Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Sandy Nelson
Charting Sep 7, 1959 → Nov 21, 1964 · 62 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 62 wk, UK Singles Chart 40 wk
- Peak Power
- 2.02%
- week of Nov 23, 1959
- Career Power
- 76
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 37
- October 1961 – October 1962
- Peak Five Years
- 71
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 3
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 62
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.21%
- week of Oct 19, 1959
- Comebacks
- 1
- Dec 1961
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
9 records · 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teen BeatApple Music | #4 | 16 | 33.3 | ||
| Let There Be DrumsApple Music | #7 | 16 | 26.7 | ||
| Drums Are My BeatApple Music | #29 | 7 | 6.2 | ||
| Teen Beat '65Apple Music | #44 | 10 | 4.9 | ||
| Drummin' Up A StormApple Music | #67 | 8 | 2.0 | ||
| ...And Then There Were DrumsApple Music | #65 | 4 | 1.2 | ||
| All Night LongApple Music | #75 | 3 | 0.7 | ||
| Drum StompApple Music | #86 | 3 | 0.3 | ||
| The Birth Of The Beat | #75 | 1 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
1961 in music →Sandy Nelson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1961 to October 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Chubby Checker118
- 2Dion112
- 3Brenda Lee107
- 4Elvis Presley98
- 5Connie Francis92
- 6Jimmy Dean85
- 7The Shirelles83
- 8Joey Dee & the Starliters80
- 9The Marvelettes79
- 10Bobby Vee77
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.