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 1961
Jan 2, 1961 → Dec 25, 1961 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1Chubby Checker114
- 2Brenda Lee110
- 3Connie Francis108
- 4The Shirelles104
- 5Elvis Presley91
- 6Roy Orbison79
- 7Bobby Vee76
- 8Del Shannon75
- 9Brook Benton74
- 10Floyd Cramer68
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chubby Checker | 114 | 2.20% | 5.15% | 3.30% | 5 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 | Brenda Lee | 110 | 2.12% | 3.94% | 2.79% | 2 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Connie Francis | 108 | 2.08% | 3.75% | 3.11% | 0 | 4 | 50 |
| 4 | The Shirelles | 104 | 2.00% | 5.18% | 3.44% | 6 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Elvis Presley | 91 | 1.74% | 4.75% | 2.66% | 4 | 7 | 45 |
| 6 | Roy Orbison | 79 | 1.53% | 4.35% | 2.70% | 2 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Bobby Vee | 76 | 1.47% | 3.69% | 2.35% | 0 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Del Shannon | 75 | 1.44% | 3.59% | 2.55% | 3 | 9 | 41 |
| 9 | Brook Benton | 74 | 1.42% | 3.44% | 2.42% | 0 | 6 | 47 |
| 10 | Floyd Cramer | 68 | 1.30% | 3.33% | 2.40% | 0 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Bobby Lewis | 66 | 1.27% | 4.09% | 2.98% | 8 | 12 | 31 |
| 12 | Adam Wade | 65 | 1.25% | 3.31% | 2.45% | 0 | 3 | 34 |
| 13 | Gene McDaniels | 63 | 1.21% | 3.34% | 1.99% | 0 | 4 | 36 |
| 14 | Fats Domino | 63 | 1.21% | 2.48% | 2.16% | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 15 | Ricky Nelson | 63 | 1.20% | 5.00% | 3.13% | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 16 | Ben E. King | 62 | 1.19% | 3.22% | 1.93% | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| 17 | Linda Scott | 61 | 1.17% | 3.35% | 1.84% | 0 | 4 | 37 |
| 18 | The Everly Brothers | 57 | 1.09% | 4.63% | 2.87% | 4 | 7 | 31 |
| 19 | Neil Sedaka | 56 | 1.08% | 3.26% | 1.94% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 20 | The Drifters | 54 | 1.04% | 2.26% | 1.90% | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 21 | Dion | 53 | 1.02% | 3.63% | 2.50% | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 22 | The Marcels | 51 | 0.97% | 3.58% | 2.11% | 2 | 6 | 27 |
| 23 | Bobby Rydell | 50 | 0.96% | 2.88% | 1.98% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 24 | Jackie Wilson | 48 | 0.92% | 3.14% | 2.26% | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 25 | Paul Anka | 47 | 0.90% | 2.61% | 1.79% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 26 | Pat Boone | 47 | 0.90% | 3.58% | 1.93% | 0 | 3 | 37 |
| 27 | Clarence Henry | 45 | 0.86% | 3.23% | 2.02% | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| 28 | Jerry Butler | 45 | 0.86% | 2.57% | 1.71% | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 29 | Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra | 44 | 0.85% | 3.63% | 2.51% | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 30 | Ral Donner | 42 | 0.81% | 3.20% | 1.94% | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| 31 | The Highwaymen | 42 | 0.81% | 3.56% | 2.25% | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| 32 | Ray Charles and his Orchestra | 42 | 0.81% | 3.59% | 2.12% | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 33 | The Jordanaires | 40 | 0.77% | 2.22% | 1.87% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 34 | Dee Clark | 40 | 0.77% | 3.46% | 2.17% | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 35 | The String-A-Longs | 40 | 0.77% | 3.39% | 1.99% | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| 36 | Marty Robbins | 40 | 0.77% | 3.39% | 2.13% | 0 | 3 | 32 |
| 37 | Jimmy Dean | 38 | 0.74% | 3.62% | 2.40% | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 38 | Patsy Cline | 38 | 0.73% | 2.74% | 1.59% | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 39 | Bobby Darin | 38 | 0.73% | 3.12% | 1.55% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 40 | Ernie K-Doe | 38 | 0.73% | 3.58% | 2.10% | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 41 | The Dovells | 37 | 0.72% | 3.47% | 2.20% | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 42 | U.S. Bonds | 37 | 0.70% | 3.58% | 2.13% | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 43 | Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra | 36 | 0.70% | 3.59% | 2.47% | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 44 | Johnny Burnette | 36 | 0.68% | 2.80% | 1.99% | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 45 | Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar | 35 | 0.67% | 3.46% | 2.01% | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| 46 | Joe Dowell | 35 | 0.67% | 3.55% | 2.01% | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 47 | Shep And The Limelites | 33 | 0.63% | 3.45% | 1.81% | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| 48 | Johnny Tillotson | 32 | 0.61% | 2.90% | 1.97% | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| 49 | Chris Kenner | 31 | 0.60% | 3.42% | 2.00% | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 50 | Mar-Keys | 31 | 0.59% | 3.30% | 1.75% | 0 | 4 | 20 |