Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Highwaymen

Charting Jul 10, 1961 → Aug 18, 1962 · 45 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 45 wk, UK Singles Chart 17 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 45 wk UK Singles Chart · 17 wk Global Music Power · 45 wk

Peak Power: 2.25%; week of Oct 9, 1961
Career Power: 67; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 65; July 1961 – July 1962
Peak Five Years: 67; August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 45; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Sep 11, 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 →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

5 records · 67 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
MichaelApple Music	#1September 1961	17	July 1961 – October 1961	36.5	36.0
Cotton FieldsApple Music	#13February 1962	18	November 1961 – March 1962	24.2	24.2
The Gypsy RoverApple Music	#42December 1961	10	November 1961 – January 1962	4.4	4.9
The Bird Man	#64August 1962	6	July 1962 – August 1962	1.6	1.6
I'm On My Way	#90April 1962	1	April 1962	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1961 in music →

The Highwaymen's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 1961 to July 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.