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The Tornadoes

Charting Nov 3, 1962Mar 16, 1963 · 20 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 20 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    1 crown

    19621963

    First crown Jan 1963

Peak Power
2.21%
week of Jan 26, 1963
Career Power
37
share-weeks
Crowns
1
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
37
March 1962 – March 1963
Peak Five Years
37
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
20
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.58%
week of Dec 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 · 37 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
Telstar#11635.9
Ridin' The Wind#6351.5

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At their peak

1962 in music

The Tornadoes's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1962 to March 1963. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Elvis Presley115
  2. 2The Four Seasons100
  3. 3Chubby Checker100
  4. 4Ray Charles94
  5. 5Dee Dee Sharp90
  6. 6Dion87
  7. 7Brenda Lee86
  8. 8Sam Cooke74
  9. 9Mary Wells70
  10. 10Connie Francis69

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.