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Thursday, January 12, 2023

United States: Biggest #1 Songs

USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs:

1890-2022

These are the biggest #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to present. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart.

All songs with 10 or more weeks on any of these charts are listed. If a song hit #1 on more than chart, only the chart where the song had the most weeks is noted. However, at times Hit Parade and Cashbox did not designate a specific artist with the #1 song. For example, “Some Enchanted Evening” was a #1 song on Hit Parade in 1949, but because there were multiple versions of the song out at the time, it wasn’t credited to any specific artist. In such cases, this list attributes the song only to an artist if that artist also hit #1 on another of the noted charts.

One last note – in the event of ties, songs are ranked according to most overall points in Dave’s Music Database. For songs which hit #1 multiple times, the version which accumulated the most points is used.

See other chart-based lists here.


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Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Biggest #1 Songs in Billboard Hot 100 History based on this list. It debuts September 7, 2021 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.


    26 weeks:

  1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (BA: 2020)

    20 weeks:

  2. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (ST: 2018)


    18 weeks:

  3. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA, 1998)
  4. BTS “Dynamite” (DG: 2020)
  5. Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (ST: 1994)

    17 weeks:

  6. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (DG: 2017)
  7. Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (BB: 1947)

    16 weeks:

  8. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (BA: 2005)
  9. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 1995)
  10. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 1996)
  11. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (BA: 2017)

    15 weeks:

  12. Harry Styles “As It Was” (BB: 2015)

    14 weeks:


  13. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (BB: 1942)
  14. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 1992)
  15. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (BB: 2014)
  16. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (BB: 2009)
  17. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 1997)
  18. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 1995)
  19. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 1994)
  20. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BA: 1996)
  21. Alicia Keys “No One” (BA: 2001)
  22. Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (ST: 2014)

  23. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (ST: 2017)
  24. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (BA: 2018)
  25. Desiigner “Panda” (ST: 2015)

    13 weeks:


  26. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (BB: 1939)
  27. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (BB: 1927)
  28. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (BB: 1950)
  29. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (DG: 2016)
  30. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (HR: 1977)
  31. Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (BB: 1920)
  32. Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (BB: 1940)

  33. The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (BB: 1950)
  34. Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (BB: 1943)
  35. The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (BB: 1946)
  36. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 1992)
  37. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (BB: 1947)
  38. Ace of Base “The Sign” (BA: 1994)
  39. TLC “No Scrubs” (BA: 1999)
  40. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 1996)
  41. Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 1998)
  42. Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (ST: 2013)
  43. Roddy Rich “The Box” (ST: 2019)
  44. BTS “Butter” (DG: 2021)
  45. Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (ST: 2022)

    12 weeks:


  46. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (BB: 2017)
  47. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (BB: 2002)
  48. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (BB: 2004)
  49. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (BB: 1940)
  50. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (BB: 2013)
  51. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 1999)
  52. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (BA: 2011)
  53. The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (BB: 1943)

  54. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (BB: 2015)
  55. Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (BB: 2009)
  56. Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (BB: 1925)
  57. Vaughn Monroe “Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (BB:1949)
  58. Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (BB: 1952)
  59. Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (BB: 1928)
  60. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (BA: 2002)
  61. Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (HP: 1951)

    11 weeks:


  62. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (BB: 1956) /
  63. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (BB: 1956)
  64. Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers “Cheek to Cheek” (BB: 1935)

  65. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (DG: 2013)
  66. Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Whispering” (BB: 1920)
  67. Al Jolson “April Showers” (BB: 1922)
  68. Adele “Hello” (BA: 2015)
  69. Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (BB: 1907)
  70. Drake “God’s Plan” (BB: 2018)
  71. American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (BB: 1910)
  72. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 1997)
  73. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (BA: 2006)

  74. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (BA: 2015)
  75. Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (BB: 1909)
  76. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 1997)
  77. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 1996)
  78. All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 1994)
  79. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (BB: 1951)
  80. Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (BB: 1905)
  81. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (BB: 1926)
  82. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (BB: 2000)
  83. Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (BB: 1953)

