Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Coasters

Charting Aug 4, 1958 → Jan 15, 1972 · 109 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 109 wk, UK Singles Chart 32 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 109 wk UK Singles Chart · 32 wk Global Music Power · 116 wk

Peak Power: 2.21%; week of Nov 9, 1959
Career Power: 126; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 92; February 1959 – February 1960
Peak Five Years: 122; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 8; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 109; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.49%; week of Mar 23, 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

15 records · 126 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
Charlie BrownApple Music	#2March 1959	15	February 1959 – May 1959	34.6	33.8
Poison IvyApple Music	#7October 1959	16	August 1959 – December 1959	28.0	27.6
Along Came JonesApple Music	#9June 1959	12	May 1959 – August 1959	18.7	18.2
Yakety YakApple Music	#7August 1958	7	August 1958 – September 1958	10.1	9.8
Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)Apple Music	#23June 1961	12	April 1961 – July 1961	9.6	9.4
Wait A MinuteApple Music	#37February 1961	8	January 1961 – March 1961	5.1	4.9
Run Red RunApple Music	#36January 1960	8	December 1959 – February 1960	4.2	4.3
What About UsApple Music	#47January 1960	10	December 1959 – February 1960	3.9	4.7
Wake Me, Shake MeApple Music	#51July 1960	9	June 1960 – August 1960	3.7	3.6
I'm A Hog For YouApple Music	#38September 1959	8	September 1959 – October 1959	3.0	4.5
T'ain't Nothin' To MeApple Music	#64May 1964	6	March 1964 – May 1964	2.2	1.9
Love Potion Number Nine	#76January 1972	6	December 1971 – January 1972	1.2	1.2
Besame Mucho (Part I)Apple Music	#70May 1960	3	May 1960 – May 1960	0.8	0.8
Shoppin' For ClothesApple Music	#83October 1960	4	October 1960 – October 1960	0.7	0.7
Girls Girls Girls (Part II)Apple Music	#96August 1961	2	August 1961 – August 1961	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1959 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.