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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paul and Paula

Charting Dec 29, 1962 → Oct 26, 1963 · 38 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 38 wk (3 crowns), UK Singles Chart 23 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    3 crowns

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Feb 1963) · First crown Feb 1963

  • Global Music Power

    3 crowns

    19621963

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Mar 1963) · First crown Mar 1963

Peak Power
2.53%
week of Apr 27, 1963
Career Power
63
share-weeks
Crowns
3
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
63
November 1962 – October 1963
Peak Five Years
63
November 1958 – October 1963
Top-five weeks
8
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
38
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.56%
week of Feb 23, 1963
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

5 records · 63 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
Hey Paula#11535.2
Young Lovers#61018.0
First Quarrel#2787.6
First Day Back At School#6041.5
Something Old, Something New#7751.0

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Paul and Paula's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1962 to October 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Four Seasons122
  2. 2Chubby Checker96
  3. 3The Crystals86
  4. 4The Beach Boys86
  5. 5Bobby Vinton81
  6. 6Brenda Lee76
  7. 7Peter, Paul & Mary76
  8. 8The Orlons73
  9. 9Dion71
  10. 10Paul and Paula63

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.