Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Mary Wells

Charting Jan 30, 1961 → Jul 6, 1968 · 162 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 162 wk, UK Singles Chart 24 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 162 wk UK Singles Chart · 24 wk Global Music Power · 177 wk

Peak Power: 2.89%; week of Jun 27, 1964
Career Power: 178; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 75; April 1962 – April 1963
Peak Five Years: 174; April 1961 – March 1966
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 162; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.26%; week of Jun 6, 1964
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

23 records · 178 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
My GuyApple Music	#1May 1964	15	April 1964 – July 1964	39.3	36.7
The One Who Really Loves YouApple Music	#8June 1962	17	March 1962 – July 1962	24.8	24.6
Two LoversApple Music	#7January 1963	13	December 1962 – February 1963	23.0	22.7
You Beat Me To The PunchApple Music	#9September 1962	12	August 1962 – October 1962	18.9	18.6
What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For OneApple Music	#29February 1964	17	October 1963 – March 1964	11.6	11.8
Laughing BoyApple Music	#15March 1963	9	February 1963 – April 1963	10.7	10.6
You Lost The Sweetest BoyApple Music	#22November 1963	9	September 1963 – November 1963	10.4	10.2
I Don't Want To Take A ChanceApple Music	#33August 1961	9	July 1961 – September 1961	6.0	6.0
Your Old Stand ByApple Music	#40July 1963	8	May 1963 – July 1963	4.8	4.7
Ain't It The TruthApple Music	#45December 1964	8	October 1964 – December 1964	4.2	4.1
Use Your Head	#34January 1965	6	January 1965 – February 1965	4.1	4.1
Once Upon A Timewith Marvin GayeApple Music	#19June 1964	9	May 1964 – June 1964	3.7	11.2
What's The Matter With You Babywith Marvin GayeApple Music	#17July 1964	10	May 1964 – July 1964	3.7	10.8
Bye Bye BabyApple Music	#45April 1961	11	January 1961 – April 1961	3.5	3.4
Dear LoverApple Music	#51March 1966	8	February 1966 – April 1966	3.0	3.0
The DoctorApple Music	#65June 1968	8	May 1968 – July 1968	2.4	2.4
Never, Never Leave Me	#54April 1965	6	March 1965 – April 1965	2.3	2.2
He's A LoverApple Music	#74July 1965	4	June 1965 – July 1965	1.0	0.9
Can't You See (You're Losing Me)Apple Music	#94February 1966	3	January 1966 – February 1966	0.4	0.4
Stop Takin' Me For GrantedApple Music	#88November 1964	3	November 1964 – November 1964	0.3	0.5
Me Without You	#95September 1965	2	September 1965 – September 1965	0.3	0.3
Such A Sweet ThingApple Music	#99July 1966	2	July 1966 – July 1966	0.2	0.2
Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right	#100March 1963	1	March 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Mary Wells's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1962 to April 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.