Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Browns

Charting Jul 27, 1959 → Apr 17, 1961 · 52 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 52 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 13 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Aug 1959
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19591961
Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep 1959) · First crown Sep 1959

Billboard Hot 100 · 52 wk UK Singles Chart · 13 wk Global Music Power · 52 wk

Peak Power: 2.30%; week of Oct 19, 1959
Career Power: 81; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 79; June 1959 – June 1960
Peak Five Years: 81; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 52; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.61%; week of Aug 24, 1959
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

7 records · 81 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 Three BellsApple Music	#1August 1959	17	July 1959 – November 1959	40.5	39.8
Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)Apple Music	#13December 1959	14	November 1959 – February 1960	19.0	18.7
The Old Lamplighterfeat. Jim Edward BrownApple Music	#5May 1960	15	March 1960 – June 1960	18.2	25.2
Send Me The Pillow You Dream Onfeat. Jim Edward BrownApple Music	#56December 1960	7	November 1960 – December 1960	1.6	2.2
Teen-Exfeat. Jim Edward BrownApple Music	#47April 1960	7	March 1960 – May 1960	1.4	2.9
Ground Hogfeat. Jim Edward BrownApple Music	#97April 1961	2	April 1961 – April 1961	0.2	0.2
Blue Christmasfeat. Jim Edward Brown	#97December 1960	1	December 1960	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1959 in music →

The Browns's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from June 1959 to June 1960. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.