Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Marvelettes

Charting Sep 4, 1961 → Nov 8, 1969 · 208 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 208 wk, UK Singles Chart 10 wk

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Photo: Motown/Tamla Records-photographer-James Kriegsmann, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 208 wk UK Singles Chart · 10 wk Global Music Power · 216 wk

Peak Power: 2.15%; week of Jan 13, 1962
Career Power: 191; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 79; October 1961 – October 1962
Peak Five Years: 147; June 1961 – May 1966
Top-five weeks: 4; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 208; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.64%; week of Dec 11, 1961
Comebacks: 1; Feb 1966

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

23 records · 191 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
Please Mr. PostmanApple Music	#1December 1961	23	September 1961 – February 1962	38.6	37.7
PlayboyApple Music	#7June 1962	15	May 1962 – August 1962	24.4	24.2
Don't Mess With BillApple Music	#7February 1966	12	January 1966 – March 1966	19.2	19.1
My Baby Must Be A MagicianApple Music	#17February 1968	11	December 1967 – February 1968	13.8	13.7
The Hunter Gets Captured By The GameApple Music	#13March 1967	11	January 1967 – April 1967	13.7	13.6
Beechwood 4-5789Apple Music	#17September 1962	11	August 1962 – October 1962	12.8	12.8
Too Many Fish In The SeaApple Music	#25January 1965	12	November 1964 – January 1965	12.3	12.1
When You're Young And In LoveApple Music	#23June 1967	10	April 1967 – June 1967	9.4	9.3
As Long As I Know He's MineApple Music	#47December 1963	13	November 1963 – February 1964	5.7	5.6
Twistin' PostmanApple Music	#34March 1962	9	January 1962 – March 1962	5.6	5.6
Strange I KnowApple Music	#49January 1963	14	December 1962 – March 1963	5.3	5.3
Locking Up My HeartApple Music	#44April 1963	9	March 1963 – May 1963	5.0	5.0
Here I Am BabyApple Music	#44July 1968	9	June 1968 – August 1968	4.6	4.5
I'll Keep Holding OnApple Music	#34July 1965	7	May 1965 – July 1965	4.0	3.9
You're My RemedyApple Music	#48August 1964	7	July 1964 – August 1964	3.4	3.3
You're The OneApple Music	#48May 1966	6	April 1966 – May 1966	3.2	3.1
Danger Heartbreak Dead AheadApple Music	#61September 1965	8	August 1965 – October 1965	2.7	2.7
He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is)Apple Music	#55April 1964	7	February 1964 – April 1964	2.6	2.4
Destination: AnywhereApple Music	#63October 1968	5	October 1968 – November 1968	1.7	1.7
My Daddy Knows BestApple Music	#67August 1963	6	August 1963 – September 1963	1.5	1.5
ForeverApple Music	#78June 1963	6	May 1963 – June 1963	0.9	1.0
I'm Gonna Hold On Long As I Can	#76January 1969	3	January 1969 – February 1969	0.7	0.7
That's How Heartaches Are Made	#97November 1969	1	November 1969	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1961 in music →

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

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.