Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Temptations

Charting Apr 18, 1960 → Dec 20, 1986 · 483 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 483 wk (6 crowns), UK Singles Chart 203 wk

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Image credits

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

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
6 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan 1969) · First crown Jan 1969
Global Music Power
6 crowns
19601992
Longest reign 6 weeks (Mar–Apr 1969) · First crown Mar 1969

Billboard Hot 100 · 483 wk UK Singles Chart · 203 wk Global Music Power · 562 wk

Peak Power: 2.63%; week of Apr 19, 1969
Career Power: 651; share-weeks
Crowns: 6; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 112; December 1968 – November 1969
Peak Five Years: 383; May 1966 – May 1971
Top-five weeks: 40; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 483; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.13%; week of Jan 11, 1969
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1972

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

53 records · 651 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
I Can't Get Next To YouApple Music	#1October 1969	17	August 1969 – December 1969	41.5	41.2
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)Apple Music	#1April 1971	15	February 1971 – May 1971	37.1	37.0
Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)Apple Music	#3June 1970	15	May 1970 – August 1970	35.0	34.9
My GirlApple Music	#1March 1965	13	January 1965 – April 1965	32.3	32.0
Papa Was A Rollin' StoneApple Music	#1December 1972	16	October 1972 – January 1973	30.6	30.6
I Wish It Would RainApple Music	#4February 1968	14	January 1968 – April 1968	29.9	29.8
Run Away Child, Running Wild	#6March 1969	12	February 1969 – May 1969	24.5	24.9
Cloud NineApple Music	#6January 1969	12	November 1968 – February 1969	24.1	24.2
MasterpieceApple Music	#7April 1973	14	February 1973 – May 1973	23.3	23.2
You're My EverythingApple Music	#6September 1967	12	July 1967 – October 1967	22.2	22.0
Psychedelic ShackApple Music	#7February 1970	11	January 1970 – March 1970	22.1	22.0
Beauty Is Only Skin DeepApple Music	#3October 1966	12	August 1966 – November 1966	21.9	21.8
The Way You Do The Things You DoApple Music	#11April 1964	11	February 1964 – May 1964	20.4	18.1
Ain't Too Proud To BegApple Music	#13July 1966	13	May 1966 – August 1966	19.5	19.4
All I NeedApple Music	#8June 1967	10	April 1967 – July 1967	17.3	17.2
(I Know) I'm Losing YouApple Music	#8December 1966	10	November 1966 – January 1967	17.2	17.1
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)Apple Music	#13June 1968	10	May 1968 – July 1968	15.3	15.2
(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I NeedApple Music	#14November 1967	9	October 1967 – December 1967	14.5	14.6
Shakey GroundApple Music	#26June 1975	14	March 1975 – June 1975	13.0	13.0
Since I Lost My BabyApple Music	#17August 1965	10	July 1965 – September 1965	13.0	12.9
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)Apple Music	#18December 1971	10	November 1971 – January 1972	12.5	12.5
I'm Gonna Make You Love Mewith Diana Ross & The SupremesApple Music	#2January 1969	13	December 1968 – March 1969	12.5	32.3
It's GrowingApple Music	#18May 1965	9	April 1965 – May 1965	11.5	11.5
Don't Let The Joneses Get You DownApple Music	#20June 1969	8	May 1969 – July 1969	10.4	10.3
My BabyApple Music	#13November 1965	8	October 1965 – December 1965	10.4	10.4
Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)Apple Music	#26October 1964	8	September 1964 – October 1964	8.4	8.3
Please Return Your Love To MeApple Music	#26August 1968	7	August 1968 – September 1968	7.8	7.8
Hey Girl (i Like Your Style)Apple Music	#35September 1973	11	August 1973 – October 1973	7.5	7.5
Let Your Hair DownApple Music	#27January 1974	9	December 1973 – February 1974	7.5	7.4
BarbaraApple Music	#29May 1960	10	April 1960 – June 1960	7.1	6.9
Take A Look AroundApple Music	#30April 1972	8	March 1972 – April 1972	7.0	6.9
I'll Be In TroubleApple Music	#33July 1964	9	May 1964 – July 1964	6.9	6.6
GlasshouseApple Music	#37August 1975	10	July 1975 – September 1975	6.4	6.4
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World)Apple Music	#33October 1970	7	October 1970 – November 1970	6.1	6.1
Happy PeopleApple Music	#40February 1975	10	December 1974 – February 1975	5.9	5.9
Treat Her Like A LadyApple Music	#48February 1985	14	December 1984 – March 1985	5.9	5.8
Get ReadyApple Music	#29April 1966	7	February 1966 – April 1966	5.5	5.4
Lady SoulApple Music	#47November 1986	11	October 1986 – December 1986	4.8	4.8
HeavenlyApple Music	#43May 1974	9	March 1974 – May 1974	4.8	4.7
The Plastic Man	#40July 1973	8	June 1973 – July 1973	4.7	4.7
PowerApple Music	#43June 1980	9	May 1980 – July 1980	4.3	4.2
It's SummerApple Music	#51August 1971	6	July 1971 – August 1971	2.9	2.9
Sail AwayApple Music	#54May 1984	8	April 1984 – May 1984	2.9	2.9
I'll Try Something Newwith The SupremesApple Music	#25April 1969	7	March 1969 – April 1969	2.9	8.8
Keep Holding OnApple Music	#54February 1976	6	February 1976 – March 1976	2.2	2.2
Standing On The Top-Part 1feat. Rick James	#66June 1982	8	May 1982 – June 1982	1.5	2.2
Aiming At Your HeartApple Music	#67October 1981	5	September 1981 – October 1981	1.4	1.3
You've Got My Soul On FireApple Music	#74July 1974	6	June 1974 – July 1974	1.2	1.2
Don't Look BackApple Music	#83January 1966	5	December 1965 – January 1966	0.9	0.9
The Weightwith The SupremesApple Music	#46October 1969	5	September 1969 – October 1969	0.8	2.5
Mother NatureApple Music	#92July 1972	4	July 1972 – July 1972	0.6	0.6
Love On My Mind TonightApple Music	#88April 1983	3	April 1983 – April 1983	0.5	0.5
Up The Creek (without A Paddle)Apple Music	#94July 1976	3	July 1976 – July 1976	0.4	0.4

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At their peak

1968 in music →

The Temptations's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1968 to November 1969. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s.