Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Mos Def
Charting Aug 22, 1998 → Mar 10, 2001 · 22 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 22 wk, UK Singles Chart 10 wk
- Peak Power
- 0.10%
- week of Oct 10, 1998
- Career Power
- 2
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 0
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 2
- November 1997 – October 1998
- Peak Five Years
- 2
- March 1996 – March 2001
- Top-five weeks
- 0
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 22
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 0.23%
- week of Sep 26, 1998
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
2 records · 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitionwith Kweli Are Black Star | #60 | 10 | 1.5 | ||
| Oh Nowith Pharoahe Monch · feat. Nate DoggApple Music | #83 | 12 | 0.7 |
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At their peak
1997 in music →Mos Def's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from November 1997 to October 1998. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Usher179
- 2Next145
- 3LeAnn Rimes132
- 4Savage Garden131
- 5Shania Twain117
- 6Janet Jackson101
- 7Mase100
- 8Third Eye Blind99
- 9Backstreet Boys88
- 10Sarah McLachlan84
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.