Artists · Billboard Hot 100

The Notorious B.I.G.

Charting Aug 27, 1994 → Mar 25, 2006 · 227 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 227 wk (4 crowns), UK Singles Chart 74 wk

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Honours

Artist of the Week

Billboard Hot 100
4 crowns
Longest reign 4 weeks (Apr–May 1997) · First crown Apr 1997
Global Music Power
3 crowns
19942011
Longest reign 3 weeks (Apr–May 1997) · First crown Apr 1997

Billboard Hot 100 · 227 wk UK Singles Chart · 74 wk Global Music Power · 247 wk

Peak Power: 2.99%; week of Aug 19, 1995
Career Power: 248; share-weeks
Crowns: 4; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 106; October 1994 – September 1995
Peak Five Years: 235; August 1993 – August 1998
Top-five weeks: 16; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 227; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.85%; week of Jun 24, 1995
Comebacks: 1; May 1997

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

16 records · 248 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
Big Poppa/WarningApple Music	#6March 1995	24	January 1995 – June 1995	46.5	45.2
One More Chance/Stay With MeApple Music	#2July 1995	20	June 1995 – November 1995	45.7	45.0
Mo Money Mo Problemsfeat. Diddy, MaseApple Music	#1August 1997	30	August 1997 – February 1998	43.8	63.5
HypnotizeApple Music	#1May 1997	20	April 1997 – September 1997	39.1	39.5
Juicy/UnbelievableApple Music	#27November 1994	20	August 1994 – January 1995	17.5	17.2
Only Youfeatured credit · with 112Apple Music	#13September 1996	28	June 1996 – December 1996	13.0	43.4
Going Back To CaliApple Music	#26January 1998	19	December 1997 – April 1998	10.5	11.8
Runnin (Dying To Live)featured credit · with 2Pac	#19December 2003	20	October 2003 – February 2004	7.0	22.4
Get Moneyfeatured credit · with Junior M.A.F.I.A.Apple Music	#17May 1996	20	February 1996 – June 1996	5.8	19.2
Nasty Girlfeat. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge, Avery StormApple Music	#44February 2006	15	December 2005 – March 2006	5.4	7.4
Can't You See (From "New Jersey Drive")featured credit · with TotalApple Music	#13June 1995	20	April 1995 – August 1995	5.2	26.7
Been Around The Worldfeatured credit · with Puff Daddy & The Family · feat. MaseApple Music	#2January 1998	21	December 1997 – April 1998	3.8	48.3
Victoryfeatured credit · with Puff Daddy & The Family · feat. Busta RhApple Music	#19May 1998	20	March 1998 – August 1998	3.4	22.9
Notorious B.I.G.feat. Diddy, Lil' Kim	#82December 1999	7	December 1999 – January 2000	0.9	1.3
Runninwith 2Pac, Radio, Dramacydal, StretchApple Music	#81April 1997	14	February 1997 – May 1997	0.4	2.2
Stop The Gunfightfeatured credit · with Trapp · feat. 2Pac	#77May 1997	7	April 1997 – June 1997	0.1	1.3

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At their peak

1994 in music →

The Notorious B.I.G.'s best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from October 1994 to September 1995. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

1Boyz II Men196
2TLC173
3Real McCoy154
4Madonna129
5Hootie & The Blowfish121
6Sheryl Crow117
7Brandy116
8The Notorious B.I.G.106
9Bon Jovi101
10Melissa Etheridge94

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1990s, the 2000s.