List of Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s (U.S.)

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This article is about the American Billboard Hot 100 chart held during the 1990s.

The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1990s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.

Number ones

Key
  ♪   – Number-one single of the year
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The song "One Sweet Day", performed by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s (16 weeks). In addition, Carey also has the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s (14 songs). In addition, Carey also remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1990s (60 weeks)
American R&B band Boyz II Men remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 50 weeks during the 1990s.
During the early 1990s Whitney Houston's cover version of the song "I Will Always Love You" spent 14 weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, which at the time was a record.[1][2]
# Reached number one Artist(s) Single Record label Weeks at
number one		 Ref
1990
711January 20, 1990Michael Bolton"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"
3
[3]
712February 10, 1990Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair"Opposites Attract"
3
[3]
713March 3, 1990Janet Jackson"Escapade"
3
[3]
714March 24, 1990Alannah Myles"Black Velvet"
2
[3]
715April 7, 1990Taylor Dayne"Love Will Lead You Back"
1
[3]
716April 14, 1990Tommy Page"I'll Be Your Everything"
1
[3]
717April 21, 1990Sinéad O'Connor"Nothing Compares 2 U"
4
[3]
718May 19, 1990Madonna"Vogue"
3
[3]
719June 9, 1990Wilson Phillips "Hold On"♪ (1990)
1
[3]
720June 16, 1990Roxette"It Must Have Been Love"
2
[3]
721June 30, 1990New Kids on the Block"Step By Step"
3
[3]
722July 21, 1990Glenn Medeiros & Bobby Brown"She Ain't Worth It"
2
[3]
723August 4, 1990Mariah Carey"Vision of Love"
4
[3]
724September 1, 1990Sweet Sensation"If Wishes Came True"
1
[3]
725September 8, 1990Jon Bon Jovi"Blaze Of Glory"
IDJMG
1
[3]
726September 15, 1990Wilson Phillips"Release Me"
2
[3]
727September 29, 1990Nelson"(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection"
DGC
1
[3]
728October 6, 1990Maxi Priest"Close To You"
Charisma
1
[3]
729October 13, 1990George Michael"Praying For Time"
1
[3]
730October 20, 1990James Ingram"I Don't Have the Heart"
1
[3]
731October 27, 1990Janet Jackson"Black Cat"
1
[3]
732November 3, 1990Vanilla Ice"Ice Ice Baby"
1
[3]
733November 10, 1990Mariah Carey"Love Takes Time"
3
[3]
734December 1, 1990Whitney Houston"I'm Your Baby Tonight"
1
[3]
735December 8, 1990Stevie B"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"
4
[3]
1991
736January 5, 1991Madonna"Justify My Love"
2
[3]
737January 19, 1991Janet Jackson"Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
1
[3]
738January 26, 1991Surface"The First Time"
1
[3]
739February 9, 1991C&C Music Factory & Freedom Williams"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
2
[3]
740February 23, 1991Whitney Houston"All The Man That I Need"
2
[3]
741March 9, 1991Mariah Carey"Someday"
2
[3]
742March 23, 1991Timmy T"One More Try"
Quality
1
[3]
743March 30, 1991Gloria Estefan"Coming Out Of The Dark"
2
[3]
744April 13, 1991Londonbeat"I've Been Thinking About You"
1
[3]
745April 20, 1991Wilson Phillips"You're In Love"
1
[3]
746April 27, 1991Amy Grant"Baby Baby"
2
[3]
747May 11, 1991Roxette"Joyride"
1
[3]
748May 18, 1991Hi-Five"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"
1
[3]
749May 25, 1991Mariah Carey"I Don't Wanna Cry"
2
[3]
750June 8, 1991Extreme"More Than Words"
1
[3]
751June 15, 1991Paula Abdul"Rush Rush"
5
[3]
752July 20, 1991EMF"Unbelievable"
1
[3]
753July 27, 1991Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"♪ (1991)
7
[3]
754September 14, 1991Paula Abdul"The Promise of a New Day"
1
[3]
755September 21, 1991Color Me Badd"I Adore Mi Amor"
Giant
2
[3]
756October 5, 1991Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch & Loleatta Holloway"Good Vibrations"
1
[3]
757October 12, 1991Mariah Carey"Emotions"
3
[3]
758November 2, 1991Karyn White"Romantic"
1
[3]
759November 9, 1991Prince & The New Power Generation"Cream"
2
[3]
760November 23, 1991Michael Bolton"When a Man Loves a Woman"
1
[3]
761November 30, 1991P.M. Dawn"Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"
IDJMG
1
[3]
762December 7, 1991Michael Jackson"Black or White"
7
[3]
1992
763January 25, 1992Color Me Badd"All 4 Love"
Giant
1
[3]
764February 1, 1992George Michael & Elton John"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
1
[3]
765February 8, 1992Right Said Fred"I'm Too Sexy"
Charisma
3
[3]
766February 29, 1992Mr. Big"To Be With You"
3
[3]
767March 21, 1992Vanessa Williams"Save the Best for Last"
IDJMG
5
[3]
768April 25, 1992Kris Kross"Jump"
8
[3]
769June 20, 1992Mariah Carey"I'll Be There"
2
[3]
770July 4, 1992Sir Mix-A-Lot"Baby Got Back"
5
[3]
771August 8, 1992Madonna"This Used to Be My Playground"
1
[3]
772August 15, 1992Boyz II Men "End Of The Road"♪ (1992)
13
[3]
