Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Ritchie Valens
Charting Sep 22, 1958 → Jul 20, 1959 · 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 (8 crowns), UK Singles Chart 5 wk
Honours
Artist of the Week
Billboard Hot 100
8 crowns
19581987Longest reign 8 weeks (Jan–Mar 1959) · First crown Jan 1959
- Peak Power
- 3.04%
- week of Mar 23, 1959
- Career Power
- 64
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 8
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 64
- August 1958 – July 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 64
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 10
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 38
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 4.45%
- week of Feb 2, 1959
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
5 records · 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DonnaApple Music | #2 | 23 | 47.9 | ||
| La BambaApple Music | #22 | 15 | 9.1 | ||
| Come On, Let's GoApple Music | #42 | 13 | 4.2 | ||
| That's My Little SuzieApple Music | #55 | 8 | 2.6 | ||
| Little GirlApple Music | #92 | 2 | 0.3 |
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At their peak
1958 in music →Ritchie Valens's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to July 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Ricky Nelson139
- 2The Everly Brothers117
- 3Frankie Avalon111
- 4Connie Francis107
- 5Tommy Edwards100
- 6Elvis Presley92
- 7Bobby Darin88
- 8Lloyd Price86
- 9The Kingston Trio82
- 10The Platters79
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.
Their decade: the 1950s.