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Eric B. portraitEric B.

Charting Jun 17, 1989Mar 14, 1992 · 22 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 22 wk, UK Singles Chart 37 wk

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Peak Power
0.49%
week of Sep 9, 1989
Career Power
8
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
8
October 1988 – October 1989
Peak Five Years
8
March 1987 – March 1992
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
22
weeks with chart power
Dominance
0.90%
week of Aug 26, 1989
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

2 records · 8 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Friendswith Jody Watley, Rakim#9187.7
Juice (Know The Ledge)with Rakim#9640.2

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At their peak

1988 in music

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

  1. 1Bobby Brown145
  2. 2Bon Jovi119
  3. 3Paula Abdul114
  4. 4New Kids On The Block110
  5. 5Milli Vanilli100
  6. 6Madonna83
  7. 7Fine Young Cannibals82
  8. 8Guns N' Roses81
  9. 9Karyn White80
  10. 10The Bangles70

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.