Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Paula Abdul

Charting Jun 18, 1988 → May 30, 2009 · 182 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 182 wk (14 crowns), UK Singles Chart 71 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
14 crowns
Longest reign 7 weeks (Jun–Jul 1991) · First crown Feb 1989
Global Music Power
6 crowns
19882009
Longest reign 3 weeks (Jul 1991) · First crown Mar 1989

Billboard Hot 100 · 182 wk UK Singles Chart · 71 wk Global Music Power · 198 wk

Peak Power: 3.04%; week of Sep 21, 1991
Career Power: 321; share-weeks
Crowns: 14; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 140; January 1989 – January 1990
Peak Five Years: 307; July 1987 – June 1992
Top-five weeks: 33; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 182; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 4.02%; week of Jul 20, 1991
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1991

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

15 records · 321 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
Rush RushApple Music	#1June 1991	19	May 1991 – September 1991	41.0	42.3
Straight UpApple Music	#1February 1989	25	December 1988 – May 1989	39.6	40.2
Cold HeartedApple Music	#1September 1989	21	June 1989 – November 1989	37.9	38.8
Blowing Kisses In The WindApple Music	#6November 1991	20	October 1991 – February 1992	35.3	35.4
Forever Your GirlApple Music	#1May 1989	22	March 1989 – August 1989	34.3	35.7
(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me	#3December 1989	25	November 1988 – February 1990	34.0	34.7
The Promise Of A New DayApple Music	#1September 1991	16	July 1991 – November 1991	29.1	30.6
Opposites Attractwith The Wild PairApple Music	#1February 1990	23	December 1989 – May 1990	18.8	38.0
VibeologyApple Music	#16February 1992	14	January 1992 – April 1992	16.0	16.0
Will You Marry Me?Apple Music	#19May 1992	13	April 1992 – June 1992	14.9	14.7
My Love Is For RealApple Music	#28July 1995	13	June 1995 – September 1995	9.8	9.6
Knocked OutApple Music	#41August 1988	13	June 1988 – September 1988	5.9	5.8
Crazy CoolApple Music	#58September 1995	9	September 1995 – November 1995	3.0	3.0
Dance Like There's No Tomorrowwith Randy JacksonApple Music	#62March 2008	6	March 2008 – April 2008	0.9	1.6
I'm Just Here For The Music	#87May 2009	2	May 2009 – May 2009	0.3	0.3

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At their peak

1989 in music →

Paula Abdul's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from January 1989 to January 1990. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

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