Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Three Dog Night

Charting Feb 8, 1969 → Aug 30, 1975 · 254 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 254 wk (10 crowns), UK Singles Chart 23 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
10 crowns
19691975
Longest reign 6 weeks (Apr–May 1971) · First crown Jul 1970

Billboard Hot 100 · 254 wk UK Singles Chart · 23 wk Global Music Power · 254 wk

Peak Power: 2.66%; week of Jun 19, 1971
Career Power: 449; share-weeks
Crowns: 10; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 114; March 1971 – March 1972
Peak Five Years: 400; June 1969 – June 1974
Top-five weeks: 36; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 254; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.72%; week of Jan 1, 1972
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

21 records · 449 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
Joy To The WorldApple Music	#1April 1971	17	March 1971 – July 1971	45.6	45.5
Mama Told Me (Not To Come)Apple Music	#1July 1970	15	May 1970 – August 1970	37.0	36.8
ShambalaApple Music	#3July 1973	16	May 1973 – September 1973	32.6	32.4
OneApple Music	#5June 1969	16	May 1969 – August 1969	32.2	31.9
Easy To Be HardApple Music	#4September 1969	13	August 1969 – November 1969	29.3	29.5
The Show Must Go OnApple Music	#4May 1974	19	March 1974 – July 1974	28.7	28.7
Eli's ComingApple Music	#10November 1969	14	October 1969 – January 1970	26.5	26.7
Never Been To SpainApple Music	#5February 1972	12	December 1971 – March 1972	24.1	24.8
Black & WhiteApple Music	#1September 1972	11	August 1972 – October 1972	23.7	23.7
An Old Fashioned Love SongApple Music	#4December 1971	11	November 1971 – January 1972	22.8	23.7
LiarApple Music	#7August 1971	12	July 1971 – September 1971	21.8	21.8
Pieces Of AprilApple Music	#19January 1973	14	November 1972 – February 1973	16.3	16.3
The Family Of ManApple Music	#12April 1972	9	March 1972 – May 1972	15.7	15.7
One Man BandApple Music	#19January 1971	11	November 1970 – January 1971	15.1	15.0
CelebrateApple Music	#15March 1970	9	February 1970 – April 1970	14.9	14.8
Out In The CountryApple Music	#15October 1970	11	August 1970 – November 1970	14.5	14.5
Sure As I'm Sittin' HereApple Music	#16August 1974	13	June 1974 – September 1974	14.0	14.1
Let Me Serenade YouApple Music	#17December 1973	12	October 1973 – January 1974	12.0	11.9
Try A Little TendernessApple Music	#29April 1969	12	February 1969 – April 1969	8.2	8.2
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)Apple Music	#33November 1974	12	September 1974 – December 1974	7.5	7.4
Til The World EndsApple Music	#32August 1975	9	July 1975 – August 1975	6.3	6.3

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At their peak

1971 in music →

Three Dog Night's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from March 1971 to March 1972. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1960s, the 1970s.