Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Jody Watley

Charting Mar 7, 1987 → May 16, 1998 · 185 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 185 wk, UK Singles Chart 53 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Global Music Power
1 crown
19871998
First crown May 1987

Billboard Hot 100 · 185 wk UK Singles Chart · 53 wk Global Music Power · 189 wk

Peak Power: 2.07%; week of May 30, 1987
Career Power: 199; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 77; April 1987 – April 1988
Peak Five Years: 174; March 1987 – February 1992
Top-five weeks: 13; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 185; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.44%; week of May 20, 1989
Comebacks: 1; May 1992

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

14 records · 199 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
EverythingApple Music	#4January 1990	23	October 1989 – March 1990	35.3	34.6
Looking For A New LoveApple Music	#2May 1987	19	March 1987 – July 1987	35.2	35.1
Don't You Want MeApple Music	#6December 1987	23	October 1987 – March 1988	32.7	32.5
Real LoveApple Music	#2May 1989	18	March 1989 – July 1989	31.1	30.9
Some Kind Of LoverApple Music	#10April 1988	17	January 1988 – May 1988	22.0	22.0
I'm The One You NeedApple Music	#19May 1992	17	March 1992 – June 1992	18.9	18.6
Friendswith Eric B., RakimApple Music	#9August 1989	18	June 1989 – October 1989	7.6	22.8
I Want YouApple Music	#61January 1992	15	November 1991 – March 1992	4.5	4.4
Most Of AllApple Music	#60June 1988	11	April 1988 – July 1988	3.0	3.2
Off The HookApple Music	#73March 1998	13	February 1998 – May 1998	3.0	3.0
This Is For The Lover In Youfeatured credit · with Babyface · feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jeffrey DanielApple Music	#6November 1996	20	October 1996 – March 1997	2.5	32.8
Still A ThrillApple Music	#56July 1987	7	June 1987 – August 1987	2.2	2.3
Precious LoveApple Music	#87March 1990	3	March 1990 – April 1990	0.5	0.5
Your Love Keeps Working On MeApple Music	#100November 1993	2	November 1993 – November 1993	0.2	0.2

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At their peak

1987 in music →

Jody Watley's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from April 1987 to April 1988. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.