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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Mark Dinning

Charting Dec 21, 1959Mar 27, 1961 · 35 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 35 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 4 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19591961

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb 1960) · First crown Feb 1960

Peak Power
2.29%
week of Mar 21, 1960
Career Power
43
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
42
October 1959 – October 1960
Peak Five Years
43
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
6
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
35
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.55%
week of Feb 8, 1960
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

4 records · 43 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
Teen Angel#11839.6
A Star Is Born (A Love Has Died)#6861.5
The Lovin' Touch#8461.0
Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports#8161.0

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At their peak

1959 in music

Mark Dinning's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1959 to October 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Bobby Rydell137
  2. 2Connie Francis134
  3. 3Paul Anka128
  4. 4The Everly Brothers115
  5. 5Brenda Lee108
  6. 6Bobby Darin99
  7. 7Johnny Preston90
  8. 8Brook Benton88
  9. 9Jackie Wilson82
  10. 10Fats Domino81

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.