Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Steve Winwood

Charting Feb 7, 1981 → Feb 9, 1991 · 193 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 193 wk (5 crowns), UK Singles Chart 43 wk

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Image credits

Photo: Brian Marks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
5 crowns
19811997
Longest reign 4 weeks (Jul–Aug 1988) · First crown Aug 1986

Billboard Hot 100 · 193 wk UK Singles Chart · 43 wk Global Music Power · 206 wk

All songs Without holiday songs New music only

Peak Power: 2.48%; week of Nov 5, 1988
Career Power: 265; share-weeks
Crowns: 5; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 84; May 1988 – May 1989
Peak Five Years: 228; February 1986 – February 1991
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 193; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.87%; week of Aug 20, 1988
Comebacks: 2; Aug 1986, after 5 quiet years · Jan 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

14 records · 265 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
Higher LoveApple Music	#1August 1986	22	June 1986 – November 1986	36.0	36.0
Roll With ItApple Music	#1July 1988	18	June 1988 – October 1988	35.5	35.7
While You See A ChanceApple Music	#7April 1981	18	February 1981 – June 1981	29.1	28.6
The Finer ThingsApple Music	#8April 1987	23	February 1987 – July 1987	28.1	28.3
ValerieApple Music	#9December 1987	24	November 1982 – February 1988	27.2	26.9
Don't You Know What The Night Can Do?Apple Music	#6October 1988	17	August 1988 – December 1988	24.6	25.5
Back In The High Life AgainApple Music	#13August 1987	21	May 1987 – October 1987	20.7	20.8
Holding OnApple Music	#11January 1989	17	November 1988 – March 1989	20.4	20.3
One And Only ManApple Music	#18December 1990	15	November 1990 – February 1991	16.5	16.3
Freedom OverspillApple Music	#20November 1986	15	September 1986 – January 1987	12.7	13.0
Still In The GameApple Music	#47September 1982	10	August 1982 – October 1982	4.4	4.3
Talking Back To The NightApple Music	#57March 1988	10	February 1988 – April 1988	3.7	3.6
Hearts On FireApple Music	#53April 1989	9	March 1989 – May 1989	3.4	3.3
Arc Of A DiverApple Music	#48June 1981	9	May 1981 – July 1981	3.3	3.6

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At their peak

1988 in music →

Steve Winwood's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from May 1988 to May 1989. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1980s, the 1990s.