Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Box Tops

Charting Aug 12, 1967 → Mar 28, 1970 · 92 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 92 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 33 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Sep–Oct 1967) · First crown Sep 1967
Global Music Power
7 crowns
19671970
Longest reign 5 weeks (Sep–Oct 1967) · First crown Sep 1967

Billboard Hot 100 · 92 wk UK Singles Chart · 33 wk Global Music Power · 93 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Oct 28, 1967
Career Power: 123; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 87; July 1967 – July 1968
Peak Five Years: 123; April 1965 – March 1970
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 92; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.54%; week of Oct 14, 1967
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

10 records · 123 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
The LetterApple Music	#1September 1967	16	August 1967 – November 1967	37.0	36.7
Cry Like A BabyApple Music	#2April 1968	15	March 1968 – June 1968	32.3	32.3
Soul DeepApple Music	#18August 1969	14	July 1969 – October 1969	14.5	14.5
Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward MarchApple Music	#28February 1969	15	December 1968 – April 1969	12.7	12.6
Choo Choo TrainApple Music	#26June 1968	8	June 1968 – July 1968	9.1	9.2
Neon RainbowApple Music	#24December 1967	9	November 1967 – January 1968	8.8	9.2
I Met Her In ChurchApple Music	#37October 1968	6	September 1968 – October 1968	4.0	3.9
Turn On A DreamApple Music	#58November 1969	7	October 1969 – November 1969	3.0	2.9
I Shall Be ReleasedApple Music	#67May 1969	5	April 1969 – May 1969	1.5	1.5
You Keep Tightening Up On MeApple Music	#92March 1970	2	March 1970 – March 1970	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1967 in music →

The Box Tops's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1967 to July 1968. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.