Artists · Global Music Power
The Drifters
Charting Aug 16, 1958 → Apr 14, 1979 · 382 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 255 wk (1 at #1), UK Singles Chart 171 wk
Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works
Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.
- Peak Power
- 2.02%
- week of Feb 11, 1961
- Career Power
- 300
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 71
- September 1960 – August 1961
- Peak Five Years
- 184
- June 1959 – June 1964
- Top-five weeks
- 7
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 382
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.07%
- week of Nov 12, 1960
- Comebacks
- 2
- February 1963, August 1964
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 13, 1962 | Feb 9, 1963 | 56 | 24 | 2.02% | 1.02% |
| After decline | Jul 27, 1963 | Aug 22, 1964 | 56 | 11 | 2.02% | 1.11% |
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).