Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Donovan

Charting May 15, 1965 → Jun 16, 1973 · 143 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 143 wk, UK Singles Chart 95 wk

Compare with other artists →

Image credits

Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
3 crowns
19651989
Longest reign 2 weeks (Dec 1966) · First crown Dec 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 143 wk UK Singles Chart · 95 wk Global Music Power · 182 wk

Peak Power: 2.29%; week of Jan 14, 1967
Career Power: 178; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 66; April 1966 – March 1967
Peak Five Years: 172; September 1964 – September 1969
Top-five weeks: 12; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 143; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.55%; week of Sep 3, 1966
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

17 records · 178 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.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Sunshine SupermanApple Music	#1September 1966	13	July 1966 – October 1966	28.9	28.6
Mellow YellowApple Music	#2December 1966	12	November 1966 – January 1967	28.2	28.0
Hurdy Gurdy ManApple Music	#5August 1968	12	June 1968 – September 1968	24.6	24.5
AtlantisApple Music	#7May 1969	13	April 1969 – June 1969	24.1	24.0
There Is A MountainApple Music	#11September 1967	9	August 1967 – October 1967	13.4	13.2
Catch The WindApple Music	#23July 1965	10	May 1965 – July 1965	10.0	9.8
Jennifer JuniperApple Music	#26April 1968	9	March 1968 – May 1968	9.1	9.0
Epistle To DippyApple Music	#19March 1967	7	February 1967 – March 1967	8.9	8.8
Wear Your Love Like HeavenApple Music	#23December 1967	7	November 1967 – January 1968	7.8	7.8
LalenaApple Music	#33November 1968	6	October 1968 – November 1968	5.2	5.1
To Susan On The West Coast WaitingApple Music	#35March 1969	6	February 1969 – March 1969	4.3	4.3
Universal SoldierApple Music	#53October 1965	7	September 1965 – November 1965	3.3	3.2
Riki Tiki TaviApple Music	#55September 1970	8	August 1970 – October 1970	3.2	3.2
Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)with Jeff Beck Group	#36September 1969	7	August 1969 – September 1969	2.3	4.6
I Like YouApple Music	#66June 1973	8	April 1973 – June 1973	2.2	2.2
ColoursApple Music	#61September 1965	7	August 1965 – September 1965	1.9	2.0
Celia Of The SealsApple Music	#84March 1971	3	February 1971 – March 1971	0.5	0.5

30-second previews and store links from Apple Music.

At their peak

1966 in music →

Donovan's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1966 to March 1967. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.