Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Vanessa Williams

Charting Jul 23, 1988 → Oct 12, 1996 · 171 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 3 markets · top artist of the week in 1 of them — Billboard Hot 100 171 wk (5 at #1), UK Singles Chart 31 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 171 wk UK Singles Chart · 31 wk Global Music Power · 174 wk

Peak Power: 2.82%; week of May 30, 1992
Career Power: 214; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 5; weeks as the top artist

Peak Year: 97; August 1991 – August 1992
Peak Five Years: 181; August 1991 – July 1996
Top-five weeks: 11; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 171; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.60%; week of Mar 21, 1992
Comebacks: 2; November 1991, January 1995

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Jul 29, 1989	Nov 2, 1991	118	106	1.58%	1.08%
After decline	Dec 5, 1992	Jan 21, 1995	111	100	2.82%	1.01%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

12 records · 214 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 — a #1 week is 3.5 whoever holds it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
Save The Best For LastApple Music	#1March 1992	27	February 1992 – August 1992	59.3	60.1
Colors Of The Wind (From "Pocahontas")Apple Music	#4August 1995	23	June 1995 – November 1995	44.0	43.4
The Sweetest DaysApple Music	#18January 1995	23	November 1994 – April 1995	30.4	29.5
DreaminApple Music	#8April 1989	20	January 1989 – May 1989	25.5	25.2
Running Back To YouApple Music	#18October 1991	21	August 1991 – December 1991	22.3	22.0
Just For TonightApple Music	#26July 1992	19	May 1992 – September 1992	15.0	15.9
The Right StuffApple Music	#44August 1988	10	July 1988 – September 1988	4.5	4.4
Work To DoApple Music	#52November 1992	11	September 1992 – December 1992	4.3	4.2
Where Do We Go From Here (From "Eraser")Apple Music	#71July 1996	14	July 1996 – October 1996	3.2	3.1
The Comfort ZoneApple Music	#62January 1992	12	December 1991 – February 1992	2.8	3.2
The Way That You LoveApple Music	#67June 1995	7	May 1995 – June 1995	1.8	1.8
Darlin' I	#88June 1989	4	June 1989 – June 1989	0.6	0.6

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