Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Otis Redding

Charting May 25, 1963 → Dec 17, 2011 · 190 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 190 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 125 wk (3 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Volt Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Mar 1968) · First crown Mar 1968
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar–Apr 1968) · First crown Mar 1968
Global Music Power
7 crowns
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Longest reign 7 weeks (Mar–Apr 1968) · First crown Mar 1968

Billboard Hot 100 · 190 wk UK Singles Chart · 125 wk Global Music Power · 244 wk

Peak Power: 2.43%; week of Apr 27, 1968
Career Power: 139; share-weeks
Crowns: 2; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 68; February 1968 – January 1969
Peak Five Years: 129; July 1964 – June 1969
Top-five weeks: 10; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 190; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Mar 30, 1968
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

26 records · 139 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
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The BayApple Music	#1March 1968	16	January 1968 – May 1968	41.4	41.2
I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)Apple Music	#21July 1965	11	May 1965 – July 1965	11.4	11.1
Papa's Got A Brand New BagApple Music	#21January 1969	9	November 1968 – January 1969	9.6	9.5
Try A Little TendernessApple Music	#25January 1967	10	December 1966 – February 1967	9.3	9.2
The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)Apple Music	#25May 1968	8	April 1968 – June 1968	7.8	8.4
RespectApple Music	#35November 1965	11	September 1965 – November 1965	6.8	6.7
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)Apple Music	#29November 1966	8	October 1966 – November 1966	6.5	6.5
SatisfactionApple Music	#31April 1966	8	March 1966 – April 1966	6.2	6.2
Otisfeatured credit · with Jay Z Kanye West	#12August 2011	20	August 2011 – December 2011	5.6	17.6
Mr. PitifulApple Music	#41April 1965	9	February 1965 – April 1965	4.3	4.3
I've Got Dreams To RememberApple Music	#41November 1968	7	September 1968 – November 1968	4.2	4.1
A Lover's QuestionApple Music	#48March 1969	6	March 1969 – April 1969	3.4	3.4
ShakeApple Music	#47June 1967	6	May 1967 – June 1967	3.2	3.1
AmenApple Music	#36July 1968	5	July 1968 – August 1968	3.0	3.0
Pain In My HeartApple Music	#61February 1964	11	November 1963 – February 1964	2.9	2.9
Hard To HandleApple Music	#51August 1968	7	July 1968 – August 1968	2.6	3.0
My Lover's PrayerApple Music	#61July 1966	7	June 1966 – July 1966	2.1	2.0
Come To MeApple Music	#69May 1964	7	March 1964 – May 1964	1.6	1.4
Glory Of Love	#60August 1967	4	July 1967 – August 1967	1.5	1.5
Love ManApple Music	#72June 1969	5	May 1969 – June 1969	1.4	1.4
Chained And BoundApple Music	#70November 1964	7	October 1964 – December 1964	1.4	1.3
That's How Strong My Love IsApple Music	#74February 1965	4	January 1965 – February 1965	1.0	1.0
Just One More DayApple Music	#85December 1965	5	December 1965 – January 1966	0.8	0.8
I Love You More Than Words Can SayApple Music	#78April 1967	3	April 1967 – April 1967	0.7	0.7
These Arms Of MineApple Music	#85June 1963	3	May 1963 – June 1963	0.5	0.5
Security	#97May 1964	1	May 1964	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1968 in music →

Otis Redding's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1968 to January 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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