Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Janet Jackson

Charting Dec 18, 1982 → Oct 4, 2025 · 355 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 355 wk (13 crowns), UK Singles Chart 298 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Rich Esteban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Year: 1986
1990

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
13 crowns
Longest reign 5 weeks (Feb–Mar 1990) · First crown Oct 1986
Global Music Power
11 crowns
19822025
Longest reign 3 weeks (Nov–Dec 1993) · First crown May 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 355 wk UK Singles Chart · 298 wk Global Music Power · 469 wk

Peak Power: 4.03%; week of Dec 25, 1993
Career Power: 786; share-weeks
Crowns: 13; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 189; May 1993 – April 1994
Peak Five Years: 473; September 1989 – September 1994
Top-five weeks: 117; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 355; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.65%; week of Nov 13, 1993
Comebacks: 2; Oct 1989 · May 1993

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

27 records · 786 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
RunawayApple Music	#3October 1995	24	September 1995 – February 1996	60.5	59.4
AgainApple Music	#1December 1993	23	October 1993 – March 1994	58.3	59.5
That's The Way Love GoesApple Music	#1May 1993	23	May 1993 – October 1993	57.3	59.4
Any Time, Any Place/And On And OnApple Music	#2June 1994	20	May 1994 – October 1994	50.4	49.4
IfApple Music	#4September 1993	27	July 1993 – January 1994	46.3	52.5
You Want This/70's Love GrooveApple Music	#8December 1994	22	October 1994 – March 1995	44.0	43.0
Love Will Never Do (Without You)Apple Music	#1January 1991	22	November 1990 – April 1991	38.4	38.2
Miss You MuchApple Music	#1October 1989	20	September 1989 – January 1990	37.6	37.8
EscapadeApple Music	#1March 1990	17	January 1990 – May 1990	35.2	36.3
Because Of LoveApple Music	#10March 1994	20	January 1994 – June 1994	34.1	35.3
When I Think Of YouApple Music	#1October 1986	19	August 1986 – December 1986	32.9	33.6
What Have You Done For Me LatelyApple Music	#4May 1986	21	February 1986 – July 1986	32.1	32.7
ControlApple Music	#5January 1987	18	November 1986 – February 1987	31.4	32.4
AlrightApple Music	#4June 1990	16	April 1990 – July 1990	29.9	30.6
Rhythm NationApple Music	#2January 1990	17	November 1989 – March 1990	29.5	31.0
NastyApple Music	#3July 1986	19	May 1986 – September 1986	29.1	30.4
Let's Wait AwhileApple Music	#2March 1987	19	January 1987 – May 1987	29.0	29.7
Come Back To MeApple Music	#2August 1990	17	June 1990 – October 1990	28.4	28.8
Black CatApple Music	#1October 1990	16	September 1990 – December 1990	27.0	27.9
The Pleasure PrincipleApple Music	#14August 1987	18	May 1987 – September 1987	21.2	21.0
Scream/Childhoodwith Michael JacksonApple Music	#5June 1995	17	June 1995 – October 1995	13.1	25.9
The Best Things In Life Are Freewith Luther Vandross, Bell Biv DeVoe, Ralph TresvantApple Music	#10June 1992	20	May 1992 – October 1992	9.4	36.9
Just A Little WhileApple Music	#45February 2004	6	February 2004 – March 2004	3.2	3.1
I Want YouApple Music	#57May 2004	10	April 2004 – June 2004	3.2	3.1
Come Give Your Love To MeApple Music	#58March 1983	9	February 1983 – April 1983	3.0	3.0
Young LoveApple Music	#64January 1983	6	December 1982 – January 1983	1.8	1.8
Principalfeatured credit · with Cardi B	#92October 2025	1	October 2025	0.1	0.2

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At their peak

1993 in music →

Janet Jackson's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1993 to April 1994. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Janet Jackson189
2Mariah Carey157
3SWV136
4Ace Of Base116
5Tag Team112
6Toni Braxton112
7Jodeci92
8Rod Stewart91
9Aerosmith80
10Meat Loaf79

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, the 2010s, the 2020s.