  84. Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (BB: 1918)
  85. Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (BB: 1950), also by Guy Lombardo
  86. Tony Bennett “Because of You” (HP: 1951)
  87. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 1993)
  88. Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (BB: 1946)
  89. Len Spencer “The Arkansaw Traveler” (BB: 1902)
  90. Post Malone “Circles” (BA: 2019)
  91. Mario “Let Me Love You” (BA: 2004)
  92. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BA: 1994)
  93. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (BA: 2020)

  94. Khalid “Talk” (BA: 2019)
  95. Miley Cyrus “We Can’t Stop” (ST: 2013)

    10 weeks:


  96. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (BB: 1911)
  97. Leo Reisman’s Orchestra with Fred Astaire “Night and Day” (BB: 1932)
  98. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BA: 1997)
  99. Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (BB: 1906)
  100. Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (BB: 1938)
  101. Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (BB: 1904)
  102. Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (BB: 2007)
  103. Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (BB: 1936)

  104. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (BB: 2005)
  105. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (HP: 1944), also by Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
  106. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (BB: 1893)
  107. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (BB: 1981)

  108. Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (BB/HP: 1948)
  109. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (DG: 2012)
  110. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (RR: 2007)
  111. The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (HP: 1947)
  112. Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance” (BB: 2016)
  113. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (DG: 2016)

  114. Bryon G. Harlan “My Gal Sal” (BB: 1907)
  115. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (ST: 2014)
  116. Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (HP: 1949)
  117. Nick Lucas “Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me” (BB: 1929)
  118. The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca-Cola” (BB: 1945)
  119. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BA: 1994)
  120. Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (BB: 1937)
  121. Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (BB: 1945)
  122. Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (DG: 2018)

  123. Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (BB: 1930)
  124. Drake “In My Feelings” (BB: 2018)
  125. Ted Lewis & His Band “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (BB: 1932)
  126. Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (BB: 1956)
  127. Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (HP: 1957)
  128. Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (BB: 1941)
  129. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BA: 1993)
  130. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (BB: 1897)
  131. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (BB: 1895)
  132. Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (BB: 1947)

  133. Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (BB: 1953)
  134. The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (BB: 1955)
  135. N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (RR: 2000)
  136. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (BA: 2008)
  137. Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (BB: 1955)
  138. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (ST: 2015)
  139. Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail” (BB: 1942)
  140. Mariah Carey “Hero” (BA: 1993)
  141. Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (BB: 1952)
  142. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (BB: 2002)

  143. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)” (HP: 1948)
  144. Rosemary Clooney “Hey There” (HP: 1954)
  145. George W. Johnson “The Laughing Song” (BB: 1891)
  146. Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow” (HP: 1948)
  147. George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (BB: 1898)
  148. Santana with the Product G&B “Maria Maria” (BB: 2000)
  149. Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” (HP: 1957)
  150. Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (BB: 1950)
  151. Perry Como “If (They Made Me a King)” (HP: 1951)
  152. Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (BB: 1952)

  153. Mariah Carey “Someday” (BA: 1990)
  154. Usher “U Got It Bad” (BA: 2001)
  155. Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “I Hear a Rhapsody” (HP: 1941), also by Charlie Barnet with Bob Carroll
  156. DaBaby with Roddy Rich “Rockstar” (ST: 2020)
  157. Migos with Lil Uzi Vert “Bad and Boujee” (ST: 2016)
  158. Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (ST: 2020)
  159. Bruno Mars with Anderson.Paak as Silk Sonic “Leave the Door Open” (BA: 2021)
  160. Adele “Easy on Me” (BB: 2021)

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First posted 10/29/2017; last updated 1/12/2023.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Billboard: Airplay, 1984-present

Billboard’s Biggest Airplay Hits:

1984-present

Billboard magazine started its airplay chart on October 20, 1984 to track the biggest hits as played on radio. This list focuses on the biggest hits on that chart based on weeks at #1. All songs which spent seven weeks or more at #1 are included in this list. Ties are broken by songs’ overall Dave’s Music Database points.

See other chart-based lists here and specific Billboard lists here.