773November 14, 1992The Heights"How Do You Talk To An Angel"
2
[3]
774November 28, 1992Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"♪ (1993)
14
[3]
1993
775March 6, 1993Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle"A Whole New World"
1
[3]
776March 13, 1993Snow"Informer"
7
[3]
777May 1, 1993Silk"Freak Me"
2
[3]
778May 15, 1993Janet Jackson"That's the Way Love Goes"
8
[3]
779July 10, 1993SWV"Weak"
1
[3]
780July 24, 1993UB40"Can't Help Falling In Love"
7
[3]
781September 11, 1993Mariah Carey"Dreamlover"
8
[3]
782November 6, 1993Meat Loaf"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
5
[3]
783December 11, 1993Janet Jackson"Again"
2
[3]
784December 25, 1993Mariah Carey"Hero"
4
[3]
1994
785January 22, 1994Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting"All for Love"
3
[3]
786February 12, 1994Céline Dion"The Power of Love"
550 Music
4
[3]
787March 12, 1994Ace of Base"The Sign"
4
[3]
788April 9, 1994R. Kelly"Bump N' Grind"
4
[3]
reMay 7, 1994Ace of Base "The Sign"♪ (1994)
2
[3]
789May 21, 1994All-4-One"I Swear"
11
[3]
790August 6, 1994Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories"Stay (I Missed You)"
3
[3]
791August 27, 1994Boyz II Men"I'll Make Love To You"
14
[3]
792December 3, 1994Boyz II Men"On Bended Knee"
2
[3]
793December 17, 1994Ini Kamoze"Here Comes The Hotstepper"
2
[3]
reDecember 31, 1994Boyz II Men"On Bended Knee"
4
[3]
1995
794January 28, 1995TLC"Creep"
4
[3]
795February 25, 1995Madonna"Take a Bow"
7
[3]
796April 15, 1995Montell Jordan"This Is How We Do It"
IDJMG
7
[3]
797June 3, 1995Bryan Adams"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
5
[3]
798July 8, 1995TLC"Waterfalls"
7
[3]
799August 26, 1995Seal"Kiss From A Rose"
1
[3]
800September 2, 1995Michael Jackson"You Are Not Alone"
1
[3]
801September 9, 1995Coolio & L.V. "Gangsta's Paradise"♪ (1995)
3
[3]
802September 30, 1995Mariah Carey"Fantasy"
8
[3]
803November 25, 1995Whitney Houston"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
1
[3]
804December 2, 1995Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men"One Sweet Day"
16
[3]
1996
805March 23, 1996Céline Dion"Because You Loved Me"
550 Music
6
[3]
806May 4, 1996Mariah Carey"Always Be My Baby"
2
[3]
807May 18, 1996Bone Thugs-N-Harmony"Tha Crossroads"
Relativity
8
[3]
808July 13, 19962pac & K-Ci & Jojo"How Do U Want It" / "California Love"
2
[3]
809July 27, 1996Toni Braxton"You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow"
1
[3]
810August 3, 1996Los Del Rio "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"♪ (1996)
14
[3]
811November 9, 1996Blackstreet & Dr. Dre"No Diggity"
4
[3]
812December 7, 1996Toni Braxton"Un-Break My Heart"
11
[3]
1997
813February 22, 1997Spice Girls"Wannabe"
4
[3]
814March 22, 1997Puff Daddy & Mase"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"
6
[3]
815May 3, 1997The Notorious B.I.G."Hypnotize"
3
[3]
816May 24, 1997Hanson"MMMBop"
IDJMG
3
[3]
817June 14, 1997Puff Daddy & Faith Evans & 112"I'll Be Missing You"
11
[3]
818August 30, 1997The Notorius B.I.G. & Puff Daddy & Ma$e"Mo Money Mo Problems"
2
[3]
819September 13, 1997Mariah Carey"Honey"
3
[3]
820October 4, 1997Boyz II Men"4 Seasons of Loneliness"
1
[3]
821October 11, 1997Elton John "Candle in the Wind '97" /
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"♪ (1997)
14
[3]
1998
822January 17, 1998Savage Garden"Truly Madly Deeply"
2
[3]
823January 31, 1998Janet Jackson"Together Again"
2
[3]
824February 14, 1998Usher"Nice and Slow"
2
[3]
825February 28, 1998Céline Dion"My Heart Will Go On"
550 Music
2
[3]
826March 14, 1998Will Smith"Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
3
[3]
827April 4, 1998K-Ci & Jojo"All My Life"
3
[3]
828April 25, 1998Next "Too Close"♪(1998)
4
[3]
829May 23, 1998Mariah Carey"My All"
1
[3]
reMay 30, 1998Next"Too Close"
1
[3]
830June 6, 1998Brandy & Monica"The Boy Is Mine"
13
[3]
831September 5, 1998Aerosmith"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
4
[3]
832October 3, 1998Monica"The First Night"
2
[3]
833October 17, 1998Barenaked Ladies"One Week"
1
[3]
reOctober 24, 1998Monica"The First Night"
3
[3]
834November 14, 1998Lauryn Hill"Doo Wop (That Thing)"
2
[3]
835November 28, 1998Divine"Lately"
Red Ant
1
[3]
836December 5, 1998R. Kelly & Céline Dion"I'm Your Angel"
5
[3]
1999
837January 16, 1999Brandy"Have You Ever"
2
[3]
838January 30, 1999Britney Spears"Baby One More Time"
2
[4]
839February 13, 1999Monica"Angel Of Mine"
4
[3]
840March 13, 1999Cher "Believe"♪ (1999)
4
[3]
841April 10, 1999TLC"No Scrubs"
4
[3]
842May 8, 1999Ricky Martin"Livin' La Vida Loca"
5
[3]
843June 12, 1999Jennifer Lopez"If You Had My Love"
Work Records
5
[3]
844July 17, 1999Destiny's Child"Bills, Bills, Bills"
1
[3]
845July 24, 1999Will Smith & Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee"Wild Wild West"
1
[3]
846July 31, 1999Christina Aguilera"Genie In A Bottle"
5
[3]
847September 4, 1999Enrique Iglesias"Bailamos"
2
[3]
848September 18, 1999TLC"Unpretty"
3
[3]
849October 9, 1999Mariah Carey & Jay-Z"Heartbreaker"
2
[3]
850October 23, 1999Santana & Rob Thomas"Smooth"
12
[3]

