List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1995 - wikipedia List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1995 Pop singer Mariah Carey 's hit single `` One Sweet Day '' held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record sixteen weeks. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best - performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single 's weekly physical sales and airplays. Twelve singles topped the chart during the year. `` On Bended Knee '' by Boyz II Men began its peak at the top in 1994. The longest running number - one single of 1995 is `` Fantasy '' by Mariah Carey, which logged eight weeks atop the chart. The second longest - reigning number one single is a three - way tie between `` Take a Bow '' by Madonna, `` This Is How We Do It '' by Montell Jordan, and `` Waterfalls '' by TLC, with seven weeks each. `` One Sweet Day '' by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men holds the record for the longest running song at number - one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 16 weeks and continues to hold it ( along with `` Despacito '' by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which also spent 16 weeks at number - one in 2017 ). It also broke the 14 - week record held by Whitney Houston 's `` I Will Always Love You '' and Boyz II Men 's `` I 'll Make Love to You ''. Five of those weeks were logged in 1995 and the other 11 weeks were logged in 1996. Michael Jackson 's `` You Are Not Alone '' became the first single to debut at number - one on the Billboard Hot 100 and holds the Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37 - year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at number one. In addition, `` Fantasy '', `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' by Whitney Houston, and `` One Sweet Day '' also debuted at number - one on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Chart history 2 See also 3 References 4 Additional sources Chart history Pop singer Madonna scored her eleventh number one single with `` Take a Bow '', her longest running number one on the chart, with seven consecutive weeks at the top. Key The yellow background indicates the # 1 song on Billboard 's 1995 Year - End Chart of Pop Singles. Issue Date Song Artist ( s ) Reference ( s ) January 7 `` On Bended Knee '' Boyz II Men January 14 January 21 January 28 `` Creep '' TLC February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 `` Take a Bow '' Madonna March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 `` This Is How We Do It '' Montell Jordan April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 June 3 `` Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman ? '' Bryan Adams June 10 June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 `` Waterfalls '' TLC July 15 July 22 July 29 August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26 `` Kiss from a Rose '' Seal September 2 `` You Are Not Alone '' Michael Jackson September 9 `` Gangsta 's Paradise '' Coolio featuring L.V. September 16 September 23 September 30 `` Fantasy '' Mariah Carey October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' Whitney Houston December 2 `` One Sweet Day '' Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men December 9 December 16 December 23 December 30 See also 1995 in music List of number - one hits ( United States ) References Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of January 7, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of January 14, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. 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Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 11, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 18, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 25, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 1, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 8, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 15, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 22, 1995 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. 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Additional sources Fred Bronson 's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ( ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6 ) Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2008, 12 Edition ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 180 - 2 ) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts : The Nineties ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 137 - 3 ) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard 's online archive services and print editions of the magazine. hide Lists of Billboard number - one singles 1940 -- 1959 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 -- 1979 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 -- 1999 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2000 -- present 2017 2018 By decade 1940s 1950 -- 1958 1958 -- 1969 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s See also Hot 100 Year - end List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1995&oldid=818311209 '' Categories : 1995 record charts Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number - one songs Hidden categories : Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Русский Svenska Türkçe Tiếng Việt 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 2 January 2018, at 20 : 55. 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Question: what song was number one on april 23 1995
Answer: This Is How We Do It