Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Neil Sedaka

Charting Dec 8, 1958 → Aug 2, 1980 · 316 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 316 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 187 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
19581980
Longest reign 3 weeks (Oct 1975) · First crown Feb 1975

Billboard Hot 100 · 316 wk UK Singles Chart · 187 wk Global Music Power · 409 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Sep 15, 1962
Career Power: 398; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 82; December 1961 – December 1962
Peak Five Years: 252; December 1958 – December 1963
Top-five weeks: 14; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 316; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.59%; week of Aug 11, 1962
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1974, after 11 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

29 records · 398 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
Breaking Up Is Hard To DoApple Music	#1August 1962	28	June 1962 – March 1976	57.3	57.0
Laughter In The RainApple Music	#1February 1975	20	October 1974 – March 1975	37.1	37.1
Happy Birthday, Sweet SixteenApple Music	#6January 1962	14	November 1961 – February 1962	27.9	27.2
Calendar GirlApple Music	#4February 1961	15	December 1960 – March 1961	27.9	27.2
Bad BloodApple Music	#1October 1975	14	September 1975 – December 1975	27.4	27.3
Oh! CarolApple Music	#9December 1959	18	October 1959 – February 1960	27.0	26.4
Next Door To An AngelApple Music	#5November 1962	11	October 1962 – December 1962	22.0	21.6
Stairway To HeavenApple Music	#9May 1960	15	March 1960 – July 1960	20.8	20.2
The DiaryApple Music	#14February 1959	15	December 1958 – March 1959	18.1	17.9
You Mean Everything To MeApple Music	#17October 1960	13	August 1960 – October 1960	16.4	15.9
Little DevilApple Music	#11May 1961	9	May 1961 – June 1961	13.6	13.4
Love In The ShadowsApple Music	#16May 1976	11	April 1976 – June 1976	13.4	13.3
Alice In WonderlandApple Music	#17March 1963	10	February 1963 – April 1963	13.1	12.8
The ImmigrantApple Music	#22May 1975	10	March 1975 – May 1975	9.8	9.8
Should've Never Let You Gowith Dara SedakaApple Music	#19June 1980	19	March 1980 – August 1980	9.4	18.5
That's When The Music Takes MeApple Music	#27August 1975	10	June 1975 – August 1975	8.0	8.0
Let's Go Steady AgainApple Music	#26June 1963	9	April 1963 – June 1963	7.8	7.7
Bad GirlApple Music	#33December 1963	8	November 1963 – January 1964	6.5	6.4
Steppin' OutApple Music	#36July 1976	9	June 1976 – August 1976	5.5	5.5
Run Samson RunApple Music	#28October 1960	11	August 1960 – November 1960	5.3	7.2
I Go ApeApple Music	#42March 1959	8	March 1959 – April 1959	4.8	4.7
King Of ClownsApple Music	#45May 1962	9	March 1962 – May 1962	4.2	4.1
AmarilloApple Music	#44June 1977	7	May 1977 – July 1977	3.8	3.8
The DreamerApple Music	#47August 1963	7	July 1963 – September 1963	3.5	3.5
Sweet Little YouApple Music	#59September 1961	7	August 1961 – October 1961	2.7	2.6
You Gotta Make Your Own SunshineApple Music	#53October 1976	5	September 1976 – October 1976	2.3	2.3
The World Through A TearApple Music	#76October 1965	9	August 1965 – October 1965	1.8	1.8
The Answer To My PrayerApple Music	#89February 1966	4	February 1966 – February 1966	0.6	0.6
SunnyApple Music	#86August 1964	3	July 1964 – August 1964	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1961 in music →

Neil Sedaka's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1961 to December 1962. 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.