Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Salt-N-Pepa

Charting Nov 21, 1987 → Jun 27, 1998 · 200 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 200 wk, UK Singles Chart 125 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 200 wk UK Singles Chart · 125 wk Global Music Power · 251 wk

Peak Power: 2.95%; week of Mar 26, 1994
Career Power: 221; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 98; October 1993 – October 1994
Peak Five Years: 184; December 1989 – December 1994
Top-five weeks: 7; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 200; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.72%; week of Feb 5, 1994
Comebacks: 2; Jun 1991 · Nov 1993

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

11 records · 221 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
ShoopApple Music	#4December 1993	25	October 1993 – March 1994	52.2	53.3
Whatta Manfeat. En VogueApple Music	#3February 1994	29	January 1994 – August 1994	39.8	57.9
Let's Talk About SexApple Music	#13November 1991	20	August 1991 – January 1992	28.2	27.8
Do You Want Me	#21June 1991	26	March 1991 – September 1991	24.7	24.6
Push ItApple Music	#19February 1988	25	November 1987 – May 1988	23.4	23.0
ExpressionApple Music	#26May 1990	21	March 1990 – July 1990	15.2	15.0
None Of Your Business	#32November 1994	22	July 1994 – December 1994	14.5	14.5
You Showed Me	#47April 1992	20	February 1992 – June 1992	8.9	8.7
Ain't Nuthin' But A She ThingApple Music	#38November 1995	15	October 1995 – January 1996	7.3	7.2
Gitty Up	#50May 1998	14	March 1998 – June 1998	6.5	6.3
Backyardwith PebblesApple Music	#73May 1991	7	April 1991 – May 1991	0.5	1.4

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At their peak

1993 in music →

Salt-N-Pepa's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1993 to October 1994. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.