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SSgt Barry Sadler

Charting Feb 5, 1966Jun 4, 1966 · 18 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 18 wk (5 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    5 crowns

    19661966

    Longest reign 5 weeks (Mar–Apr 1966) · First crown Mar 1966

Peak Power
2.17%
week of Apr 30, 1966
Career Power
41
share-weeks
Crowns
5
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
41
June 1965 – June 1966
Peak Five Years
41
June 1961 – June 1966
Top-five weeks
7
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
18
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.55%
week of Apr 2, 1966
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

2 records · 41 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
The Ballad Of The Green Berets#11334.3
The "A" Team#2876.3

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At their peak

1965 in music

SSgt Barry Sadler's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1965 to June 1966. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles135
  2. 2The Rolling Stones119
  3. 3Herman's Hermits118
  4. 4Gary Lewis And The Playboys94
  5. 5The Beach Boys89
  6. 6The Righteous Brothers87
  7. 7The Dave Clark Five86
  8. 8The Supremes85
  9. 9The Byrds79
  10. 10The Lovin' Spoonful74

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.