Artists · Global Music Power

Sonny James

Charting Dec 1, 1956 → Jul 31, 1971 · 63 weeks with chart power

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

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

Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · UK Singles Chart data ends Sep 18, 2026 · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists, or after one's data ends, sums to less than 100.

UK Singles Chart data runs to Sep 18, 2026; later weeks combine the Billboard Hot 100 only, so their shares — and the most recent years' Era Power — are lower than a full week's would be.

Peak Power: 0.42%; week of Mar 23, 1957
Career Power: 12; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 6; March 1956 – March 1957
Peak Five Years: 8; March 1956 – March 1961
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 63; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 0.84%; week of Mar 9, 1957
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 Global Music Power

17 records · 12 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. On this combined chart each song's figures are its figures on each market, weighted as the chart weights them, so the list still adds up to Career Power; peaks and weeks are shown per market.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Young LoveApple Music	#11	7	February 1957 – March 1957	5.2	4.8
Since I Met You, BabyApple Music	#65	7	September 1969 – November 1969	1.3	1.3
Jenny LouApple Music	#67	6	April 1960 – May 1960	1.0	0.9
You're The Only World I KnowApple Music	#91	6	November 1964 – January 1965	0.6	0.6
Talk Of The SchoolApple Music	#85	5	May 1959 – June 1959	0.5	0.5
Born To Be With YouApple Music	#81	4	November 1968 – December 1968	0.5	0.5
It's Just A Matter Of TimeApple Music	#87	4	January 1970 – February 1970	0.4	0.4
The Cat Came Back	#30	1	November 1956	0.4	0.4
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever KnowApple Music	#80	3	January 1960 – February 1960	0.4	0.4
Only The LonelyApple Music	#92	4	February 1969 – March 1969	0.4	0.4
Empty ArmsApple Music	#93	3	April 1971 – April 1971	0.3	0.3
Bright Lights, Big CityApple Music	#91	3	July 1971 – July 1971	0.3	0.3
I'll Never Find Another YouApple Music	#97	3	July 1967 – August 1967	0.2	0.2
ApacheApple Music	#87	2	March 1961 – March 1961	0.2	0.2
Running BearApple Music	#94	2	May 1969 – June 1969	0.2	0.2
You Got That Touch	#94	2	September 1958 – September 1958	0.2	0.2
The Minute You're Gone	#95	1	August 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

Sonny James's best twelve months on the Global Music Power ran from March 1956 to March 1957. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.