Eras
Who was the most powerful artist in a year, who dominated a decade, who held #1 the longest. Every figure is a defined metric summed or maximised over a date range of stored weekly rows — nothing is weighted by opinion.
Strongest five-year period
1,071
Peak Five Years · best rolling 260-week Power Share total
Leader of every year
Column height = the leader's average Power Share over the period. Click a column to explore that range.
- The Beatles3 periods
- TLC3 periods
- Elton John2 periods
- Madonna2 periods
- Janet Jackson2 periods
- Usher2 periods
- Destiny's Child2 periods
- Katy Perry2 periods
- The Weeknd2 periods
- Morgan Wallen2 periods
- The Everly Brothers1 period
- Frankie Avalon1 period
- Connie Francis1 period
- Chubby Checker1 period
- Brenda Lee1 period
- The Beach Boys1 period
- The Monkees1 period
- Aretha Franklin1 period
- Creedence Clearwater Revival1 period
- Jackson 51 period
- Carpenters1 period
- Al Green1 period
- Eagles1 period
- Captain & Tennille1 period
- Fleetwood Mac1 period
- Andy Gibb1 period
- Donna Summer1 period
- Queen1 period
- Daryl Hall John Oates1 period
- John Cougar1 period
- Michael Jackson1 period
- Cyndi Lauper1 period
- George Michael1 period
- New Kids On The Block1 period
- Mariah Carey1 period
- SWV1 period
- Ace Of Base1 period
- Celine Dion1 period
- Spice Girls1 period
- Ashanti1 period
- 50 Cent1 period
- Kelly Clarkson1 period
- Chris Brown1 period
- Fergie1 period
- Rihanna1 period
- Lady Gaga1 period
- Ke$ha1 period
- Flo Rida1 period
- Bruno Mars1 period
- twenty one pilots1 period
- Ed Sheeran1 period
- Drake1 period
- Post Malone1 period
- Olivia Rodrigo1 period
- Harry Styles1 period
- Sabrina Carpenter1 period
- Ella Langley1 period
Leaders in 1958
Aug 4, 1958 → Dec 29, 1958 · 22 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1The Everly Brothers80
- 2Ricky Nelson70
- 3Tommy Edwards63
- 4Bobby Day49
- 5Cozy Cole47
- 6Elvis Presley44
- 7Big Bopper44
- 8Domenico Modugno43
- 9Conway Twitty42
- 10The Elegants42
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Everly Brothers | 80 | 3.62% | 5.17% | 3.26% | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Ricky Nelson | 70 | 3.19% | 4.62% | 3.38% | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Tommy Edwards | 63 | 2.88% | 4.30% | 3.13% | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Bobby Day | 49 | 2.24% | 3.58% | 2.50% | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Cozy Cole | 47 | 2.12% | 4.21% | 2.65% | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 6 | Elvis Presley | 44 | 2.01% | 5.10% | 2.92% | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | Big Bopper | 44 | 2.00% | 3.06% | 2.11% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 8 | Domenico Modugno | 43 | 1.94% | 3.60% | 2.37% | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 9 | Conway Twitty | 42 | 1.93% | 3.67% | 2.45% | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 10 | The Elegants | 42 | 1.91% | 3.61% | 2.27% | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 | The Kingston Trio | 40 | 1.83% | 3.67% | 2.51% | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Bobby Darin | 39 | 1.79% | 3.36% | 1.83% | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Jack Scott | 39 | 1.75% | 3.39% | 1.79% | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| 14 | The Teddy Bears | 36 | 1.65% | 3.68% | 2.41% | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 15 | Little Anthony And The Imperials | 36 | 1.65% | 3.24% | 2.05% | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | Kalin Twins | 36 | 1.64% | 3.15% | 1.53% | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| 17 | Jimmie Rodgers | 36 | 1.64% | 3.14% | 1.50% | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 18 | Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar And The Rebels | 36 | 1.62% | 3.02% | 1.42% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Jimmy Clanton And His Rockets | 36 | 1.62% | 3.25% | 2.03% | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 20 | Pat Boone | 36 | 1.61% | 2.92% | 1.48% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 21 | Robin Luke | 35 | 1.58% | 3.13% | 2.00% | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 22 | Frankie Avalon | 34 | 1.56% | 2.72% | 1.40% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 23 | The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | 34 | 1.55% | 2.96% | 1.87% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 24 | Perez Prado And His Orchestra | 33 | 1.49% | 3.47% | 1.77% | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| 25 | Earl Grant | 32 | 1.47% | 2.92% | 1.81% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 26 | Connie Francis | 28 | 1.29% | 2.40% | 1.22% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 27 | Eddie Cochran | 28 | 1.27% | 2.81% | 1.51% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 28 | Poni-Tails | 28 | 1.25% | 2.91% | 1.68% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 29 | Roger Williams | 26 | 1.16% | 2.63% | 1.49% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 30 | The Playmates | 25 | 1.15% | 3.31% | 1.85% | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 31 | Johnny Mathis | 25 | 1.12% | 1.82% | 1.13% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 32 | Doris Day | 24 | 1.07% | 2.30% | 1.29% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 33 | Peggy Lee | 23 | 1.05% | 2.83% | 1.33% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Clyde McPhatter | 23 | 1.04% | 2.75% | 1.55% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 35 | The Olympics | 22 | 0.98% | 2.81% | 1.39% | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 36 | The Ames Brothers | 21 | 0.97% | 2.47% | 1.28% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Jerry Wallace | 20 | 0.92% | 2.52% | 1.22% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 38 | The Platters | 20 | 0.91% | 3.51% | 1.50% | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 39 | The Applejacks | 19 | 0.88% | 2.16% | 1.19% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 40 | Dean Martin | 19 | 0.87% | 2.53% | 1.21% | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 41 | The Shields | 19 | 0.85% | 2.21% | 1.21% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 42 | Jane Morgan | 18 | 0.82% | 1.83% | 1.10% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 43 | The Johnny Otis Show | 18 | 0.81% | 2.74% | 1.19% | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 44 | Perry Como | 17 | 0.78% | 1.69% | 0.77% | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 45 | Sam Cooke | 17 | 0.76% | 1.53% | 0.74% | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 46 | Chuck Berry | 16 | 0.75% | 1.99% | 0.81% | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 47 | Dion & The Belmonts | 16 | 0.73% | 1.62% | 0.83% | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 48 | The Royaltones | 16 | 0.71% | 2.11% | 1.11% | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 49 | Tony Bennett | 15 | 0.68% | 1.86% | 0.93% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 50 | Patti Page | 15 | 0.68% | 2.37% | 0.73% | 0 | 0 | 16 |