Artists · Billboard Hot 100
The Chordettes
Charting Mar 2, 1959 → Sep 25, 1961 · 27 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 27 wk, UK Singles Chart 25 wk
- Peak Power
- 1.24%
- week of Aug 21, 1961
- Career Power
- 27
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 17
- October 1960 – September 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 27
- August 1958 – July 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 27
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 2.33%
- week of Aug 7, 1961
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
4 records · 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never On SundayApple Music | #13 | 12 | 17.1 | ||
| No Other Arms, No Other LipsApple Music | #27 | 11 | 9.4 | ||
| A Girl's Work Is Never DoneApple Music | #89 | 3 | 0.4 | ||
| Faraway Star | #90 | 1 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
1960 in music →The Chordettes's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1960 to September 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Connie Francis127
- 2Elvis Presley114
- 3Brenda Lee114
- 4Chubby Checker106
- 5The Shirelles105
- 6Brook Benton94
- 7Floyd Cramer93
- 8Fats Domino80
- 9The Everly Brothers76
- 10The Drifters75
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.