Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Main Ingredient

Charting Jun 27, 1970 → Jun 7, 1975 · 101 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 101 wk, UK Singles Chart 7 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 101 wk UK Singles Chart · 7 wk Global Music Power · 102 wk

Peak Power: 1.88%; week of Nov 4, 1972
Career Power: 82; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 35; December 1973 – November 1974
Peak Five Years: 82; June 1970 – June 1975
Top-five weeks: 3; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 101; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.28%; week of Oct 14, 1972
Comebacks: 1; Apr 1974

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

11 records · 82 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
Everybody Plays The FoolApple Music	#3October 1972	18	July 1972 – November 1972	29.1	29.1
Just Don't Want To Be LonelyApple Music	#10May 1974	20	February 1974 – June 1974	27.2	27.0
Happiness Is Just Around The BendApple Music	#35August 1974	12	June 1974 – September 1974	7.0	6.9
I'm So ProudApple Music	#49February 1971	13	December 1970 – March 1971	5.3	5.3
You've Got To Take It (If You Want It)Apple Music	#46February 1973	9	December 1972 – February 1973	4.8	4.8
Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love)Apple Music	#52June 1971	9	May 1971 – July 1971	3.9	3.9
You've Been My InspirationApple Music	#64August 1970	9	June 1970 – August 1970	2.6	2.6
California My WayApple Music	#75November 1974	3	November 1974 – November 1974	0.8	0.7
Rolling Down A MountainsideApple Music	#92June 1975	3	May 1975 – June 1975	0.4	0.4
Black Seeds Keep On GrowingApple Music	#97September 1971	3	September 1971 – September 1971	0.4	0.4
I'm Better Off Without YouApple Music	#91October 1970	2	October 1970 – October 1970	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1973 in music →

The Main Ingredient's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1973 to November 1974. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1970s.