Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Mary J. Blige

Charting Jun 20, 1992 → Mar 12, 2022 · 507 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 507 wk (8 crowns), UK Singles Chart 226 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
8 crowns
Longest reign 2 weeks (Feb–Mar 1996) · First crown Feb 1996
Global Music Power
6 crowns
19922022
Longest reign 3 weeks (Dec 2001 – Jan 2002) · First crown Sep 2001

Billboard Hot 100 · 507 wk UK Singles Chart · 226 wk Global Music Power · 544 wk

Peak Power: 3.46%; week of Feb 23, 2002
Career Power: 520; share-weeks
Crowns: 8; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 129; August 2001 – July 2002
Peak Five Years: 229; August 2001 – July 2006
Top-five weeks: 38; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 507; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.90%; week of Jan 12, 2002
Comebacks: 4; May 1995 · Oct 1997 · Sep 2001 · Feb 2006

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

43 records · 520 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
Family AffairApple Music	#1November 2001	41	July 2001 – May 2002	93.5	94.2
Be Without YouApple Music	#3February 2006	33	November 2005 – July 2006	72.9	70.4
Real LoveApple Music	#7December 1992	31	August 1992 – March 1993	53.2	53.8
Not Gon' Cry (From "Waiting To Exhale")Apple Music	#2February 1996	20	January 1996 – June 1996	46.2	45.3
Just FineApple Music	#22January 2008	22	November 2007 – March 2008	24.9	23.4
EverythingApple Music	#24October 1997	20	September 1997 – February 1998	20.9	20.5
Rainy Dayzfeat. Ja RuleApple Music	#12May 2002	20	March 2002 – August 2002	18.9	27.6
No More DramaApple Music	#15February 2002	20	December 2001 – April 2002	16.8	21.3
Sweet ThingApple Music	#28February 1993	20	February 1993 – June 1993	16.3	16.7
Be HappyApple Music	#29December 1994	20	November 1994 – March 1995	15.6	15.2
You Remind Me (From "Strictly Business")Apple Music	#29August 1992	20	June 1992 – October 1992	13.7	14.3
I Can Love YouApple Music	#28August 1997	19	July 1997 – November 1997	12.2	13.2
Runaway Lovefeatured credit · with LudacrisApple Music	#2March 2007	20	December 2006 – April 2007	11.5	36.8
I'm Goin' DownApple Music	#22April 1995	14	April 1995 – July 1995	10.5	11.4
I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get Byfeatured credit · with Method ManApple Music	#3June 1995	20	May 1995 – September 1995	10.2	35.9
I AmApple Music	#55February 2010	20	December 2009 – May 2010	7.8	7.3
Ooh!Apple Music	#29October 2003	12	September 2003 – November 2003	7.8	7.6
Love At 1st Sightfeat. Method Man	#22August 2003	13	July 2003 – September 2003	7.5	10.7
Love No LimitApple Music	#44June 1993	16	May 1993 – August 1993	7.0	6.9
All That I Can SayApple Music	#44September 1999	14	July 1999 – October 1999	6.9	6.8
Enough Cryinfeat. Brook-LynApple Music	#32May 2006	20	April 2006 – September 2006	6.7	12.6
I Love You/You Bring Me JoyApple Music	#57July 1995	19	June 1995 – October 1995	4.8	5.5
Take Me As I AmApple Music	#58November 2006	17	October 2006 – February 2007	4.6	4.8
Deep InsideApple Music	#63January 2000	15	November 1999 – February 2000	4.5	4.4
Not Todayfeat. EVEApple Music	#41January 2004	10	December 2003 – February 2004	4.1	5.6
ReminisceApple Music	#57December 1992	20	December 1992 – May 1993	3.5	5.7
You Don't Have To WorryApple Music	#63February 1994	13	January 1994 – March 1994	3.3	3.2
911featured credit · with Wyclef JeanApple Music	#38November 2000	19	October 2000 – February 2001	3.1	10.0
Give Me YouApple Music	#68May 2000	9	April 2000 – June 2000	1.9	1.8
The Onefeat. DrakeApple Music	#63August 2009	10	August 2009 – October 2009	1.7	2.4
MJB Da MVPfeat. The Game, 50 CentApple Music	#75June 2005	8	April 2005 – June 2005	1.3	1.8
Work ThatApple Music	#65December 2007	9	December 2007 – February 2008	1.2	1.8
Come Close To Mefeatured credit · with Common	#65February 2003	15	December 2002 – March 2003	1.1	3.6
Mr. Wrongfeat. DrakeApple Music	#87February 2012	9	February 2012 – April 2012	1.0	1.3
IfULeavefeatured credit · with Musiq SoulchildApple Music	#71December 2008	12	December 2008 – February 2009	0.9	2.6
Can't Knock the Hustlefeatured credit · with Jay-ZApple Music	#73November 1996	14	September 1996 – December 1996	0.8	2.6
Good Morning GorgeousApple Music	#83February 2022	3	February 2022 – March 2022	0.6	0.5
Remember Mefeatured credit · with T.I.	#29August 2009	2	August 2009 – August 2009	0.4	1.5
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (From "New York Undercover")	#95October 1995	2	October 1995 – November 1995	0.3	0.3
Bridge Over Troubled Waterwith Andrea Bocelli	#75February 2010	1	February 2010	0.1	0.3
Lean On Mefeatured credit · with Kirk Franklin · feat. Bono, R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis & The FamilyApple Music	#79December 1998	5	December 1998 – January 1999	0.1	0.9
Onewith U2Apple Music	#86June 2006	1	June 2006	0.0	0.2
Lord Abovefeatured credit · with Fat Joe, Dre · feat. Eminem	#97December 2019	1	December 2019	0.0	0.1

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At their peak

2001 in music →

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

1Usher177
2Mary J. Blige129
3Ja Rule120
4Nickelback115
5Jennifer Lopez114
6Alicia Keys110
7Ashanti100
8Nelly99
9P!nk97
10Enrique Iglesias96

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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