Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Animals

Charting Aug 8, 1964 → Oct 15, 1983 · 89 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 89 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 108 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19642012
First crown Sep 1964

Billboard Hot 100 · 89 wk UK Singles Chart · 108 wk Global Music Power · 132 wk

Peak Power: 2.17%; week of Oct 10, 1964
Career Power: 115; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 61; June 1964 – June 1965
Peak Five Years: 110; July 1961 – July 1966
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 89; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.87%; week of Sep 12, 1964
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

11 records · 115 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
House Of The Rising SunApple Music	#1September 1964	11	August 1964 – October 1964	29.6	28.9
Don't Bring Me DownApple Music	#12July 1966	10	May 1966 – July 1966	16.1	16.0
We Gotta Get Out Of This PlaceApple Music	#13September 1965	11	August 1965 – October 1965	15.8	15.5
It's My LifeApple Music	#23January 1966	12	November 1965 – January 1966	13.0	12.9
Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodApple Music	#15April 1965	10	February 1965 – April 1965	11.5	11.4
I'm CryingApple Music	#19November 1964	9	September 1964 – November 1964	10.0	10.4
Bring It On Home To MeApple Music	#32June 1965	6	May 1965 – June 1965	5.1	5.0
The NightApple Music	#48September 1983	10	August 1983 – October 1983	4.9	4.8
Inside-Looking OutApple Music	#34April 1966	7	February 1966 – April 1966	4.5	4.5
Boom BoomApple Music	#43January 1965	7	December 1964 – January 1965	3.6	3.6
Gonna Send You Back To Walker (Gonna Send You Back To Georgia)Apple Music	#57September 1964	3	September 1964 – September 1964	0.8	1.2

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At their peak

1964 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.