Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Shirelles

Charting Jul 13, 1959 → Aug 26, 1967 · 171 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 171 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Scepter Records-from Scepter Records' Billboard ad which has no copyright marks., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 6 weeks (Jan–Mar 1961) · First crown Jan 1961
Global Music Power
6 crowns
19591967
Longest reign 6 weeks (Feb–Mar 1961) · First crown Feb 1961

Billboard Hot 100 · 171 wk UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 171 wk

Peak Power: 3.43%; week of Mar 27, 1961
Career Power: 246; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 108; December 1960 – November 1961
Peak Five Years: 245; January 1960 – January 1965
Top-five weeks: 24; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 171; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.17%; week of Feb 20, 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

24 records · 246 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
Will You Love Me TomorrowApple Music	#1January 1961	19	November 1960 – March 1961	37.6	40.0
Soldier BoyApple Music	#1May 1962	14	March 1962 – June 1962	35.8	35.6
Dedicated To The One I LoveApple Music	#3March 1961	20	July 1959 – May 1961	34.3	37.0
Baby It's YouApple Music	#8February 1962	14	December 1961 – March 1962	25.3	24.8
Foolish Little GirlApple Music	#4May 1963	14	March 1963 – June 1963	23.8	23.5
Mama SaidApple Music	#4May 1961	11	April 1961 – June 1961	21.9	21.9
Everybody Loves A LoverApple Music	#19January 1963	12	December 1962 – February 1963	14.9	14.8
Big JohnApple Music	#21November 1961	9	October 1961 – November 1961	9.7	9.5
Welcome Home BabyApple Music	#22July 1962	8	June 1962 – August 1962	8.3	8.3
Don't Say Goodnight And Mean GoodbyeApple Music	#26July 1963	9	June 1963 – August 1963	7.2	7.3
Tonights The Night	#39October 1960	12	September 1960 – November 1960	7.0	6.7
Stop The MusicApple Music	#36October 1962	8	September 1962 – October 1962	5.8	5.7
A Thing Of The PastApple Music	#41August 1961	8	July 1961 – August 1961	3.6	3.9
What Does A Girl Do?Apple Music	#53October 1963	6	September 1963 – October 1963	2.6	2.6
Thank You BabyApple Music	#63August 1964	7	July 1964 – August 1964	2.0	1.9
What A Sweet Thing That WasApple Music	#54July 1961	6	July 1961 – August 1961	2.0	2.3
Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With MeApple Music	#57February 1964	5	January 1964 – February 1964	1.9	1.9
Sha-La-LaApple Music	#69April 1964	4	March 1964 – April 1964	1.1	1.0
Are You Still My Baby	#91January 1965	4	December 1964 – January 1965	0.6	0.6
Maybe TonightApple Music	#88October 1964	2	October 1964 – November 1964	0.4	0.3
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldApple Music	#92October 1963	2	October 1963 – October 1963	0.3	0.3
Last Minute MiracleApple Music	#99August 1967	2	August 1967 – August 1967	0.2	0.2
31 Flavors	#97November 1963	1	November 1963	0.1	0.1
Not For All The Money In The World	#100April 1963	1	April 1963	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

1960 in music →

The Shirelles's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1960 to November 1961. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s.