Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Sweeter Than You

Ricky Nelson

Entered Jul 6, 1959 · peaked at #9 on Aug 3, 1959 · 12 weeks on the chart, last seen Sep 21, 1959

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Billboard Hot 100 · #9, 12 wkUK Singles Chart · #19, 3 wk
Record Power
17.9
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
12
July 1959 – September 1959

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Ricky Nelsonprimary100%15.1

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 3, 1959 on the timeline →
  1. #1Lonely BoyPaul Anka
  2. #2A Big Hunk O' LoveElvis Presley & The Jordanaires
  3. #3My Heart Is An Open BookCarl Dobkins & Jr.
  4. #4The Battle Of New OrleansJohnny Horton
  5. #5TigerFabian
  6. #6There Goes My BabyThe Drifters
  7. #7WaterlooStonewall Jackson
  8. #8Lavender-BlueSammy Turner
  9. #9Sweeter Than YouRicky Nelson
  10. #10Forty Miles Of Bad RoadDuane Eddy And The Rebels

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