Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Britney Spears

Charting Nov 21, 1998 → Jan 21, 2023 · 415 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 415 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 404 wk (8 crowns)

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Image credits

Photo: Jen from USA., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Decade: 2000s

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
First crown Feb 1999
UK Singles Chart
8 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Jan 2008) · First crown Jun 1999
Global Music Power
2 crowns
19982025
First crown Feb 1999

Billboard Hot 100 · 415 wk UK Singles Chart · 404 wk Global Music Power · 515 wk

Peak Power: 3.77%; week of Feb 21, 2009
Career Power: 652; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 118; September 2008 – September 2009
Peak Five Years: 318; December 2006 – December 2011
Top-five weeks: 34; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 415; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.63%; week of Dec 20, 2008
Comebacks: 2; Mar 2004 · Oct 2007

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

35 records · 652 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
...Baby One More TimeApple Music	#1January 1999	32	November 1998 – June 1999	74.8	74.1
WomanizerApple Music	#1October 2008	23	October 2008 – March 2009	50.6	52.8
CircusApple Music	#3December 2008	22	December 2008 – May 2009	45.7	47.5
3Apple Music	#1October 2009	20	October 2009 – March 2010	45.5	42.4
I Wanna GoApple Music	#7August 2011	20	April 2011 – November 2011	38.7	36.7
ToxicApple Music	#9March 2004	20	January 2004 – June 2004	36.2	35.2
Till The World Endsfeat. Nicki Minaj, Ke$haApple Music	#3May 2011	24	March 2011 – August 2011	34.4	50.2
Oops!...I Did It AgainApple Music	#9June 2000	20	April 2000 – September 2000	30.2	30.0
Scream & Shoutwith will.i.amApple Music	#3February 2013	24	December 2012 – May 2013	30.0	56.5
Hold It Against MeApple Music	#1January 2011	17	January 2011 – May 2011	25.9	25.7
Gimme MoreApple Music	#3October 2007	20	September 2007 – February 2008	24.5	24.1
(You Drive Me) CrazyApple Music	#10November 1999	20	September 1999 – January 2000	24.5	24.2
EverytimeApple Music	#15July 2004	18	May 2004 – September 2004	23.3	22.8
Piece Of MeApple Music	#18February 2008	20	November 2007 – March 2008	21.2	20.3
If U Seek AmyApple Music	#19May 2009	20	December 2008 – July 2009	20.9	21.9
SometimesApple Music	#21July 1999	20	May 1999 – October 1999	20.0	20.4
StrongerApple Music	#11January 2001	15	December 2000 – March 2001	17.8	17.5
From The Bottom Of My Broken HeartApple Music	#14February 2000	20	January 2000 – June 2000	15.8	16.1
Work B**ch!	#12October 2013	13	October 2013 – January 2014	12.5	11.7
Hold Me Closerwith Elton JohnApple Music	#6September 2022	20	September 2022 – January 2023	10.9	18.9
LuckyApple Music	#23September 2000	11	August 2000 – October 2000	10.2	10.0
I'm A Slave 4 UApple Music	#27December 2001	14	October 2001 – January 2002	8.6	8.3
Break The IceApple Music	#43May 2008	17	March 2008 – July 2008	8.5	8.2
Make Me...feat. G-EazyApple Music	#17August 2016	9	August 2016 – October 2016	6.4	8.4
Me Against The Musicfeat. MadonnaApple Music	#35November 2003	13	October 2003 – January 2004	5.6	7.8
Pretty Girlswith Iggy AzaleaApple Music	#29May 2015	8	May 2015 – July 2015	2.9	5.6
CriminalApple Music	#55November 2011	6	October 2011 – December 2011	2.1	2.2
Ooh La LaApple Music	#54July 2013	5	July 2013 – August 2013	1.3	1.3
PerfumeApple Music	#76November 2013	6	November 2013 – January 2014	1.1	1.2
OverprotectedApple Music	#86May 2002	5	April 2002 – May 2002	0.8	0.8
OutrageousApple Music	#79August 2004	4	August 2004 – September 2004	0.6	0.8
RadarApple Music	#88September 2009	3	August 2009 – September 2009	0.5	0.5
Shattered Glass	#70December 2008	1	December 2008	0.2	0.3
Slumber Partyfeat. Tinashe	#86December 2016	1	December 2016	0.1	0.2
Do SomethinApple Music	#100April 2005	1	April 2005	0.1	0.1

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At their peak

2008 in music →

Britney Spears's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from September 2008 to September 2009. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Taylor Swift174
2Lady Gaga173
3Beyonce168
4T.I.157
5Kanye West140
6Katy Perry140
7P!nk133
8Ne-Yo128
9Britney Spears118
10Jason Mraz110

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.