Songs · Billboard Hot 100
Step By Step (From "The Preacher's Wife")
Entered Mar 15, 1997 · 17 weeks on the chart, last seen Jul 5, 1997
- Record Power
- 15.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #15
- 1 week there · Mar 22, 1997
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 17
- March 1997 – July 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.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Houston | primary | 100% | 14.6 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Mar 22, 1997 on the timeline →- #1Can't Nobody Hold Me DownDiddy feat. Mase
- #2WannabeSpice Girls
- #3Foolish Games/You Were Meant For MeJewel
- #4Un-Break My HeartToni Braxton
- #5In My BedDru Hill
- #6Every Time I Close My EyesBabyface
- #7I Believe I Can Fly (From "Space Jam")R. Kelly
- #8Don't Let Go (Love)En Vogue
- #9For You I Will (From "Space Jam")Monica
- #10Get It Together702
The #1 songs of 1997
1997 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997.
- Un-Break My Heart · Toni Braxton
- Wannabe · Spice Girls
- Can't Nobody Hold Me Down · Diddy feat. Mase
- Hypnotize · The Notorious B.I.G.
- MMMBop · Hanson
- I'll Be Missing You · Diddy & Faith Evans feat. 112
- Mo Money Mo Problems · The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy & Mase
- Honey · Mariah Carey
- 4 Seasons Of Loneliness · Boyz II Men
- Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight · Elton John
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