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 1963
Jan 5, 1963 → Dec 28, 1963 · 52 chart weeks · ranked by Era Power — Sum of weekly Power Share over the range (share-weeks).
- 1The Beach Boys101
- 2Bobby Vinton92
- 3The 4 Seasons88
- 4Peter, Paul & Mary83
- 5Lesley Gore80
- 6Chubby Checker77
- 7Roy Orbison67
- 8The Chiffons65
- 9Sam Cooke64
- 10The Crystals64
| # | Artist | Era Power | Average share | Peak share | Peak smoothed | Weeks at #1 | Top-five weeks | Weeks charting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beach Boys | 101 | 1.93% | 4.08% | 2.79% | 9 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Bobby Vinton | 92 | 1.77% | 3.58% | 2.73% | 1 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | The 4 Seasons | 88 | 1.68% | 3.96% | 3.39% | 5 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Peter, Paul & Mary | 83 | 1.59% | 3.44% | 2.32% | 0 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Lesley Gore | 80 | 1.54% | 3.55% | 2.63% | 1 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Chubby Checker | 77 | 1.48% | 3.31% | 3.02% | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| 7 | Roy Orbison | 67 | 1.28% | 3.95% | 2.26% | 5 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | The Chiffons | 65 | 1.25% | 3.61% | 2.30% | 1 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | Sam Cooke | 64 | 1.24% | 2.60% | 1.60% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 10 | The Crystals | 64 | 1.24% | 3.31% | 1.98% | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 11 | Paul and Paula | 63 | 1.21% | 3.56% | 2.53% | 3 | 8 | 37 |
| 12 | Jan & Dean | 61 | 1.18% | 3.58% | 2.12% | 2 | 4 | 39 |
| 13 | Skeeter Davis | 61 | 1.16% | 3.47% | 2.04% | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| 14 | Rick Nelson | 60 | 1.16% | 2.98% | 1.64% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 15 | Brenda Lee | 60 | 1.15% | 2.98% | 1.99% | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| 16 | Dion | 59 | 1.14% | 3.76% | 2.51% | 1 | 5 | 33 |
| 17 | The Orlons | 56 | 1.08% | 3.33% | 2.13% | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 18 | Gene Pitney | 55 | 1.07% | 2.43% | 1.85% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 19 | Andy Williams | 55 | 1.05% | 4.41% | 2.49% | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 20 | Ruby And The Romantics | 55 | 1.05% | 3.60% | 1.96% | 1 | 4 | 41 |
| 21 | Al Martino | 55 | 1.05% | 3.31% | 1.75% | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| 22 | Bobby Darin | 53 | 1.01% | 3.35% | 2.12% | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 23 | The Tymes | 52 | 0.99% | 3.57% | 2.33% | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| 24 | The Miracles | 51 | 0.99% | 2.81% | 1.52% | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| 25 | Nat King Cole | 51 | 0.98% | 2.98% | 1.96% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 26 | Martha & The Vandellas | 50 | 0.95% | 3.22% | 1.98% | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| 27 | The Drifters | 50 | 0.95% | 3.09% | 1.76% | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 28 | Steve Lawrence | 49 | 0.94% | 3.54% | 2.17% | 2 | 5 | 35 |
| 29 | Little Peggy March | 48 | 0.92% | 3.56% | 2.11% | 0 | 6 | 32 |
| 30 | Bobby Vee | 47 | 0.91% | 3.31% | 2.02% | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| 31 | The Shirelles | 44 | 0.85% | 3.20% | 1.75% | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 32 | Mary Wells | 44 | 0.85% | 2.88% | 1.83% | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 33 | The Rooftop Singers | 44 | 0.84% | 3.55% | 1.96% | 2 | 6 | 28 |
| 34 | Ray Charles | 43 | 0.83% | 3.11% | 2.22% | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 35 | Connie Francis | 43 | 0.83% | 2.07% | 1.35% | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 36 | The Angels | 42 | 0.80% | 3.56% | 2.13% | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 37 | Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs | 41 | 0.79% | 3.57% | 2.37% | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 38 | The Essex | 41 | 0.79% | 3.57% | 1.95% | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 39 | Little Stevie Wonder | 40 | 0.77% | 3.56% | 2.17% | 1 | 6 | 21 |
| 40 | Brook Benton | 40 | 0.77% | 3.30% | 1.91% | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| 41 | Marvin Gaye | 38 | 0.74% | 2.62% | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 42 | Lou Christie | 38 | 0.73% | 2.99% | 1.81% | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 43 | The Kingston Trio | 38 | 0.72% | 2.79% | 1.56% | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 44 | The Cascades | 37 | 0.71% | 3.33% | 2.10% | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 45 | Major Lance | 37 | 0.71% | 2.78% | 1.62% | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 46 | Johnny Tillotson | 36 | 0.70% | 2.71% | 1.38% | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 47 | Kyu Sakamoto | 36 | 0.70% | 3.56% | 2.08% | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 48 | Tony Bennett | 35 | 0.68% | 2.30% | 1.34% | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 49 | Ray Charles and his Orchestra | 35 | 0.67% | 3.21% | 1.85% | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 50 | Elvis Presley | 35 | 0.67% | 1.79% | 1.47% | 0 | 0 | 35 |