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

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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 # Reached number oneArtist(s)SingleRecord labelWeeks atnumber oneRef1990 711 January 20, 1990  Michael Bolton  "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"  Columbia  3   712 February 10, 1990  Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair  "Opposites Attract"  Virgin  3   713 March 3, 1990  Janet Jackson  "Escapade"  A&M  3   714 March 24, 1990  Alannah Myles  "Black Velvet"  Atlantic  2   715 April 7, 1990  Taylor Dayne  "Love Will Lead You Back"  Arista  1   716 April 14, 1990  Tommy Page  "I'll Be Your Everything"  Warner Bros.  1   717 April 21, 1990  Sinéad O'Connor  "Nothing Compares 2 U"  EMI  4   718 May 19, 1990  Madonna  "Vogue"  Warner Bros.  3   719 June 9, 1990  Wilson Phillips"Hold On"♪ (1990)  EMI  1   720 June 16, 1990  Roxette  "It Must Have Been Love"  EMI  2   721 June 30, 1990  New Kids on the Block  "Step By Step"  Columbia  3   722 July 21, 1990  Glenn Medeiros & Bobby Brown  "She Ain't Worth It"  MCA  2   723 August 4, 1990  Mariah Carey  "Vision of Love"  Columbia  4   724 September 1, 1990  Sweet Sensation  "If Wishes Came True"  EEG  1   725 September 8, 1990  Jon Bon Jovi  "Blaze Of Glory"  IDJMG  1   726 September 15, 1990  Wilson Phillips  "Release Me"  EMI  2   727 September 29, 1990  Nelson  "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection"  DGC  1   728 October 6, 1990  Maxi Priest  "Close To You"  Charisma  1   729 October 13, 1990  George Michael  "Praying For Time"  Columbia  1   730 October 20, 1990  James Ingram  "I Don't Have the Heart"  Warner Bros.  1   731 October 27, 1990  Janet Jackson  "Black Cat"  A&M  1   732 November 3, 1990  Vanilla Ice  "Ice Ice Baby"  EMI  1   733 November 10, 1990  Mariah Carey  "Love Takes Time"  Columbia  3   734 December 1, 1990  Whitney Houston  "I'm Your Baby Tonight"  Arista  1   735 December 8, 1990  Stevie B  "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"  RCA  4  1991 736 January 5, 1991  Madonna  "Justify My Love"  Warner Bros.  2   737 January 19, 1991  Janet Jackson  "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"  A&M  1   738 January 26, 1991  Surface "The First Time"  Columbia  1   739 February 9, 1991  C&C Music Factory & Freedom Williams  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"  Columbia  2   740 February 23, 1991  Whitney Houston  "All The Man That I Need"  Arista  2   741 March 9, 1991  Mariah Carey  "Someday"  Columbia  2   742 March 23, 1991  Timmy T  "One More Try"  Quality  1   743 March 30, 1991  Gloria Estefan  "Coming Out Of The Dark"  Epic  2   744 April 13, 1991  Londonbeat  "I've Been Thinking About You"  MCA  1   745 April 20, 1991  Wilson Phillips  "You're In Love"  EMI  1   746 April 27, 1991  Amy Grant  "Baby Baby"  A&M  2   747 May 11, 1991  Roxette  "Joyride"  EMI  1   748 May 18, 1991  Hi-Five  "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"  RCA  1   749 May 25, 1991  Mariah Carey  "I Don't Wanna Cry"  Columbia  2   750 June 8, 1991  Extreme  "More Than Words"  A&M  1   751 June 15, 1991  Paula Abdul  "Rush Rush"  Virgin  5   752 July 20, 1991  EMF  "Unbelievable"  EMI  1   753 July 27, 1991  Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"♪ (1991)  A&M  7   754 September 14, 1991  Paula Abdul  "The Promise of a New Day"  Virgin  1   755 September 21, 1991  Color Me Badd  "I Adore Mi Amor"  Giant  2   756 October 5, 1991  Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch & Loleatta Holloway  "Good Vibrations"  EEG  1   757 October 12, 1991  Mariah Carey  "Emotions"  Columbia  3   758 November 2, 1991  Karyn White  "Romantic"  Warner Bros.  1   759 November 9, 1991  Prince & The New Power Generation  "Cream"  Warner Bros.  2   760 November 