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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Essex

Charting Jun 8, 1963Dec 14, 1963 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 26 wk (2 crowns), UK Singles Chart 5 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19631963

    Longest reign 2 weeks (Jul 1963) · First crown Jul 1963

Peak Power
1.96%
week of Aug 17, 1963
Career Power
41
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
41
December 1962 – December 1963
Peak Five Years
41
December 1958 – December 1963
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
26
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.57%
week of Jul 13, 1963
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

3 records · 41 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
Easier Said Than Done#11330.3
A Walkin' Miraclefeat. Anita Humes#12109.2
She's Got Everythingfeat. Anita Humes#5651.4

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At their peak

1962 in music

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

  1. 1The Four Seasons96
  2. 2The Beach Boys94
  3. 3Bobby Vinton88
  4. 4Peter, Paul & Mary81
  5. 5Chubby Checker78
  6. 6Lesley Gore76
  7. 7The Crystals67
  8. 8Dion64
  9. 9Roy Orbison64
  10. 10The Chiffons64

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.