Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Mamas & The Papas

Charting Jan 8, 1966 → Feb 26, 1972 · 116 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 116 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 76 wk (5 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Apr–May 1966) · First crown Apr 1966
UK Singles Chart
5 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (May–Jun 1966) · First crown May 1966
Global Music Power
4 crowns
19662013
Longest reign 3 weeks (May–Jun 1966) · First crown Apr 1966

Billboard Hot 100 · 116 wk UK Singles Chart · 76 wk Global Music Power · 144 wk

Peak Power: 2.83%; week of Jun 11, 1966
Career Power: 184; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 106; February 1966 – February 1967
Peak Five Years: 183; January 1964 – December 1968
Top-five weeks: 15; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 116; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.30%; week of Apr 30, 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

16 records · 184 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
California DreaminApple Music	#4March 1966	17	January 1966 – April 1966	31.3	32.2
Monday, MondayApple Music	#1May 1966	12	April 1966 – June 1966	29.0	29.3
Dedicated To The One I LoveApple Music	#2March 1967	10	February 1967 – April 1967	25.2	24.7
Words Of LoveApple Music	#5January 1967	12	December 1966 – February 1967	23.3	23.3
I Saw Her AgainApple Music	#5July 1966	9	July 1966 – August 1966	19.2	19.1
Creeque AlleyApple Music	#5June 1967	9	April 1967 – June 1967	16.1	16.1
Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)Apple Music	#20September 1967	6	August 1967 – September 1967	8.1	8.1
Dream A Little Dream Of Mewith Mama CassApple Music	#12August 1968	11	July 1968 – September 1968	7.8	15.8
Look Through My WindowApple Music	#24November 1966	7	October 1966 – December 1966	7.7	7.7
Glad To Be UnhappyApple Music	#26November 1967	7	October 1967 – December 1967	7.2	7.2
Dancing BearApple Music	#51January 1968	7	December 1967 – January 1968	2.7	2.8
Safe In My GardenApple Music	#53July 1968	6	June 1968 – July 1968	2.6	2.6
Do You Wanna DanceApple Music	#76December 1968	5	November 1968 – December 1968	1.0	1.0
For The Love Of IvyApple Music	#81September 1968	5	September 1968 – October 1968	1.0	1.0
Dancing In The StreetApple Music	#73January 1967	6	December 1966 – January 1967	1.0	1.5
Step OutApple Music	#81February 1972	3	February 1972 – February 1972	0.6	0.6

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At their peak

1966 in music →

The Mamas & The Papas's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1966 to February 1967. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.