Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Mamas & The Papas portraitThe Mamas & The Papas

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

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of themBillboard Hot 100 116 wk (5 at #1), UK Singles Chart 64 wk (5 at #1)

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Peak Power
2.83%
week of Jun 11, 1966
Career Power
184
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
5
weeks as the top artist
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

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

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 the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.

SongPeakWeeksPower
California Dreamin#41731.3
Monday, Monday#11229.0
Dedicated To The One I Love#21025.2
Words Of Love#51223.3
I Saw Her Again#5919.2
Creeque Alley#5916.1
Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)#2068.1
Dream A Little Dream Of Mewith Mama Cass#12117.8
Look Through My Window#2477.7
Glad To Be Unhappy#2677.2
Dancing Bear#5172.7
Safe In My Garden#5362.6
Do You Wanna Dance#7651.0
For The Love Of Ivy#8151.0
Dancing In The Street#7361.0
Step Out#8130.6

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