Artists · Billboard Hot 100

New Edition

Charting May 7, 1983 → Nov 20, 2004 · 198 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 198 wk, UK Singles Chart 48 wk (1 crown)

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Honours

Artist of the Week

UK Singles Chart
1 crown
19752004
First crown May 1983

Billboard Hot 100 · 198 wk UK Singles Chart · 48 wk Global Music Power · 220 wk

Peak Power: 2.46%; week of Feb 8, 1997
Career Power: 205; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 70; August 1996 – August 1997
Peak Five Years: 127; May 1984 – May 1989
Top-five weeks: 5; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 198; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.56%; week of Jan 5, 1985
Comebacks: 2; Sep 1988 · Sep 1996, after 8 quiet years

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

16 records · 205 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
I'm Still In Love With YouApple Music	#7January 1997	20	November 1996 – March 1997	47.3	46.3
Cool It NowApple Music	#4January 1985	25	September 1984 – March 1985	36.6	36.7
If It Isn't LoveApple Music	#7September 1988	21	July 1988 – November 1988	30.1	29.7
Hit Me OffApple Music	#3August 1996	20	August 1996 – January 1997	19.6	20.3
Mr. Telephone ManApple Music	#12February 1985	16	December 1984 – April 1985	16.9	17.9
Earth Angel (From "The Karate Kid Part II")Apple Music	#21October 1986	14	August 1986 – November 1986	12.6	12.4
Lost In LoveApple Music	#35May 1985	14	March 1985 – June 1985	8.7	8.6
A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes)Apple Music	#38April 1986	15	February 1986 – May 1986	7.3	7.2
Count Me OutApple Music	#51December 1985	15	November 1985 – February 1986	5.9	5.9
Candy GirlApple Music	#46June 1983	11	May 1983 – July 1983	5.1	5.0
Can You Stand The RainApple Music	#44March 1989	13	February 1989 – May 1989	4.8	4.7
With You All The WayApple Music	#51July 1986	11	June 1986 – August 1986	4.1	4.1
One More DayApple Music	#61July 1997	10	June 1997 – August 1997	3.0	2.9
Hot 2NiteApple Music	#87November 2004	12	August 2004 – November 2004	1.8	1.7
Is This The EndApple Music	#85October 1983	4	October 1983 – November 1983	0.7	0.7
You're Not My Kind Of GirlApple Music	#95November 1988	4	November 1988 – December 1988	0.5	0.5

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At their peak

1996 in music →

New Edition's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1996 to August 1997. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s.