    26 weeks:

  1. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
    18 weeks:

  2. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris (1998)
    16 weeks:

  3. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
  4. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
  5. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
    14 weeks:

  6. Céline Dion “Because You Loved Me (1996)
  7. Alicia Keys “No One” (2007)
  8. Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (2018)
    13 weeks:

  9. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
  10. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
  11. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
  12. TLC “No Scrubs’ (1999)
  13. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)
    12 weeks:

  14. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
  15. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
  16. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
  17. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
  18. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
  19. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)
    11 weeks:

  20. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
  21. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
  22. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
  23. Adele “Hello” (2015)
  24. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
  25. Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (2006)
  26. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
  27. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
  28. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993)
  29. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
  30. Mario “Let Me Love You” (2004)
  31. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (1994)
  32. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (2020)
  33. Khalid “Talk” (2019)
    10 weeks:

  34. Céline Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
  35. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1995)
  36. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
  37. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
  38. Mariah Carey “Hero” (1993)
  39. Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (2002)
  40. Mariah Carey “Someday” (1990)
  41. Usher “U Got It Bad” (2001)
  42. Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak as Silk Sonic “Leave the Door Open” (2021)
    9 weeks:

  43. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
  44. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
  45. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
  46. Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
  47. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
  48. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)
  49. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
  50. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)

  51. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
  52. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
  53. Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (1991)
  54. Mary J. Blige “Be Without You” (2005)
  55. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
  56. Beyoncé with Sean Paul “Baby Boy” (2003)
  57. Aaliyah “Try Again” (2000)
  58. Brandy “Have You Ever?” (1998)
    8 weeks:

  59. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
  60. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)

  61. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
  62. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
  63. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
  64. Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” (1992)
  65. T.I. with Rihanna “Live Your Life” (2008)
  66. Maroon 5 “One More Night” (2012)
  67. T.I. “Whatever You Like” (2008)
  68. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
  69. Usher “Burn” (2004)
  70. Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There” (live, 1992)

  71. Maroon 5 “Don’t Wanna Know” (2016)
  72. T-Pain with Yung Joc “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” (2007)
  73. Chris Brown with Young Thug “Go Crazy” (2020)
    7 weeks:

  74. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
  75. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
  76. Ke$ha “Tik Tok” (2009)
  77. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
  78. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
  79. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)
  80. Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)” (2007)

  81. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)
  82. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
  83. 50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop” (2005)
  84. Usher with will.i.am “OMG” (2010)
  85. Justin Timberlake “Mirrors” (2013)
  86. Ciara with Petey Pablo “Goodies” (2004)
  87. Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?” (2010)
  88. Chris Brown with Juelz Santana “Run It!” (2005)
  89. Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do without You” (1989)
  90. Sisqó “Thong Song” (2000)

  91. Dionne Farris “I Know” (1995)
  92. T.I. with Justin Timberlake “Dead and Gone” (2008)
  93. Destiny’s Child “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” (1999)
  94. Cassie “Me & U” (2006)
  95. Dua Lipa “Levitating” (2020)

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First posted 9/7/2021.

Monday, December 7, 2020

U.S. Biggest #1 Pop Songs in Chart History

USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs

This page has been updated and moved here.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Song Inductees (October 2019)

Originally posted 10/22/2019.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog on January 22, 2019, Dave’s Music Database launched its own Hall of Fame. This is the fourth set of song inductees. These are the ten biggest #1 pop songs of the rock era (post-1955), although none is older than 1995. Each of these songs spent 14 weeks or more at #1 on one or more Billboard pop charts, including the Hot 100, airplay, digital, and streaming charts. Not listed here is previous inductee “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Note: click on song title for the full blog entry and key for the footnote codes.

Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Mariah Carey was the singer of the ‘90s with her pop/R&B/AC blend of music, but was quickly derailing in the first half of the next decade. In 2005, however, she found herself back on top when Def Jam signed her and she collaborated with Jermaine Dupri for “We Belong Together.” Not only was it the best-selling song of the decade, SF but Billboard magazine named it the most successful song in history by a female artist WK Read more.

Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

This ballad paired “some of the best R&B ballad singers of their generation” BBC emphasizing Carey’s “vocal gymnastics, artfully supported by the more restrained vocalizing of…Boyz II Men.” JA The song, inspired by the deaths of friends, spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. The only song of the 20th century to spend more time at the pinnacle was Francis Craig with 1947’s “Near You” (17 weeks). Read more.

Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi not only turned out one of the biggest Spanish-language hits ever (39 weeks atop the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, first #1 predominantely in Spanish since 1996’s “Macarena”), but one of the biggest hits period. The song hit #1 in 47 countries, WK including 16 weeks at the summit in the United States. It became the first video on YouTube to reach three, and then four, billion views. WK Read more.

Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

“Iris” was the Goo Goo Dolls’ contribution to the City of Angels soundtrack and the lead single for their Dizzy Up the Girl album. It spent a whopping 18 weeks atop the Billboard airplay chart, which would have made it the biggest pop chart in history, except that it didn’t qualify for the Hot 100 since it wasn’t available as an actual physical single release until after it had already peaked. Read more.

Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Lyricist Bernie Taupin wrote the original song in 1973 as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. After Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997, her friend Elton John proposed the idea of revising the lyrics as a eulogy. Elton performed it at her funeral for a worldwide audience of more than 2.5 billion people. BR1 The subsequent single release of the song became the U.K.’s biggest seller ever MG and sold 11 million in the U.S. Only Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” has sold more. Read more.

Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Lil Nas X released “Old Town Road” independently in 2018. After it went viral on social video sharing app TikTok, it was picked up by radio stations and initially made Billboard’s R&B and country charts. It was disqualified from the latter chart, provoking some cries of racism. In the wake of the controversy a remix featuring country singer Billy Ray Cyrus sent the song into overdrive. By the end of its run, it became the biggest #1 pop song in Billboard’s history with 19 weeks on top. Read more.

Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Maroon 5’s fourth trip to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 tied Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” for the most weeks in the top 10 on that chart. It also spent 16 weeks atop the airplay chart and became the biggest hit in the history of the adult contemporary chart with 30 weeks at #1. The video, Vevo’s most-viewed of 2018, WK featured lead singer Adam Levine and a slew of female celebrities dancing and lip-syching around him. Read more.

No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

It’s one of the biggest #1 pop songs in history thanks to 16 weeks atop the radio airplay chart, but it never hit the Billboard Hot 100 because it was never given an official single release. It propelled the band into the spotlight and its parent album, Tragic Kingdom spent nine weeks atop the Billboard album chart. Read more.

Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)

Inducted October 2019 as “Top 10 #1 Pop Songs of the Rock Era.”

Mark Ronson had produced hits such as Bruno Mars’ #1 “Locked Out of Heaven” and Amy Winehouse’s top-ten “Rehab,” but had never hit the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist. “Uptown Funk,” featuring Mars on vocals, wasn’t just the hit of Ronson’s career, but one of the biggest #1 hits of all-time. It set the record for most streaks in a week (15 million) WK and was one of only four to top the Hot 100 and the UK charts for at least seven weeks. Read more.

Friday, November 17, 2000

The Gavin Report: Top 100 Songs

The Gavin Report, 1958-2000:

Top 100 Songs

Bill Gavin was a radio host who launched a countdown based on local airplay. It evolved into a national chart which rank from May 20, 1958 to November 17, 2000.

Check other lists based on charts, sales, and airplay here.


12 weeks:

1. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1998)

11 weeks:

2. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (1996)
3. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)

10 weeks:

4. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
5. N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (2000)

9 weeks:

6. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
7. The Cardigans “Lovefool” (1997)
8. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)
9. Shawn Mullins “Lullaby” (1998)
10. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
11. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)

8 weeks:

12. Dionne Farris “I Know” (1995)
13. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
14. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
15. Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (1994)
16. Ricky Martn “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
17. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)

7 weeks:

18. Savage Garden “I Knew I Loved You” (2000)
19. Sugar Ray with Super Cat “Fly” (1997)
20. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (#1, 1958)

21. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997)
22. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
23. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1977)
24. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993)
25. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
26. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
27. Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra “Love Is Blue” (1968)


6 weeks:

28. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998)
29. Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (1999)
30. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)

31. Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (1998)
32. Alanis Morissette “You Learn” (1996)
33. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
34. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
35. Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
36. Mariah Carey “Hero” (1993)
37. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
38. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson “Say, Say, Say” (1983)
39. Journey “Open Arms” (1981)
40. Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight” (1976)

41. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
42. Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (1978)
43. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982)
44. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
45. Patty Smyth with Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” (1992)
46. Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me” (1985)
47. Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (1974)
48. Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
49. Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” (1978)
50. Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” (1971)


5 weeks:

51. Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (1999)
52. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
53. Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (1999)
54. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (1999)
55. Savage Garden “I Want You” (1997)
56. Ace of Base “Don’t Turn Around” (1994)
57. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” (2000)
58. N Sync “It’s Gonna Be Me” (2000)
59. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
60. Foreigner “Waiting for a Girl Like You” (1981)

61. Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
62. Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, & Sting “All for Love” (1994)
63. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
64. John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane” (1982)
65. Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise” (1989)
66. Richard Marx “Keep Coming Back” (1991)
67. Daryl Hall & John Oates “Maneater” (1982)
68. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (1976)
69. Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
70. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969)

71. Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (1974)
72. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
73. George Michael “Faith” (1987)
74. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
75. Madonna “Like a Virgin” (1984)
76. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975)
77. The Heights “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” (1992)
78. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Knock Three Times” (1970)
79. Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (1993)
80. The Rolling Stones “Angie” (1973)

81. The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (1962)
82. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
83. Olivia Newton-John “Have You Never Been Mellow?” (1975)
84. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (1960)
85. The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (1967)


4 weeks:

86. The Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (1996)
87. Destiny’s Child “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” (2000)
88. Robyn “Do You Know What It Takes” (1997)
89. Madonna “Secret” (1994)
90. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)

91. Exile “Kiss You All Over” (1978)
92. Daryl Hall & John Oates “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” (1982)
93. Stevie Nicks & Don Henley “Leather and Lace” (1981)
94. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
95. Shellye Fabares “Johnny Angel” (1962)
96. Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (1951/1958)
97. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
98. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)” (1983)
99. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)
100. Leo Sayer “When I Need You” (1977)


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First posted 11/17/2022.

Friday, December 31, 1999

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1990-1999

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1990-1999

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1990 to 1999. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.


1990:

  1. 1/12: Michael Bolton “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?” (BB: 3, BA: 2, RR: 2)
  2. 1/20: Technotronic with Felly “Pump Up the Jam” (CB: 2)
  3. 1/26: Rod Stewart “Downtown Train” (CB: 1, RR: 1)

  4. 2/2: Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair “Opposites Attract” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  5. 2/23: Janet Jackson “Escapade” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4)
  6. 2/24: Seduction “Two to Make It Right” (CB: 1)

  7. 3/3: Roxette “Dangerous” (CB: 1)
  8. 3/23: Taylor Dayne “Love Will Lead You Back” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 2)
  9. 3/24: Alannah Myles “Black Velvet” (BB: 2, CB: 2)

  10. 4/6: Jane Child “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love” (BA: 2, RR: 2)
  11. 4/14: Tommy Page “I’ll Be Your Everything” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  12. 4/20: Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 3)

  13. 5/11: Madonna “Vogue” (BB: 3< BA: 3, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  14. 6/2: Heart “All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You” (CB: 1)
  15. 6/8: MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (RR: 1)
  16. 6/9: Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  17. 6/15: Roxette “It Must Have Been Love” (BB: 3, BA: 3, RR: 1)
  18. 6/22: New Kids on the Block “Step by Step” (BB: 3, BA: 1, CB: 5, RR: 2)

  19. 7/6: Glenn Medeiros with Bobby Brown “She Ain’t Worth It” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  20. 7/27: Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (BB: 4, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)

