Artists · Billboard Hot 100

2Pac

Also credited as Tupac

Charting Jul 3, 1993 → Feb 21, 2009 · 258 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 258 wk, UK Singles Chart 128 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 258 wk UK Singles Chart · 128 wk Global Music Power · 344 wk

Peak Power: 2.33%; week of Jan 15, 1994
Career Power: 209; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 63; April 1993 – April 1994
Peak Five Years: 165; July 1993 – June 1998
Top-five weeks: 0; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 258; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.08%; week of Nov 20, 1993
Comebacks: 1; January 2003

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After decline	Jan 11, 1997	Jan 25, 2003	315	71	2.33%	1.02%

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

19 records · 209 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
How Do U Want It/California Lovefeat. K-Ci & JojoApple Music	#1July 1996	24	June 1996 – November 1996	39.4	55.4
Dear Mama/Old SchoolApple Music	#9April 1995	20	March 1995 – July 1995	37.4	36.3
I Get AroundApple Music	#11October 1993	25	July 1993 – December 1993	32.6	33.6
Keep Ya Head UpApple Music	#12January 1994	20	October 1993 – March 1994	30.5	30.2
Thugz MansionApple Music	#19December 2002	20	December 2002 – April 2003	22.3	21.7
ChangesApple Music	#32January 1999	19	December 1998 – April 1999	12.8	12.5
Do For Lovefeat. Eric Williams	#21March 1998	18	March 1998 – July 1998	11.3	15.8
So Many TearsApple Music	#44August 1995	15	July 1995 – October 1995	5.9	6.1
Until The End Of TimeApple Music	#52May 2001	14	April 2001 – July 2001	4.6	4.6
Smilefeatured credit · with Scarface · feat. Johnny P	#12July 1997	19	June 1997 – October 1997	3.2	20.7
I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto	#67December 1997	11	December 1997 – February 1998	3.0	2.9
Still Ballinfeat. Trick DaddyApple Music	#69April 2003	20	April 2003 – August 2003	2.4	3.7
TemptationsApple Music	#68October 1995	6	September 1995 – November 1995	1.3	1.3
Playa Cardz Rightfeatured credit · with Keyshia ColeApple Music	#63January 2009	13	November 2008 – February 2009	0.9	2.8
Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)with OutlawzApple Music	#72March 2000	7	February 2000 – April 2000	0.7	1.4
Runninwith The Notorious B.I.G., Radio, Dramacydal, StretchApple Music	#81April 1997	14	February 1997 – May 1997	0.4	2.2
Thugs Get Lonely Toofeat. Nate DoggApple Music	#98January 2005	4	January 2005 – February 2005	0.4	0.5
Stop The Gunfightfeatured credit · with Trapp · feat. The Notorious B.I.G.	#77May 1997	7	April 1997 – June 1997	0.2	1.3
Papa'z Songwith Mopreme	#87April 1994	2	April 1994 – April 1994	0.2	0.3

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At their peak

1993 in music →

2Pac's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1993 to April 1994. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s.