Statistics by decade

By artist

The following artists achieved four or more number-one hits during the 1990s. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration.

Artist Number-one hits
Mariah Carey 14
Janet Jackson 6
Boyz II Men 5
Celine Dion 4
Whitney Houston 4
Madonna 4
TLC 4

Artists by total number of weeks at number one

The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1990s.

Artist Weeks at number-one
Mariah Carey 60
Boyz II Men 50
Monica 22
Puff Daddy 19
TLC 18
Whitney Houston 18
Janet Jackson 17
Céline Dion 17
Brandy 15
Bryan Adams 15
Elton John 15

Top 10 songs

The following ten songs were rated by Billboard as the best-selling and most-played songs in the US during the 1990s.[5]

# Song Artist(s)
1 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
2 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" Los Del Rio
3 "I'll Make Love To You" Boyz II Men
4 "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton
5 "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" Elton John
6 "End of the Road" Boyz II Men
7 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston
8 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy & Monica
9 "I Swear" All-4-One
10 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy & Faith Evans ft. 112

Songs by total number of weeks at number one

The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during the 1990s.

Weeks at
number one		 Song Artist(s)
16 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
14 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" Los Del Rio
14 "I'll Make Love To You" Boyz II Men
14 "Candle in the Wind '97" Elton John
14 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston
13 "End of the Road" Boyz II Men
13 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy & Monica
12 "Smooth" Santana ft. Rob Thomas
11 "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton
11 "I Swear" All-4-One
11 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy & Faith Evans ft. 112

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart listing for the week of November 28, 1992. November 28, 1992. Retrieved September 24, 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Fred Bronson (November 19, 1994). Chart Beat: Another Lucky 13 For Boyz II Men. Retrieved September 25, 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  4. ↑ "Billboard - Music Charts, News, Photos & Video". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Hot 100 Singles of The 90's". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 25 December 1999 – 1 January 2000. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
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