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Michael W. Smith portraitMichael W. Smith

Charting May 4, 1991May 23, 1998 · 62 weeks with chart power

Charted in 1 of 2 marketsBillboard Hot 100 62 wk

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Peak Power
1.57%
week of Aug 3, 1991
Career Power
47
share-weeks
Crowns
0
weeks crowned Artist of the Week
Peak Year
30
December 1990 – November 1991
Peak Five Years
45
May 1988 – April 1993
Top-five weeks
0
weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity
62
weeks with chart power
Dominance
2.98%
week of Jul 13, 1991
Comebacks
0
none detected

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

5 records · 47 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.

SongPeakWeeksPower
Place In This World#62126.9
I Will Be Here For You#272013.6
For You#60113.2
Somebody Love Me#7171.7
Love Me Good#6151.5

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At their peak

1990 in music

Michael W. Smith's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from December 1990 to November 1991. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

  1. 1Mariah Carey128
  2. 2Whitney Houston98
  3. 3C&C Music Factory92
  4. 4Amy Grant89
  5. 5Cathy Dennis88
  6. 6Color Me Badd84
  7. 7Wilson Phillips80
  8. 8Paula Abdul80
  9. 9Extreme74
  10. 10Hi-Five74

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.