Artists · Billboard Hot 100

James Ingram

Charting Aug 15, 1981 → Jan 26, 1991 · 179 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 179 wk (1 crown), UK Singles Chart 54 wk

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Image credits

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19811994
First crown Oct 1990

Billboard Hot 100 · 179 wk UK Singles Chart · 54 wk Global Music Power · 205 wk

Peak Power: 2.11%; week of Nov 24, 1990
Career Power: 116; share-weeks
Crowns: 1; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 39; February 1990 – January 1991
Peak Five Years: 63; May 1982 – May 1987
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 179; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.58%; week of Oct 20, 1990
Comebacks: 1; Oct 1990, after 7 quiet years

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

9 records · 116 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
I Don't Have The HeartApple Music	#1October 1990	26	August 1990 – January 1991	39.2	38.5
Baby, Come To Mewith Patti Austin AApple Music	#1February 1983	32	April 1982 – April 1983	24.4	48.3
Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")with Linda RonstadtApple Music	#2March 1987	22	December 1986 – May 1987	16.3	32.3
Yah Mo B Therewith Michael McDonaldApple Music	#19March 1984	18	December 1983 – April 1984	9.6	18.8
Just Oncefeatured credit · with Quincy JonesApple Music	#17November 1981	23	August 1981 – January 1982	7.0	23.2
What About Me?with Kenny Rogers, Kim CarnesApple Music	#15November 1984	19	September 1984 – January 1985	6.1	17.8
One Hundred Waysfeatured credit · with Quincy JonesApple Music	#14April 1982	21	December 1981 – May 1982	6.0	20.2
How Do You Keep The Music Playingwith Patti AustinApple Music	#45July 1983	17	May 1983 – September 1983	4.1	8.1
There's No Easy WayApple Music	#58May 1984	10	April 1984 – June 1984	3.2	3.1

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At their peak

1990 in music →

James Ingram's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1990 to January 1991. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.