Artists · Billboard Hot 100

SWV

Charting Jan 2, 1993 → Jun 27, 1998 · 169 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 169 wk (23 crowns), UK Singles Chart 45 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Year: 1993

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
23 crowns
Longest reign 23 weeks (May–Oct 1993) · First crown May 1993
Global Music Power
17 crowns
19931998
Longest reign 9 weeks (Aug–Oct 1993) · First crown May 1993

Billboard Hot 100 · 169 wk UK Singles Chart · 45 wk Global Music Power · 171 wk

Peak Power: 4.27%; week of Sep 11, 1993
Career Power: 269; share-weeks
Crowns: 23; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 149; February 1993 – February 1994
Peak Five Years: 259; December 1992 – December 1997
Top-five weeks: 27; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 169; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 5.26%; week of Jun 5, 1993
Comebacks: 1; Jun 1996

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

12 records · 269 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
WeakApple Music	#1July 1993	26	April 1993 – October 1993	58.7	63.5
Right Here (Human Nature)/DowntownApple Music	#2October 1993	22	July 1993 – December 1993	44.7	48.0
I'm So Into YouApple Music	#6May 1993	27	February 1993 – August 1993	43.0	49.3
You're The OneApple Music	#5June 1996	20	April 1996 – August 1996	40.7	40.6
Anything (From "Above The Rim")Apple Music	#18May 1994	20	April 1994 – August 1994	26.8	26.2
Use Your HeartApple Music	#22September 1996	20	August 1996 – December 1996	18.2	17.9
Someonefeat. DiddyApple Music	#19August 1997	20	July 1997 – December 1997	14.2	19.9
RainApple Music	#25April 1998	14	March 1998 – June 1998	9.6	9.5
Always On My Mind	#54February 1994	17	January 1994 – April 1994	6.2	6.2
It's All About UApple Music	#61January 1997	15	January 1997 – April 1997	4.1	4.0
Can We (From "Booty Call")Apple Music	#75August 1997	15	August 1997 – November 1997	1.8	2.6
Right HereApple Music	#92January 1993	5	January 1993 – January 1993	0.7	0.7

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At their peak

1993 in music →

SWV's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1993 to February 1994. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decade: the 1990s.