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The Crystals portraitThe Crystals

Charting Nov 20, 1961Aug 1, 1964 · 81 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 81 wk, UK Singles Chart 51 wk

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Artist of the Week

  • Global Music Power

    2 crowns

    19611974

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Sep–Oct 1963) · First crown Sep 1963

Peak Power
2.15%
week of Dec 8, 1962
Career Power
129
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
90
October 1962 – October 1963
Peak Five Years
129
August 1959 – August 1964
Top-five weeks
8
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
81
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.61%
week of Nov 3, 1962
Comebacks
0
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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

8 records · 129 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
He's A Rebel#11835.5
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)#31325.6
Then He Kissed Me#61222.7
Uptown#131316.9
He's Sure The Boy I Love#111215.6
There's No Other (Like My Baby)#201111.7
Little Boy#9230.4
All Grown Up#9810.1

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At their peak

1962 in music

The Crystals's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1962 to October 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Four Seasons132
  2. 2Chubby Checker105
  3. 3The Crystals90
  4. 4The Beach Boys85
  5. 5Brenda Lee79
  6. 6Bobby Vinton76
  7. 7Peter, Paul & Mary74
  8. 8Dion71
  9. 9The Orlons71
  10. 10Gene Pitney70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.