  21. 8/17: Janet Jackson “Come Back to Me” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)
  22. 8/24: Sweet Sensation “If Wishes Came True” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1)
  23. 8/31: Wilson Phillips “Release Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3, RR: 3)

  24. 9/8: Jon Bon Jovi “Blaze of Glory” (BB: 1, CB: 2)
  25. 9/21: Phil Collins “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven” (BA: 2, RR: 2)
  26. 9/22: Prince “Thieves in the Temple” (CB: 1)
  27. 9/29: Nelson “Can’t Live Without Your Love and Affection” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  28. 10/5: George Michael “Praying for Time” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  29. 10/6: Maxi Priest “Close to You” (BB: 1, BA: 1)
  30. 10/19: Janet Jackson “Black Cat” (BB: 1, RR: 1)
  31. 10/20: James Ingram “I Don’t Have the Heart” (BB: 1, BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  32. 11/2: Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  33. 11/10: Mariah Carey “Love Takes Time” (BB: 3, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  34. 11/30: Whitney Houston “I’m Your Baby Tonight” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  35. 12/7: Stevie B “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” (BB: 4, BA: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  36. 12/21: Madonna “Justify My Love” (BB: 2, CB: 4, RR: 1)

1991:

  1. 1/5: Janet Jackson “Love Will Never Do Without You” (BB: 3, BA: 7, CB: 1, RR: 3)
  2. 1/26: Surface “The First Time” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 1)

  3. 2/8: Whitney Houston “All the Man That I Need” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  4. 2/9: C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (BB: 2, CB: 2)
  5. 2/22: Mariah Carey “Someday” (BB: 4, BA: 10, CB: 2, RR: 4)

  6. 3/9: Timmy T “One More Try” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  7. 3/22: Gloria Estefan “Coming Out of the Dark” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  8. 3/29: Londonbeat “I’ve Been Thinking About You” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 2)

  9. 4/12: Wilson Phillips “You’re in Love” (BB: 1, RR: 1)
  10. 4/19: Amy Grant “Baby Baby” (BB: 2, BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 3)

  11. 5/4: Cathy Dennis “Touch Me All Night Long” (BA: 2, RR: 1)
  12. 5/11: Roxette “Joyride” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  13. 5/17: Mariah Carey “I Don’t Wanna Cry” (BB: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3)
  14. 5/18: Hi-Five “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” (BB: 1)
  15. 5/18: C + C Music Factory “Here We Go” (CB: 1)
  16. 5/25: Rod Stewart “Rhythm of My Heart” (CB: 1)

  17. 6/1: Paula Abdul “Rush Rush” (BB: 8, BA: 9, CB: 3, RR: 5)
  18. 6/8: Extreme “More Than Words” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  19. 7/12: EMF “Unbelievable” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  20. 7/19: Jesus Jones “Right Here Right Now” (CB: 1, RR: 1)
  21. 7/26: Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (BB: 7, BA: 8, CB: 6, RR: 6)

  22. 9/6: Paula Abdul “The Promise of a New Day” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  23. 9/13: Color Me Badd “I Adore Mi Amor” (BB: 2, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)

  24. 10/4: Mariah Carey “Emotions” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  25. 10/5: Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch with Loleatta Holloway “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1)
  26. 10/25: Karyn White “Romantic” (BB: 1, CB: 2, RR: 2)

  27. 11/8: Prince “Cream” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 1)
  28. 11/9: Bryan Adams “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” (CB: 1)
  29. 11/15: Michael Bolton “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB; 3, BA: 3, CB: 2, RR: 3)
  30. 11/30: PM Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (BB: 1)

  31. 12/6: Boyz II Men “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” (CB: 2, RR: 1)
  32. 12/7: Michael Jackson “Black or White” (BB: 7, BA: 4 CB: 4, RR: 2)

1992:

