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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Wilbert Harrison

Charting Apr 13, 1959Mar 20, 1971 · 31 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in itBillboard Hot 100 31 wk (2 crowns)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

  • Billboard Hot 100

    2 crowns

    19591971

    Longest reign 2 weeks (May 1959) · First crown May 1959

Peak Power
2.13%
week of Jun 29, 1959
Career Power
45
share-weeks
Crowns
2
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
35
August 1958 – July 1959
Peak Five Years
35
August 1958 – July 1963
Top-five weeks
5
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
31
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.62%
week of May 18, 1959
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

3 records · 45 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
Kansas City#11634.9
Let's Work Together (Part 1)#32139.4
My Heart Is Yours#9820.2

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At their peak

1958 in music

Wilbert Harrison's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to July 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Ricky Nelson139
  2. 2The Everly Brothers117
  3. 3Frankie Avalon111
  4. 4Connie Francis107
  5. 5Tommy Edwards100
  6. 6Elvis Presley99
  7. 7Bobby Darin88
  8. 8Lloyd Price86
  9. 9The Kingston Trio82
  10. 10The Platters79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s.