Artists · Global Music Power

Mary J. Blige portraitMary J. Blige

Charting Jun 20, 1992Mar 12, 2022 · 544 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of themBillboard Hot 100 493 wk (8 at #1), UK Singles Chart 224 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart combined, weighted · How it works

Each week an artist's share is the weighted mean of their Power Share across Billboard Hot 100 ×1 and UK Singles Chart ×0.45 (weights ∝ √population, US = 1). The divisor is every chart's weight, so a number one is worth the same share in any era — and a week before every chart exists sums to less than 100.

Peak Power
2.66%
week of Feb 16, 2002
Career Power
414
share-weeks
Weeks at #1
6
weeks as the top artist
Peak Year
101
August 2001 – July 2002
Peak Five Years
182
August 2001 – July 2006
Top-five weeks
31
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
544
weeks with chart power
Dominance
3.20%
week of Nov 3, 2001
Comebacks
5
March 1996, October 1997, October 2001, February 2006, February 2008
Comebacks (thresholds from config/scoring.json)
KindTrough beganReturnedTrough weeksLongest absencePrior peakReturn share
After declineSep 18, 1993Mar 2, 1996128221.74%1.04%
After declineAug 10, 1996Oct 25, 199763281.74%1.02%
After declineMar 7, 1998Oct 6, 2001187231.74%1.20%
After declineSep 14, 2002Feb 4, 2006177422.66%1.13%
After declineSep 16, 2006Feb 23, 200875282.66%1.01%

Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).