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The Mar-Keys portraitThe Mar-Keys

Charting Jul 3, 1961 → Apr 16, 1966 · 26 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 26 wk

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Peak Power
1.75%
week of Sep 4, 1961
Career Power
32
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
31
April 1961 – March 1962
Peak Five Years
32
April 1961 – April 1966
Top-five weeks
4
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
26
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.30%
week of Aug 7, 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

4 records · 32 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
Last Night#31428.7
Morning After#6062.3
Philly Dog#8950.7
Pop-Eye Stroll#9410.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

The Mar-Keys's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1961 to March 1962. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Chubby Checker129
  2. 2Brenda Lee113
  3. 3Connie Francis103
  4. 4Elvis Presley96
  5. 5Ricky Nelson88
  6. 6Roy Orbison87
  7. 7Gene McDaniels79
  8. 8Brook Benton78
  9. 9The Shirelles77
  10. 10Bobby Vee76

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.