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Shirley Bassey portraitShirley Bassey

Charting Jan 30, 1965Aug 11, 1973 · 42 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 42 wk, UK Singles Chart 313 wk (14 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    14 crowns

    19572007

    Longest reign 12 weeks (Jan–Apr 1959) · First crown Jan 1959

Peak Power
1.45%
week of Apr 17, 1965
Career Power
32
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
21
May 1964 – April 1965
Peak Five Years
21
May 1960 – April 1965
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
42
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.79%
week of Mar 27, 1965
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

4 records · 32 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
Goldfinger#81320.7
Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)#48114.7
Something#5593.2
Diamonds Are Forever#5793.1

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At their peak

1964 in music

Shirley Bassey's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1964 to April 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles193
  2. 2The Supremes131
  3. 3The Dave Clark Five118
  4. 4The Beach Boys99
  5. 5Gerry And The Pacemakers89
  6. 6The Impressions78
  7. 7Dean Martin77
  8. 8Roger Miller75
  9. 9The Four Seasons75
  10. 10The Searchers74

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.