Artists · UK Singles Chart
Whitney Houston
Charting Aug 18, 1985 → Jan 3, 2025 · 384 weeks with chart power
Charted in 2 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in all of them — Billboard Hot 100 517 wk (39 at #1), UK Singles Chart 384 wk (17 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 3.38%
- week of Mar 7, 1993
- Career Power
- 547
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 17
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 106
- November 1992 – November 1993
- Peak Five Years
- 205
- November 1985 – November 1990
- Top-five weeks
- 50
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 384
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 5.24%
- week of Feb 14, 1993
- Comebacks
- 6
- November 1990, November 1992, January 1997, March 1999, November 2009, September 2019
| Kind | Trough began | Returned | Trough weeks | Longest absence | Prior peak | Return share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After decline | Jan 29, 1989 | Nov 4, 1990 | 92 | 53 | 2.59% | 1.02% |
| After decline | Mar 31, 1991 | Nov 29, 1992 | 86 | 56 | 2.59% | 1.18% |
| After decline | Sep 26, 1993 | Jan 26, 1997 | 174 | 90 | 3.39% | 1.20% |
| After decline | Apr 27, 1997 | Mar 14, 1999 | 97 | 79 | 3.39% | 1.21% |
| After absence | Oct 31, 1999 | Nov 8, 2009 | 521 | 264 | 3.39% | 1.22% |
| After absence | Jan 24, 2010 | Sep 27, 2019 | 504 | 196 | 3.39% | 1.22% |
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the UK Singles Chart
39 records · 547 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Will Always Love YouApple Music | #1 | 31 | 62.7 | |
| I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Apple Music | #1 | 16 | 34.9 | |
| Saving All My Love For YouApple Music | #1 | 19 | 33.0 | |
| Higher Lovewith KygoApple Music | #2 | 49 | 28.9 | |
| My Love Is Your LoveApple Music | #2 | 13 | 28.5 | |
| One Moment In TimeApple Music | #1 | 16 | 28.0 | |
| It's Not Right But It's OkayApple Music | #3 | 18 | 27.3 | |
| How Will I KnowApple Music | #5 | 13 | 22.6 | |
| Million Dollar Bill | #5 | 16 | 22.5 | |
| Step by Step | #13 | 13 | 22.2 | |
| So EmotionalApple Music | #5 | 11 | 21.0 | |
| I Have NothingApple Music | #3 | 12 | 20.4 | |
| I'm Every Woman | #4 | 11 | 19.6 | |
| The Greatest Love of All | #8 | 13 | 17.9 | |
| I'm Your Baby TonightApple Music | #5 | 11 | 17.8 | |
| All The Man That I NeedApple Music | #13 | 10 | 14.9 | |
| I Learned From The BestApple Music | #19 | 14 | 12.0 | |
| Where Do Broken Hearts GoApple Music | #14 | 9 | 12.0 | |
| Exhale (Shoop Shoop) | #11 | 11 | 11.7 | |
| Didn't We Almost Have It AllApple Music | #14 | 9 | 11.2 | |
| Love Will Save The DayApple Music | #10 | 7 | 9.1 | |
| When You Believewith Mariah Carey | #4 | 16 | 8.3 | |
| Run To YouApple Music | #15 | 7 | 7.9 | |
| Could I Have This KISS Foreverwith E Iglesias | #7 | 8 | 7.3 | |
| Queen of the Night | #14 | 5 | 6.6 | |
| If I Told You Thatwith George Michael | #9 | 11 | 5.7 | |
| I Believe in You and Me | #16 | 8 | 5.0 | |
| My Name Is Not SusanApple Music | #29 | 5 | 4.4 | |
| Count on Mewith CeCe Winans | #12 | 9 | 4.4 | |
| Whatchulookinat | #13 | 3 | 4.2 | |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody | #20 | 9 | 3.7 | |
| Something in Commonwith Bobby Brown | #16 | 5 | 3.6 | |
| It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Bewith Aretha Franklin | #29 | 5 | 2.3 | |
| Heartbreak Hotelwith Evans..., Price | #25 | 9 | 1.9 | |
| I Belong to You | #54 | 2 | 1.1 | |
| I Didn't Know My Own Strength | #44 | 3 | 1.1 | |
| Hold Mewith Teddy PendergrassApple Music | #44 | 7 | 0.8 | |
| How Will I Knowwith Clean Bandit | #92 | 4 | 0.3 | |
| You Give Good LoveApple Music | #93 | 1 | 0.2 |
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