Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ricky Nelson

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Apr 11, 1970 · 254 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 254 wk (24 crowns), UK Singles Chart 130 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Decca Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Decade: 1950s

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
24 crowns
Longest reign 9 weeks (May–Jul 1961) · First crown Aug 1958
Global Music Power
22 crowns
19581991
Longest reign 8 weeks (May–Jul 1961) · First crown Nov 1958

Billboard Hot 100 · 254 wk UK Singles Chart · 130 wk Global Music Power · 279 wk

Peak Power: 3.42%; week of Apr 27, 1959
Career Power: 451; share-weeks
Crowns: 24; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 141; August 1958 – August 1959
Peak Five Years: 382; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 42; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 254; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.00%; week of Jun 12, 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

42 records · 451 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
Travelin' ManApple Music	#1May 1961	16	April 1961 – August 1961	38.2	37.7
Lonesome TownApple Music	#7December 1958	18	October 1958 – February 1959	38.1	38.6
Never Be Anyone Else But YouApple Music	#6April 1959	16	February 1959 – June 1959	29.5	28.6
Poor Little FoolApple Music	#1August 1958	11	August 1958 – October 1958	25.9	25.5
Young WorldApple Music	#5April 1962	13	March 1962 – May 1962	24.5	24.2
For YouApple Music	#6February 1964	11	December 1963 – March 1964	20.9	20.6
I Got A FeelingApple Music	#10November 1958	17	October 1958 – February 1959	20.8	27.2
It's Up To YouApple Music	#6February 1963	12	December 1962 – March 1963	20.8	20.6
Fools Rush InApple Music	#12November 1963	13	September 1963 – December 1963	20.0	19.8
Young EmotionsApple Music	#12May 1960	13	April 1960 – July 1960	19.9	19.2
Teen Age Idol	#5September 1962	11	August 1962 – October 1962	19.6	19.4
Just A Little Too MuchApple Music	#9August 1959	13	June 1959 – September 1959	17.3	19.5
Hello Mary LouApple Music	#9May 1961	15	May 1961 – August 1961	17.2	26.1
Sweeter Than YouApple Music	#9August 1959	12	July 1959 – September 1959	15.2	17.9
A Wonder Like YouApple Music	#11November 1961	11	October 1961 – December 1961	14.6	16.0
It's LateApple Music	#9April 1959	13	March 1959 – May 1959	13.9	20.7
I Wanna Be LovedApple Music	#20December 1959	11	November 1959 – February 1960	12.0	11.7
EverlovinApple Music	#16November 1961	10	October 1961 – December 1961	11.1	13.4
String AlongApple Music	#25June 1963	9	May 1963 – July 1963	10.0	9.9
She Belongs To MeApple Music	#33January 1970	18	October 1969 – February 1970	9.7	9.7
The Very Thought Of YouApple Music	#26May 1964	7	April 1964 – June 1964	7.2	6.8
You Are The Only OneApple Music	#25January 1961	8	December 1960 – February 1961	7.1	6.9
I'm Not AfraidApple Music	#27September 1960	8	September 1960 – October 1960	6.6	6.3
Mighty GoodApple Music	#38December 1959	9	November 1959 – January 1960	3.6	5.4
Yes Sir, That's My BabyApple Music	#34September 1960	6	September 1960 – October 1960	3.0	4.4
Easy To Be FreeApple Music	#48April 1970	6	March 1970 – April 1970	2.9	2.9
There's Nothing I Can SayApple Music	#47September 1964	6	August 1964 – September 1964	2.9	2.8
That's AllApple Music	#48March 1963	6	March 1963 – April 1963	2.8	3.2
Today's TeardropsApple Music	#54January 1964	9	November 1963 – January 1964	2.6	3.4
You Don't Love Me Anymore (And I Can Tell)Apple Music	#47April 1963	7	March 1963 – April 1963	2.4	3.6
I Got A WomanApple Music	#49April 1963	6	March 1963 – April 1963	2.4	2.9
CongratulationsApple Music	#63April 1964	5	March 1964 – April 1964	2.0	1.8
Gypsy WomanApple Music	#62July 1963	9	May 1963 – July 1963	1.8	2.6
Right By My SideApple Music	#59May 1960	6	May 1960 – June 1960	1.2	1.8
I'm In Love AgainApple Music	#67March 1963	6	February 1963 – March 1963	0.7	1.6
A Happy GuyApple Music	#82December 1964	4	November 1964 – December 1964	0.7	0.7
I Need YouApple Music	#83February 1963	4	December 1962 – February 1963	0.5	0.7
Milk Cow BluesApple Music	#79January 1961	3	January 1961 – January 1961	0.5	0.7
Old Enough To LoveApple Music	#94May 1963	3	May 1963 – May 1963	0.4	0.4
Mean Old WorldApple Music	#96March 1965	2	March 1965 – March 1965	0.3	0.3
SummertimeApple Music	#89March 1962	2	March 1962 – March 1962	0.2	0.3
If You Can't Rock Me	#100April 1963	1	April 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1958 in music →

Ricky Nelson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to August 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.