Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Nat King Cole

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Jan 3, 2026 · 206 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 206 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 262 wk (5 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Dec 2023 – Jan 2024) · First crown Jan 2023
UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1953) · First crown Aug 1953
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19522026
Longest reign 2 weeks (Aug 1953) · First crown Aug 1953

Billboard Hot 100 · 206 wk UK Singles Chart · 262 wk Global Music Power · 399 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.15%; week of Oct 27, 1962
Career Power: 268; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 80; August 1962 – July 1963
Peak Five Years: 128; November 1959 – November 1964
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 206; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.37%; week of Jan 3, 2026
Comebacks: 1; Jan 2021, after 57 quiet years

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

30 records · 268 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
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)Apple Music	#6December 2025	55	December 1960 – January 2026	97.5	90.5
Ramblin' RoseApple Music	#2September 1962	16	August 1962 – November 1962	35.5	35.2
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of SummerApple Music	#6June 1963	12	May 1963 – July 1963	22.3	22.1
Deck The Halls	#16December 2022	22	December 2020 – January 2026	21.2	30.2
That Sunday, That SummerApple Music	#12November 1963	13	August 1963 – November 1963	18.0	17.8
Dear Lonely HeartsApple Music	#13December 1962	11	November 1962 – January 1963	15.6	15.5
I Don't Want To Be Hurt AnymoreApple Music	#22May 1964	9	April 1964 – June 1964	10.8	10.1
I Don't Want To See TomorrowApple Music	#34October 1964	9	September 1964 – November 1964	6.6	6.5
Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)Apple Music	#45November 1958	11	October 1958 – December 1958	6.0	5.8
Come Closer To Me (Acercate Mas)Apple Music	#41September 1958	9	August 1958 – September 1958	5.8	5.7
All Over The WorldApple Music	#42April 1963	9	March 1963 – April 1963	5.4	5.3
Time And The RiverApple Music	#30February 1960	8	February 1960 – March 1960	5.3	5.3
You Made Me Love YouApple Music	#45June 1959	9	May 1959 – June 1959	4.3	4.2
Midnight FlyerApple Music	#51September 1959	12	August 1959 – October 1959	4.2	4.2
My True Carrie, LoveApple Music	#49March 1964	6	February 1964 – March 1964	3.0	2.8
Take A Fool's AdviceApple Music	#71July 1961	7	June 1961 – August 1961	1.5	1.5
Let True Love BeginApple Music	#73October 1961	4	September 1961 – October 1961	0.9	0.9
I Must Be DreamingApple Music	#69June 1959	4	May 1959 – June 1959	0.7	1.1
Give Me Your LoveApple Music	#82February 1959	4	February 1959 – February 1959	0.7	0.7
Let Me Tell You, BabeApple Music	#90August 1966	4	August 1966 – August 1966	0.6	0.6
L-O-V-EApple Music	#81October 1964	4	September 1964 – October 1964	0.5	0.8
Nothing Goes Up (Without Coming Down)Apple Music	#87March 1963	3	March 1963 – March 1963	0.4	0.5
If I KnewApple Music	#86January 1961	2	January 1961 – January 1961	0.4	0.3
MadridApple Music	#85February 1959	3	February 1959 – February 1959	0.3	0.4
Mr. Wishing WellApple Music	#92September 1963	3	September 1963 – September 1963	0.3	0.4
Whatcha' Gonna DoApple Music	#92March 1960	2	March 1960 – March 1960	0.2	0.3
Sweet Bird Of Youth	#96August 1959	2	August 1959 – September 1959	0.2	0.3
Looking Back	#81August 1958	1	August 1958	0.2	0.2
People	#100April 1964	1	April 1964	0.1	0.1
Nothing In The World	#99August 1958	1	August 1958	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Nat King Cole's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1962 to July 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.