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Patsy Cline portraitPatsy Cline

Charting May 22, 1961Sep 21, 1963 · 77 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 77 wk, UK Singles Chart 24 wk

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Peak Power
1.59%
week of Dec 11, 1961
Career Power
65
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
56
June 1961 – June 1962
Peak Five Years
65
September 1958 – September 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
77
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.74%
week of Nov 27, 1961
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

12 records · 65 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
I Fall To Pieces#122021.3
Crazy#91116.8
She's Got You#141316.5
Sweet Dreams (Of You)#44104.3
When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)#5362.5
Heartaches#7371.5
Leavin' On Your Mind#8351.0
Faded Love#9630.4
Imagine That#9020.3
So Wrong#8510.2
Strange#9720.2
Who Can I Count On#9910.1

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At their peak

1961 in music

Patsy Cline's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1961 to June 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Chubby Checker121
  2. 2Brenda Lee112
  3. 3Connie Francis101
  4. 4Dion98
  5. 5Bobby Vee88
  6. 6Elvis Presley86
  7. 7Jimmy Dean80
  8. 8The Shirelles77
  9. 9Roy Orbison75
  10. 10Gary U.S. Bonds71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.