Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sonny & Cher

Charting Jul 10, 1965 → Apr 21, 1973 · 119 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 119 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 67 wk (6 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Aug–Sep 1965) · First crown Aug 1965
UK Singles Chart
6 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Sep–Oct 1965) · First crown Sep 1965
Global Music Power
10 crowns
19651993
Longest reign 10 weeks (Aug–Oct 1965) · First crown Aug 1965

Billboard Hot 100 · 119 wk UK Singles Chart · 67 wk Global Music Power · 138 wk

Peak Power: 3.08%; week of Oct 30, 1965
Career Power: 168; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 76; July 1965 – July 1966
Peak Five Years: 111; February 1963 – January 1968
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 119; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.55%; week of Oct 9, 1965
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1971, after 5 quiet years

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

18 records · 168 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 Got You BabeApple Music	#1August 1965	14	July 1965 – October 1965	27.3	29.0
All I Ever Need Is YouApple Music	#7December 1971	15	October 1971 – January 1972	24.9	24.8
A Cowboys Work Is Never Done	#8April 1972	13	February 1972 – May 1972	22.9	22.8
The Beat Goes OnApple Music	#6February 1967	11	January 1967 – March 1967	19.2	19.1
Baby Don't GoApple Music	#8October 1965	12	August 1965 – November 1965	17.5	19.5
What Now My LoveApple Music	#14March 1966	8	January 1966 – March 1966	11.5	11.4
But You're MineApple Music	#15November 1965	8	October 1965 – November 1965	11.0	12.1
Little ManApple Music	#21October 1966	7	October 1966 – November 1966	7.8	7.8
When You Say LoveApple Music	#32August 1972	10	July 1972 – September 1972	7.6	7.6
Just YouApple Music	#20October 1965	9	August 1965 – October 1965	5.0	9.0
It's The Little ThingsApple Music	#50September 1967	7	August 1967 – September 1967	3.1	3.0
Have I Stayed Too LongApple Music	#49June 1966	6	June 1966 – July 1966	3.0	2.9
Good CombinationApple Music	#56January 1968	6	December 1967 – January 1968	2.5	2.5
A Beautiful StoryApple Music	#53May 1967	5	April 1967 – May 1967	2.0	2.0
Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All Her Songs Part 1	#77April 1973	5	March 1973 – April 1973	1.1	1.1
Plastic ManApple Music	#74June 1967	3	June 1967 – June 1967	0.8	0.8
The LetterApple Music	#75November 1965	5	October 1965 – November 1965	0.5	1.0
Living For YouApple Music	#87November 1966	2	November 1966 – November 1966	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1965 in music →

Sonny & Cher's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1965 to July 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.