Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Prince And The New Power Generation

Also credited as Prince & the NPG

Charting Aug 17, 1991 → Jun 12, 1993 · 85 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 85 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 39 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
19912007
Longest reign 5 weeks (Oct–Nov 1991) · First crown Oct 1991

Billboard Hot 100 · 85 wk UK Singles Chart · 39 wk Global Music Power · 91 wk

Peak Power: 3.15%; week of Feb 29, 1992
Career Power: 155; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 105; August 1991 – August 1992
Peak Five Years: 155; June 1988 – June 1993
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 85; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.90%; week of Jan 18, 1992
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

9 records · 155 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
Diamonds and PearlsApple Music	#3February 1992	21	December 1991 – April 1992	42.0	42.4
7Apple Music	#7February 1993	23	November 1992 – May 1993	39.9	39.0
CreamApple Music	#1November 1991	20	September 1991 – February 1992	39.4	41.3
Money Don't Matter 2 NightApple Music	#23May 1992	13	March 1992 – June 1992	11.8	12.1
Gett OffApple Music	#21October 1991	14	August 1991 – November 1991	9.9	11.9
My Name Is Prince	#36October 1992	11	October 1992 – December 1992	5.3	5.3
The Morning Papers	#44May 1993	11	April 1993 – June 1993	5.2	5.8
Sexy MF	#66July 1992	4	July 1992 – August 1992	1.0	1.0
Insatiable	#77January 1992	7	December 1991 – January 1992	0.6	1.3

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At their peak

1991 in music →

Prince And The New Power Generation's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1991 to August 1992. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Mariah Carey154
2Color Me Badd134
3Boyz II Men118
4Michael Jackson116
5Bryan Adams106
6Amy Grant106
7Prince And The New Power Generation105
8Vanessa Williams96
9Paula Abdul92
10Michael Bolton92

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.