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The Kingsmen portraitThe Kingsmen

Charting Sep 1, 1958May 21, 1966 · 80 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 80 wk, UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Peak Power
2.27%
week of Feb 8, 1964
Career Power
96
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
65
November 1963 – November 1964
Peak Five Years
95
May 1961 – May 1966
Top-five weeks
9
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
80
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.44%
week of Dec 21, 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

9 records · 96 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
Louie Louie#21839.0
The Jolly Green Giant#41223.5
Money#161117.5
Little Latin Lupe Lu#4694.7
Death Of An Angel#4294.5
Annie Fanny#4783.7
The Climb#6561.7
Killer Joe#7740.9
Week End#8430.5

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At their peak

1963 in music

The Kingsmen's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1963 to November 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles233
  2. 2The Dave Clark Five115
  3. 3The Beach Boys115
  4. 4The Four Seasons104
  5. 5Jan & Dean87
  6. 6The Impressions83
  7. 7Lesley Gore79
  8. 8Bobby Vinton79
  9. 9Roy Orbison67
  10. 10The Kingsmen65

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.