Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Sonny James

Charting Sep 22, 1958 → Jul 31, 1971 · 55 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 55 wk, UK Singles Chart 8 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Billboard , page 61, June 3, 1967, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 55 wk UK Singles Chart · 8 wk Global Music Power · 63 wk

Peak Power: 0.17%; week of Nov 1, 1969
Career Power: 10; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 3; November 1968 – November 1969
Peak Five Years: 5; August 1966 – July 1971
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 55; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.39%; week of Nov 1, 1969
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

15 records · 10 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
Since I Met You, BabyApple Music	#65November 1969	7	September 1969 – November 1969	1.9	1.9
Jenny LouApple Music	#67May 1960	6	April 1960 – May 1960	1.4	1.4
You're The Only World I KnowApple Music	#91December 1964	6	November 1964 – January 1965	0.9	0.9
Talk Of The SchoolApple Music	#85June 1959	5	May 1959 – June 1959	0.7	0.7
Born To Be With YouApple Music	#81December 1968	4	November 1968 – December 1968	0.7	0.7
It's Just A Matter Of TimeApple Music	#87February 1970	4	January 1970 – February 1970	0.7	0.7
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever KnowApple Music	#80February 1960	3	January 1960 – February 1960	0.6	0.6
Only The LonelyApple Music	#92February 1969	4	February 1969 – March 1969	0.6	0.6
Empty ArmsApple Music	#93April 1971	3	April 1971 – April 1971	0.4	0.4
Bright Lights, Big CityApple Music	#91July 1971	3	July 1971 – July 1971	0.4	0.4
I'll Never Find Another YouApple Music	#97August 1967	3	July 1967 – August 1967	0.4	0.4
ApacheApple Music	#87March 1961	2	March 1961 – March 1961	0.3	0.3
Running BearApple Music	#94June 1969	2	May 1969 – June 1969	0.3	0.3
You Got That Touch	#94September 1958	2	September 1958 – September 1958	0.3	0.3
The Minute You're Gone	#95August 1963	1	August 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1968 in music →

Sonny James's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1968 to November 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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