Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ray Charles

Also credited as Ray Charles Orchestra

Charting Feb 9, 1959 → Mar 3, 1990 · 327 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 327 wk (12 crowns), UK Singles Chart 123 wk (2 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: William Morris Agency (management)/Photo by Maurice Seymour, New York., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
12 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jun–Jul 1962) · First crown Nov 1960
UK Singles Chart
2 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1962) · First crown Jul 1962
Global Music Power
12 crowns
19591990
Longest reign 12 weeks (Jun–Sep 1962) · First crown Jun 1962

Billboard Hot 100 · 327 wk UK Singles Chart · 123 wk Global Music Power · 372 wk

Peak Power: 3.18%; week of Sep 8, 1962
Career Power: 329; share-weeks
Crowns: 12; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 101; May 1962 – May 1963
Peak Five Years: 211; August 1960 – August 1965
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 327; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.10%; week of Jun 30, 1962
Comebacks: 1; Feb 1966

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

55 records · 329 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
I Can't Stop Loving YouApple Music	#1June 1962	18	May 1962 – September 1962	42.4	43.6
Georgia On My MindApple Music	#1November 1960	13	September 1960 – December 1960	26.8	26.1
You Don't Know MeApple Music	#2September 1962	11	July 1962 – October 1962	23.5	23.9
Crying TimeApple Music	#6February 1966	15	December 1965 – March 1966	22.4	22.2
One Mint JulepApple Music	#8May 1961	13	March 1961 – May 1961	21.8	21.4
You Are My SunshineApple Music	#7December 1962	12	November 1962 – February 1963	19.5	19.2
Take These Chains From My HeartApple Music	#8May 1963	11	April 1963 – June 1963	18.3	18.1
Here We Go AgainApple Music	#15July 1967	12	May 1967 – August 1967	16.3	16.2
That Lucky Old SunApple Music	#20January 1964	9	December 1963 – February 1964	10.9	10.8
If You Were MineApple Music	#41January 1971	18	October 1970 – January 1971	9.2	9.2
No OneApple Music	#21July 1963	8	June 1963 – August 1963	8.6	8.7
Together AgainApple Music	#19April 1966	8	March 1966 – May 1966	8.4	8.4
Don't Change On MeApple Music	#36April 1971	11	March 1971 – May 1971	8.0	8.5
RubyApple Music	#28January 1961	9	November 1960 – January 1961	7.6	8.3
Let's Go Get StonedApple Music	#31July 1966	9	May 1966 – July 1966	7.1	7.1
YesterdayApple Music	#25December 1967	7	November 1967 – December 1967	7.1	7.1
Eleanor RigbyApple Music	#35July 1968	10	June 1968 – August 1968	7.0	6.9
Booty Butt	#36May 1971	12	March 1971 – June 1971	5.3	6.4
My Heart Cries For YouApple Music	#38April 1964	7	February 1964 – April 1964	5.3	4.7
Your Cheating Heart	#29December 1962	9	November 1962 – January 1963	5.2	8.0
In The Heat Of The NightApple Music	#33September 1967	7	August 1967 – October 1967	4.8	4.8
Without Love (There Is Nothing)Apple Music	#29July 1963	7	June 1963 – August 1963	4.6	6.6
Understanding	#46August 1968	12	June 1968 – August 1968	3.9	4.9
Makin' Whoopee	#46January 1965	8	December 1964 – January 1965	3.7	3.6
Born To LoseApple Music	#41June 1962	9	May 1962 – July 1962	3.3	5.0
That's A Lie	#64March 1968	8	February 1968 – April 1968	2.7	2.6
A Tear Fell	#50August 1964	5	August 1964 – August 1964	2.4	2.4
I'll Be Good To Youfeatured credit · with Quincy Jones · feat. Chaka KhanApple Music	#18January 1990	16	November 1989 – March 1990	2.4	15.8
What Am I Living For	#54January 1972	7	December 1971 – February 1972	2.4	2.4
CryApple Music	#58March 1965	7	February 1965 – March 1965	2.3	2.3
Feel So BadApple Music	#68October 1971	8	August 1971 – October 1971	1.9	1.9
Look What They've Done To My Song, MaApple Music	#65August 1972	6	July 1972 – August 1972	1.8	1.8
No One To Cry To	#55August 1964	6	July 1964 – August 1964	1.7	2.2
I've Got News For YouApple Music	#66June 1961	5	June 1961 – July 1961	1.4	1.4
Come Live With MeApple Music	#82December 1973	6	November 1973 – December 1973	1.0	0.9
I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)	#81June 1973	4	June 1973 – June 1973	0.7	0.7
If It Wasn't For Bad Luckwith Jimmy LewisApple Music	#77February 1969	6	January 1969 – February 1969	0.6	1.3
Hardhearted HannahApple Music	#55December 1960	4	November 1960 – December 1960	0.6	1.4
One Hurt Deserves Anotherwith The Raeletts	#76May 1967	6	April 1967 – May 1967	0.6	1.3
Let The Good Times RollApple Music	#78January 1960	3	January 1960 – January 1960	0.6	0.6
I'm A Fool To CareApple Music	#84August 1965	4	July 1965 – August 1965	0.6	0.6
Careless LoveApple Music	#60August 1962	4	July 1962 – August 1962	0.5	1.1
Baby Grandfeatured credit · with Billy JoelApple Music	#75April 1987	7	April 1987 – May 1987	0.4	1.4
Living For The CityApple Music	#91September 1975	3	September 1975 – September 1975	0.4	0.4
Sweet Young Thing Like YouApple Music	#83October 1968	2	September 1968 – October 1968	0.4	0.4
Come Rain Or Come ShineApple Music	#83December 1960	4	November 1960 – January 1968	0.3	0.6
Listen, They're Playing My Song	#92October 1968	2	October 1968 – October 1968	0.3	0.3
Let Me Love YouApple Music	#94May 1969	2	May 1969 – May 1969	0.3	0.3
Don't Let The Sun Catch You CryinApple Music	#95February 1960	2	February 1960 – February 1960	0.3	0.3
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of TownApple Music	#84June 1961	2	June 1961 – June 1961	0.3	0.4
Laughin And ClowninApple Music	#98March 1970	2	March 1970 – March 1970	0.2	0.2
You're Just About To Lose Your ClownApple Music	#91April 1966	2	March 1966 – April 1966	0.2	0.3
Baby It's Cold Outsidewith Betty CarterApple Music	#91March 1962	2	March 1962 – March 1962	0.2	0.3
I Want To Talk About You	#98March 1967	1	March 1967	0.1	0.1
(Night Time Is) The Right Timewith the Raylettes	#95February 1959	1	February 1959	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1962 in music →

Ray Charles's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1962 to May 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.