Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Ja Rule

Charting Apr 3, 1999 → Feb 26, 2005 · 187 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 187 wk, UK Singles Chart 81 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
1 crown
19992005
First crown Feb 2002

Billboard Hot 100 · 187 wk UK Singles Chart · 81 wk Global Music Power · 203 wk

Peak Power: 3.15%; week of Mar 23, 2002
Career Power: 269; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 120; July 2001 – July 2002
Peak Five Years: 257; March 2000 – February 2005
Top-five weeks: 17; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 187; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.66%; week of Jan 26, 2002
Comebacks: 1; Dec 2004

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

16 records · 269 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
Always On Timefeat. AshantiApple Music	#1February 2002	27	November 2001 – May 2002	44.8	66.4
Put It On Mefeat. Lil' Mo, VitaApple Music	#8March 2001	27	December 2000 – June 2001	33.5	47.9
Mesmerizefeat. AshantiApple Music	#2February 2003	20	December 2002 – May 2003	32.9	45.9
Livin' It Upfeat. CaseApple Music	#6December 2001	25	September 2001 – February 2002	31.9	51.5
Wonderfulfeat. R. Kelly, AshantiApple Music	#5November 2004	20	October 2004 – February 2005	28.5	38.7
Between Me And Youfeat. Christina MilianApple Music	#11November 2000	20	September 2000 – January 2001	21.1	30.0
I'm Realfeatured credit · with Jennifer LopezApple Music	#1September 2001	31	July 2001 – February 2002	17.7	79.2
Holla HollaApple Music	#35June 1999	20	April 1999 – August 1999	12.3	12.1
Ain't It Funnyfeatured credit · with Jennifer LopezApple Music	#1March 2002	27	December 2001 – June 2002	11.7	63.3
Down A** Chickfeat. Charli "Chuck" Baltimore	#21June 2002	19	April 2002 – August 2002	10.5	16.4
New Yorkfeat. Fat Joe, JadakissApple Music	#27January 2005	14	November 2004 – February 2005	5.4	11.3
Clap BackApple Music	#44November 2003	10	October 2003 – December 2003	5.2	5.1
Rainy Dayzfeatured credit · with Mary J. BligeApple Music	#12May 2002	20	March 2002 – August 2002	4.6	27.6
I Cryfeat. Lil' MoApple Music	#40June 2001	14	May 2001 – August 2001	3.6	6.7
Thug Lovinfeat. Bobby BrownApple Music	#42December 2002	10	November 2002 – January 2003	2.9	4.3
Down 4 Ufeatured credit · with Irv Gotti Presents The Inc. · feat. Ashanti, Charli Baltimore, Vita	#6August 2002	20	June 2002 – November 2002	2.4	35.5

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At their peak

2001 in music →

Ja Rule's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from July 2001 to July 2002. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s.