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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Springfields

Charting Aug 4, 1962Nov 24, 1962 · 13 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 13 wk, UK Singles Chart 55 wk (3 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • UK Singles Chart

    3 crowns

    19611963

    Longest reign 3 weeks (Apr 1963) · First crown Apr 1963

Peak Power
0.85%
week of Oct 6, 1962
Career Power
11
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
11
November 1961 – November 1962
Peak Five Years
11
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
13
weeks with chart power
Dominance
1.84%
week of Sep 29, 1962
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

2 records · 11 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
Silver Threads And Golden Needles#201010.7
Dear Hearts And Gentle People#9530.4

At their peak

1961 in music

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

  1. 1Chubby Checker124
  2. 2Brenda Lee107
  3. 3Dion92
  4. 4Connie Francis88
  5. 5Joey Dee & the Starliters82
  6. 6Neil Sedaka81
  7. 7Dee Dee Sharp76
  8. 8The Shirelles76
  9. 9Elvis Presley72
  10. 10Ray Charles71

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.