Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Martha & The Vandellas

Also credited as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Charting Apr 6, 1963 → Nov 20, 1971 · 198 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 198 wk, UK Singles Chart 86 wk

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Photo: Photo by James J. Kriegsmann , New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Billboard Hot 100 · 198 wk UK Singles Chart · 86 wk Global Music Power · 250 wk

Peak Power: 2.04%; week of Nov 7, 1964
Career Power: 223; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 66; May 1963 – May 1964
Peak Five Years: 209; February 1963 – February 1968
Top-five weeks: 6; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 198; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.44%; week of Oct 17, 1964
Comebacks: 1; Dec 1966

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

23 records · 223 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
Dancing In The StreetApple Music	#2October 1964	14	August 1964 – November 1964	30.9	30.3
Heat WaveApple Music	#4September 1963	14	August 1963 – November 1963	28.3	28.0
Jimmy MackApple Music	#10April 1967	14	February 1967 – May 1967	22.7	22.3
Nowhere To RunApple Music	#8April 1965	11	February 1965 – May 1965	19.4	19.0
QuicksandApple Music	#8January 1964	12	November 1963 – February 1964	19.2	19.0
Honey ChileApple Music	#11December 1967	12	November 1967 – February 1968	18.8	18.7
I'm Ready For LoveApple Music	#9December 1966	10	October 1966 – December 1966	15.5	15.4
Come And Get These MemoriesApple Music	#29June 1963	16	April 1963 – July 1963	13.0	12.8
My Baby Loves MeApple Music	#22March 1966	11	January 1966 – April 1966	11.3	11.3
Love Bug Leave My Heart AloneApple Music	#25September 1967	9	August 1967 – October 1967	8.7	8.6
Wild OneApple Music	#34January 1965	7	December 1964 – January 1965	6.1	6.0
You've Been In Love Too LongApple Music	#36September 1965	7	August 1965 – September 1965	5.0	4.9
I Can't Dance To That Music You're PlayinApple Music	#42September 1968	8	August 1968 – September 1968	4.6	4.6
Live WireApple Music	#42March 1964	7	February 1964 – March 1964	4.5	4.3
In My Lonely RoomApple Music	#44May 1964	6	April 1964 – May 1964	3.7	3.3
Bless YouApple Music	#53November 1971	6	October 1971 – November 1971	2.9	2.9
I Promise To Wait My LoveApple Music	#62May 1968	7	April 1968 – June 1968	2.2	2.1
(We've Got) Honey LoveApple Music	#56May 1969	6	April 1969 – May 1969	2.0	2.0
Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)Apple Music	#70January 1966	7	December 1965 – January 1966	1.4	1.4
What Am I Going To Do Without Your LoveApple Music	#71July 1966	5	June 1966 – July 1966	1.2	1.2
Sweet DarlinApple Music	#80November 1968	5	November 1968 – November 1968	1.0	1.0
I Gotta Let You GoApple Music	#93November 1970	3	November 1970 – November 1970	0.4	0.4
Forget Me NotApple Music	#93June 1968	3	June 1968 – June 1968	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1963 in music →

Martha & The Vandellas's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1963 to May 1964. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.