  1. 1/4: Color Me Badd “All 4 Love” (BB: 1, BA: 4)
  2. 1/10: Mariah Carey “Can’t Let Go” (CB: 1, RR: 3)
  3. 1/31: Prince “Diamonds and Pearls” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  4. 2/1: George Michael with Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (live) (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  5. 2/1: Shanice “I Love Your Smile” (BA: 5, RR: 2)
  6. 2/8: Right Said Fred “I’m Too Sexy” (BB: 3)
  7. 2/22: Mr. Big “To Be With You” (BB: 3, CB: 5)
  8. 2/28: Michael Jackson “Remember the Time” (BA: 2, CB: 1, RR: 3)

  9. 3/20: Vanessa Williams “Save the Best for Last” (BB: 5, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  10. 4/17: Mariah Carey “Make It Happen” (RR: 2)
  11. 4/25: Kris Kross “Jump” (BB: 8, CB: 3)
  12. 4/25: Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (CB: 1)

  13. 5/1: En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (BA: 4, CB: 3, RR: 4)
  14. 5/16: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (CB: 1)
  15. 5/29: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  16. 6/12: Mariah Carey “I’ll Be There” (live) (BB: 2, BA: 8, CB: 3, RR: 6)

  17. 7/4: Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (BB: 5, CB: 4)
  18. 7/24: Madonna “This Used to Be My Playground” (BB: 1, CB: 1, RR: 4)

  19. 8/8: TLC “Baby Baby Baby” (BA: 2)
  20. 8/15: Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 13, BA: 13, CB: 10, RR: 6)
  21. 8/22: Guns N’ Roses “November Rain” CB: 3)

  22. 10/2: Patty Smyth with Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” (RR: 3)
  23. 10/23: PM Dawn “I’d Die Without You” (BA: 2, RR: 3)

  24. 11/13: The Heights “How Do You Talk to an Angel?” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 2)
  25. 11/27: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 14, BA: 11, CB: 14, RR: 7)

  26. 12/2: Wayne Newton “The Letter” (CB: 1)

1993:

  1. 1/29: Madonna “Deeper and Deeper” (RR: 1)

  2. 2/5: Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle “A Whole New World” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 3)
  3. 2/26: Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (CB: 1, RR: 2)

  4. 3/12: Whitney Houston “I’m Every Woman” (CB: 1, RR: 1)
  5. 3/13: Snow “Informer” (BB: 7, CB: 2)
  6. 3/19: Boy Krazy “That’s What Love Can Do” (RR: 2)
  7. 3/20: Whitney Houston “I Have Nothing” (BA: 6, CB: 3, RR: 4)

  8. 4/30: Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight “Love Is” (RR: 1)

  9. 5/1: Silk “Freak Me” (BB: 2, BA: 3)
  10. 5/1: PM Dawn “Looking Through Patient Eyes” (CB: 3, RR: 2)
  11. 5/15: Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BB: 8, BA: 10, CB: 8, RR: 6)

  12. 7/2: SWV (Sisters with Voices) “Weak” (BB: 2, CB: 2, RR: 4)
  13. 7/24: UB40 “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (BB: 7, BA: 4, CB: 8, RR: 3)

  14. 8/20: Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 8, BA: 11, CB: 4, RR: 9)

  15. 10/22: Janet Jackson “Again” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 5, RR: 5)
  16. 10/23: Billy Joel “The River of Dreams” (CB: 1)
  17. 10/30: Xscape “Just Kickin’ It” (CB: 1)

  18. 11/6: Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (BB: 5, CB: 6)
  19. 11/26: Mariah Carey “Hero” (BB: 4, BA: 10, RR: 5)

1994:

  1. 1/14: Bryan Adams with Sting & Rod Stewart “All for Love” (BB: 3, CB: 5, RR: 4)

  2. 2/11: Ace of Base “The Sign” (BB: 6, BA: 13, CB: 3, RR: 9)
  3. 2/12: Celine Dion “The Power of Love” (BB: 4, CB: 3)
  4. 2/19: Toni Braxton “Breathe Again” (BA: 1)

  5. 4/2: Mariah Carey “Without You” (CB: 1)
  6. 4/9: Prince “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (CB: 5, RR: 2)
  7. 4/9: R. Kelly “Bump N’ Grind” (BB: 4)
  8. 4/29: Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (RR: 3)

