Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Anita Baker

Charting Aug 16, 1986 → Jan 1, 2005 · 164 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 164 wk, UK Singles Chart 25 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 164 wk UK Singles Chart · 25 wk Global Music Power · 166 wk

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Peak Power: 2.15%; week of Jan 7, 1989
Career Power: 131; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 57; May 1988 – May 1989
Peak Five Years: 112; November 1985 – November 1990
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 164; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.33%; week of Dec 17, 1988
Comebacks: 1; Nov 1988

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 · 131 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
Giving You The Best That I GotApple Music	#3December 1988	22	September 1988 – February 1989	38.0	37.9
Sweet LoveApple Music	#8November 1986	22	August 1986 – January 1987	25.3	25.3
Just BecauseApple Music	#14April 1989	16	January 1989 – May 1989	19.3	19.4
Body & SoulApple Music	#36October 1994	20	September 1994 – January 1995	12.1	12.0
Caught Up In The RaptureApple Music	#37February 1987	18	November 1986 – March 1987	8.9	8.9
No One In The WorldApple Music	#44October 1987	17	August 1987 – December 1987	6.9	6.8
Same Ole Love (365 Days A Year)Apple Music	#44May 1987	14	March 1987 – June 1987	6.4	6.4
Talk To MeApple Music	#44July 1990	13	June 1990 – September 1990	6.0	5.9
You're My Everything	#74August 2004	20	August 2004 – January 2005	3.6	3.4
I ApologizeApple Music	#74February 1995	12	December 1994 – March 1995	2.5	2.5
Soul InspirationApple Music	#72October 1990	7	September 1990 – November 1990	1.6	1.6

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Anita Baker's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1988 to May 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.