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This Is For The Lover In You

Babyface feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniel

Entered Oct 26, 1996 · 20 weeks on the chart, last seen Mar 8, 1997

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Billboard Hot 100 · #6, 20 wkUK Singles Chart · #12, 8 wk
Record Power
32.8
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Peak
#6
1 week there · Nov 9, 1996
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
20
October 1996 – March 1997

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Babyfaceprimary70%22.7
LL Cool Jfeatured8%1.6
Howard Hewettfeatured8%2.5
Jody Watleyfeatured8%2.5
Jeffrey Danielfeatured8%2.5

The top ten the week it peaked

See Nov 9, 1996 on the timeline →
  1. #1No DiggityBLACKstreet feat. Dr. Dre
  2. #2It's All Coming Back To Me NowCeline Dion
  3. #3I Love You Always ForeverDonna Lewis
  4. #4Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)Los Del Rio
  5. #5Un-Break My HeartToni Braxton
  6. #6This Is For The Lover In YouBabyface feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley & Jeffrey Daniel
  7. #7MouthMerril Bainbridge
  8. #8Where Do You GoNo Mercy
  9. #9TwistedKeith Sweat
  10. #10NobodyKeith Sweat feat. Athena Cage

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