23, 1991  Michael Bolton  "When a Man Loves a Woman"  Columbia  1   761 November 30, 1991  P.M. Dawn  "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"  IDJMG  1   762 December 7, 1991  Michael Jackson  "Black or White"  Epic  7  1992 763 January 25, 1992  Color Me Badd  "All 4 Love"  Giant  1   764 February 1, 1992  George Michael & Elton John  "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"  Columbia  1   765 February 8, 1992  Right Said Fred  "I'm Too Sexy"  Charisma  3   766 February 29, 1992  Mr. Big  "To Be With You"  Atlantic  3   767 March 21, 1992  Vanessa Williams  "Save the Best for Last"  IDJMG  5   768 April 25, 1992  Kris Kross  "Jump"  Columbia  8   769 June 20, 1992  Mariah Carey  "I'll Be There"  Columbia  2   770 July 4, 1992  Sir Mix-A-Lot  "Baby Got Back"  Reprise  5   771 August 8, 1992  Madonna  "This Used to Be My Playground"  Warner Bros.  1   772 August 15, 1992  Boyz II Men"End Of The Road"♪ (1992)  Motown  13   773 November 14, 1992  The Heights  "How Do You Talk To An Angel"  Capitol  2   774 November 28, 1992  Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You"♪ (1993)  Arista  14  1993 775 March 6, 1993  Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle  "A Whole New World"  Columbia  1   776 March 13, 1993  Snow  "Informer"  EEG  7   777 May 1, 1993  Silk "Freak Me"  EEG  2   778 May 15, 1993  Janet Jackson  "That's the Way Love Goes"  Virgin  8   779 July 10, 1993  SWV  "Weak"  RCA  1   780 July 24, 1993  UB40  "Can't Help Falling In Love"  Virgin  7   781 September 11, 1993  Mariah Carey  "Dreamlover"  Columbia  8   782 November 6, 1993  Meat Loaf  "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"  MCA  5   783 December 11, 1993  Janet Jackson  "Again"  Virgin  2   784 December 25, 1993  Mariah Carey  "Hero"  Columbia  4  1994 785 January 22, 1994  Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting  "All for Love"  A&M  3   786 February 12, 1994  Céline Dion  "The Power of Love"  550 Music  4   787 March 12, 1994  Ace of Base "The Sign"  Arista  4   788 April 9, 1994  R. Kelly  "Bump N' Grind"  Jive  4   re May 7, 1994  Ace of Base"The Sign"♪ (1994)  Arista  2   789 May 21, 1994  All-4-One   "I Swear"  Atlantic  11   790 August 6, 1994  Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories  "Stay (I Missed You)"  RCA  3   791 August 27, 1994  Boyz II Men  "I'll Make Love To You"  Motown  14   792 December 3, 1994  Boyz II Men  "On Bended Knee"  Motown  2   793 December 17, 1994  Ini Kamoze   "Here Comes The Hotstepper"  Columbia  2   re December 31, 1994  Boyz II Men  "On Bended Knee"  Motown  4  1995 794 January 28, 1995  TLC "Creep"  Arista  4   795 February 25, 1995  Madonna  "Take a Bow"  Warner Bros.  7   796 April 15, 1995  Montell Jordan  "This Is How We Do It"  IDJMG  7   797 June 3, 1995  Bryan Adams  "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"  A&M  5   798 July 8, 1995  TLC "Waterfalls"  Arista  7   799 August 26, 1995  Seal  "Kiss From A Rose"  Warner Bros.  1   800 September 2, 1995  Michael Jackson  "You Are Not Alone"  Epic  1   801 September 9, 1995  Coolio & L.V. "Gangsta's Paradise"♪ (1995)  MCA  3   802 September 30, 1995  Mariah Carey  "Fantasy"  Columbia  8   803 November 25, 1995  Whitney Houston  "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"  Arista  1   804 December 2, 1995  Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men  "One Sweet Day"  Columbia  16  1996 805 March 23, 1996  Céline Dion  "Because You Loved Me"  550 Music  6   806 May 4, 1996  Mariah Carey  "Always Be My Baby"  Columbia  2   807 May 18, 1996  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony  "Tha Crossroads"  Relativity  8   808 July 13, 1996  2pac & K-Ci & Jojo  "How Do U Want It" / "California Love"  Interscope  2   809 July 27, 1996  Toni Braxton  "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow"  Arista  1   810 August 3, 1996  Los Del Rio "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"♪ (1996)  RCA  14   811 November 9, 1996  Blackstreet & Dr. Dre  "No Diggity"  Interscope  4   812 December 7, 1996  Toni Braxton  "Un-Break My Heart"  Arista  11  1997 813 February 22, 1997  Spice Girls  "Wannabe"  Virgin  4   814 March 22, 1997  Puff Daddy & Mase  "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down"  Arista  6   815 May 3, 1997  The Notorious B.I.G.  "Hypnotize"  Arista  3   816 May 24, 1997  Hanson  "MMMBop"  IDJMG  3   817 June 14, 1997  Puff Daddy & Faith Evans & 112  "I'll Be Missing You"  Arista  11   818 August 30, 1997  The Notorius B.I.G. & Puff Daddy & Ma$e  "Mo Money Mo Problems"  Arista  2   819 September 13, 1997  Mariah Carey  "Honey"  Columbia  3   820 October 4, 1997  Boyz II Men  "4 Seasons of Loneliness"  Motown  1   821 October 11, 1997  Elton John "Candle in the Wind '97" /"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"♪ (1997)  A&M  14  1998 822 January 17, 1998  Savage Garden  "Truly Madly Deeply"  Columbia  2   823 January 31, 1998  Janet Jackson  "Together Again"  Virgin  2   824 February 14, 1998  Usher  "Nice and Slow"  Arista  2   825 February 28, 1998  Céline Dion  "My Heart Will Go On"  550 Music  2   826 March 14, 1998  Will Smith  "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"  Columbia  3   827 April 4, 1998  K-Ci & Jojo  "All My Life"  MCA  3   828 April 25, 1998  Next "Too Close"♪(1998)  Arista  4   829 May 23, 1998  Mariah Carey  "My All"  Columbia  1   re May 30, 1998  Next  "Too Close"  Arista  1   830 June 6, 1998  Brandy & Monica  "The Boy Is Mine"  Atlantic  13   831 September 5, 1998  Aerosmith  "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"  Columbia  4   832 October 3, 1998  Monica  "The First Night"  Arista  2   833 October 17, 1998  Barenaked Ladies  "One Week"  Reprise  1   re October 24, 1998  Monica  "The First Night"  Arista  3   834 November 14, 1998  Lauryn Hill  "Doo Wop (That Thing)"  Columbia  2   835 November 28, 1998  Divine  "Lately"  Red Ant  1   836 December 5, 1998  R. Kelly & Céline Dion  "I'm Your Angel"  Jive  5  1999 837 January 16, 1999  Brandy  "Have You Ever"  Atlantic  2   838 January 30, 1999  Britney Spears  "Baby One More Time"  Jive  2   839 February 13, 1999  Monica  "Angel Of Mine"  Arista  4   840 March 13, 1999 Cher "Believe"♪ (1999)  Warner Bros.  4   841 April 10, 1999  TLC "No Scrubs"  Arista  4   842 May 8, 1999  Ricky Martin  "Livin' La Vida Loca"  Columbia  5   843 June 12, 1999  Jennifer Lopez  "If You Had My Love"  Work Records  5   844 July 17, 1999  Destiny's Child  "Bills, Bills, Bills"  Columbia  1   845 July 24, 1999  Will Smith & Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee  "Wild Wild West"  Columbia  1   846 July 31, 1999  Christina Aguilera  "Genie In A Bottle"  RCA  5   847 September 4, 1999  Enrique Iglesias  "Bailamos"  Interscope  2   848 September 18, 1999  TLC "Unpretty"  Arista  3   849 October 9, 1999  Mariah Carey & Jay-Z  "Heartbreaker"  Columbia  2   850 October 23, 1999  Santana & Rob Thomas  "Smooth"  Arista  12  

 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.
# Song Artist(s)1"One Sweet Day"Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men2"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"Los Del Rio3"I'll Make Love To You"Boyz II Men4"Un-Break My Heart"Toni Braxton5"Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight"Elton John6"End of the Road"Boyz II Men7"I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston8"The Boy Is Mine" Brandy & Monica9"I Swear"All-4-One10"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 atnumber 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

Category:Lists of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:1990s in music