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Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Ad Libs

Charting Jan 16, 1965May 1, 1965 · 11 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 11 wk

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Peak Power
1.23%
week of Mar 20, 1965
Career Power
16
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
16
May 1964 – May 1965
Peak Five Years
16
May 1960 – May 1965
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
11
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.80%
week of Feb 27, 1965
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

2 records · 16 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
The Boy From New York City#81016.3
He Ain't No Angel#10010.1

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At their peak

1964 in music

The Ad Libs's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1964 to May 1965. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1The Beatles187
  2. 2The Supremes134
  3. 3The Dave Clark Five113
  4. 4The Beach Boys100
  5. 5Gerry And The Pacemakers90
  6. 6The Impressions78
  7. 7Dean Martin77
  8. 8Roger Miller75
  9. 9Peter And Gordon74
  10. 10The Searchers74

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1960s.