackson102
- 5Richard Marx94
- 6Expose93
- 7Tiffany91
- 8Heart89
- 9Fleetwood Mac82
- 10Whitesnake81
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.