Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Beach Boys

Charting Feb 17, 1962 → Jan 3, 2026 · 479 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 479 wk (14 crowns), UK Singles Chart 293 wk (3 crowns)

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Photo: Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1963
1966

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
14 crowns
Longest reign 3 weeks (May–Jun 1963) · First crown May 1963
UK Singles Chart
3 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Nov 1966) · First crown Nov 1966
Global Music Power
14 crowns
19622026
Longest reign 6 weeks (Nov–Dec 1966) · First crown Jun 1963

Billboard Hot 100 · 479 wk UK Singles Chart · 293 wk Global Music Power · 579 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 3.08%; week of Aug 1, 1964
Career Power: 652; share-weeks
Crowns: 14; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 125; August 1963 – August 1964
Peak Five Years: 420; September 1962 – September 1967
Top-five weeks: 53; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 479; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.73%; week of Jul 4, 1964
Comebacks: 3; Jul 1976, after 9 quiet years · Sep 1981, after 5 quiet years · Oct 1988, after 7 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

55 records · 652 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 Get AroundApple Music	#1July 1964	15	May 1964 – August 1964	38.8	37.2
Surfin' U.S.A.Apple Music	#3May 1963	25	March 1963 – October 1974	37.5	37.7
Kokomo (From"Cocktail" )Apple Music	#1November 1988	28	September 1988 – March 1989	37.3	36.8
Good VibrationsApple Music	#1December 1966	14	October 1966 – January 1967	33.0	32.9
Help Me, RhondaApple Music	#1May 1965	14	April 1965 – July 1965	30.1	29.5
Rock And Roll MusicApple Music	#5August 1976	17	June 1976 – September 1976	29.6	29.7
Surfer GirlApple Music	#7September 1963	14	August 1963 – November 1963	26.1	25.8
Fun, Fun, FunApple Music	#5March 1964	11	February 1964 – April 1964	23.6	21.5
Sloop John BApple Music	#3May 1966	11	April 1966 – June 1966	23.6	23.4
California GirlsApple Music	#3August 1965	11	July 1965 – October 1965	23.2	23.0
The Beach Boys Medley	#12October 1981	18	July 1981 – November 1981	22.1	21.9
Barbara AnnApple Music	#2January 1966	11	January 1966 – March 1966	21.5	21.6
Surfin' SafariApple Music	#14October 1962	17	August 1962 – December 1962	20.8	20.4
Be True To Your SchoolApple Music	#6December 1963	12	November 1963 – January 1964	20.3	20.3
Dance, Dance, DanceApple Music	#8December 1964	11	November 1964 – January 1965	18.4	18.4
Wouldn't It Be NiceApple Music	#8September 1966	11	July 1966 – October 1966	17.8	17.6
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)Apple Music	#9October 1964	10	September 1964 – November 1964	17.4	17.1
Little Saint NickApple Music	#25January 2024	15	January 2021 – January 2026	16.5	15.5
Come Go With MeApple Music	#18January 1982	15	November 1981 – February 1982	15.6	15.3
Do You Wanna Dance?Apple Music	#12April 1965	8	February 1965 – April 1965	12.7	12.5
Wipeoutwith Fat Boys	#12September 1987	19	July 1987 – November 1987	11.7	23.1
Do It AgainApple Music	#20September 1968	10	July 1968 – September 1968	11.7	11.5
Getcha BackApple Music	#26June 1985	12	May 1985 – August 1985	11.6	11.5
Heroes And VillainsApple Music	#12August 1967	7	August 1967 – September 1967	10.9	10.7
DarlinApple Music	#19February 1968	9	December 1967 – February 1968	10.0	10.0
Shut DownApple Music	#23June 1963	13	April 1963 – July 1963	9.8	13.1
I Can Hear MusicApple Music	#24April 1969	10	March 1969 – May 1969	9.5	9.5
The Little Girl I Once KnewApple Music	#20January 1966	8	November 1965 – January 1966	9.0	9.1
Little Deuce CoupeApple Music	#15September 1963	11	August 1963 – October 1963	8.4	12.7
It's O.k.Apple Music	#29October 1976	10	August 1976 – October 1976	7.1	7.5
Don't Worry BabyApple Music	#24July 1964	10	May 1964 – August 1964	7.1	10.4
In My RoomApple Music	#23December 1963	11	November 1963 – January 1964	6.8	10.3
Wild HoneyApple Music	#31December 1967	6	November 1967 – December 1967	5.9	5.9
Good TiminApple Music	#40June 1979	10	April 1979 – June 1979	5.3	5.2
Sail On SailorApple Music	#49May 1975	17	February 1973 – June 1975	5.1	5.1
Ten Little IndiansApple Music	#49January 1963	8	December 1962 – January 1963	4.1	4.2
Here Comes The NightApple Music	#44April 1979	8	March 1979 – April 1979	3.9	3.8
God Only KnowsApple Music	#39September 1966	8	August 1966 – October 1966	3.6	5.5
California DreaminApple Music	#57October 1986	10	September 1986 – November 1986	3.5	3.5
FriendsApple Music	#47May 1968	7	April 1968 – June 1968	3.3	3.3
WendyApple Music	#44November 1964	6	October 1964 – November 1964	2.4	3.3
Bluebirds Over The MountainApple Music	#61December 1968	6	December 1968 – January 1969	2.4	2.4
Peggy SueApple Music	#59September 1978	6	September 1978 – October 1978	2.0	2.0
Break AwayApple Music	#63August 1969	6	July 1969 – August 1969	1.9	1.9
Rock'N'roll To The Rescue	#68July 1986	6	June 1986 – August 1986	1.5	1.5
Add Some Music To Your DayApple Music	#64April 1970	5	March 1970 – April 1970	1.4	1.4
Please Let Me WonderApple Music	#52March 1965	5	March 1965 – April 1965	1.3	1.9
SurfinApple Music	#75March 1962	6	February 1962 – March 1962	1.3	1.2
It's Getting Late	#82August 1985	5	August 1985 – August 1985	0.8	0.9
Long Promised RoadApple Music	#89November 1971	5	October 1971 – November 1971	0.8	0.8
California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)Apple Music	#84June 1973	4	May 1973 – June 1973	0.7	0.7
Little HondaApple Music	#65November 1964	5	October 1964 – November 1964	0.6	1.4
Goin' OnApple Music	#83April 1980	3	April 1980 – April 1980	0.5	0.5
Still Cruisin	#93August 1989	3	August 1989 – September 1989	0.4	0.4
409	#76October 1962	1	October 1962	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1963 in music →

The Beach Boys's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1963 to August 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.