  9. 5/20: Madonna “I’ll Remember” (RR: 4)
  10. 5/21: All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 11, BA: 9, CB: 6, RR: 2)

  11. 7/1: Ace of Base “Don’t Turn Around” (BA: 2, CB: 3, RR: 6)
  12. 7/16: Janet Jackson “Any Time, Any Place” (CB: 3)

  13. 8/6: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (BB: 4, BA: 4, CB: 2, RR: 4)
  14. 8/27: Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 14, BA: 12, CB: 13, RR: 4)

  15. 10/7: Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (RR: 6)

  16. 11/18: Real McCoy “Another Night” (RR: 4)

  17. 12/3: Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BB: 6, BA: 11, CB: 11, RR: 6)
  18. 12/17: Ini Kamoze “Here Comes the Hotstepper” (BB: 2)

1995:

  1. 1/28: TLC “Creep” (BB: 4)

  2. 2/10: Madonna “Take a Bow” (BB: 9, BA: 9, CB: 8, RR: 5)

  3. 3/17: Dionne Farris “I Know” (BA: 7, CB: 6, RR: 9)

  4. 4/15: Montell Jordan “This Is How We Do It” (BB: 7)

  5. 5/19: Blessid Union of Souls “I Believe” (R: 2)
  6. 5/27: Boyz II Men “Water Runs Dry” (BA: 1, CB: 5)

  7. 6/2: Hootie & the Blowfish “Let Her Cry” (RR: 1)
  8. 6/3: Bryan Adams “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” (BB: 5, CB: 1)
  9. 6/9: The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (BA: 8, RR: 8)

  10. 7/8: TLC “Waterfalls” (BB: 7, CB: 7)

  11. 8/4: Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BB: 1, BA: 10, CB: 1, RR: 8)

  12. 9/2: Michael Jackson “You Are Not Alone” (BB: 1, CB: 2)
  13. 9/9: Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (BB: 3, CB: 3)
  14. 9/29: Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (RR: 3)
  15. 9/30: Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (BB: 8, BA: 7, CB: 9, RR: 6)

  16. 11/25: Whitney Houston “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” (BB: 1)

  17. 12/1: Goo Goo Dolls “Name” (RR: 1)
  18. 12/2: Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 16, BA: 13, CB: 11, RR: 8)

1996:

  1. 2/16: Everything But the Girl “Missing (Todd Terry remix)” (BA: 5, CB: 1, RR: 4)

  2. 3/2: Mary J. Blige “Not Gon’ Cry” (CB: 2)
  3. 3/15: Tony Rich Project “Nobody Knows” (RR: 2)
  4. 3/16: Brandy & LL Cool J “Sittin’ Up in My Room” (CB: 2)
  5. 3/23: Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BB: 6, BA: 14, CB: 3, RR: 7)
  6. 3/29: Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (RR: 4)
  7. 3/30: Mariah Carey “Always Be My Baby” (BB: 2, CB: 5)

  8. 5/18: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (BB: 8, CB: 7)

  9. 6/14: Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (RR: 2)
  10. 6/28: Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (RR: 1)

  11. 7/5: Alanis Morissette “You Learn” (RR: 6)
  12. 7/13: Toni Braxton “You’re Makin’ Me High” / “Let It Flow” (BB: 1, CB: 6)
  13. 7/13: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with K-Ci & JoJo “How Do U Want It” (BB: 2)
  14. 7/20: Tupac Shakur (2pac) with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (BB: 2)

  15. 8/3: Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 14, CB: 2)
  16. 8/16: Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 13, CB: 7, RR: 12)

  17. 11/2: Celine Dion “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” (BA: 2, CB: 2)
  18. 11/8: Alanis Morissette “Head Over Feet” (RR: 4)
  19. 11/9: Blackstreet with Dr. Dre “No Diggity” (BB: 4, CB: 1)

  20. 12/6: No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 16, RR: 9)
  21. 12/7: Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 11, BA: 2)

1997:

  1. 2/21: The Cardigans “Lovefool” (RR: 6)
  2. 2/22: Spice Girls “Wannabe” (BB: 4)

  3. 3/22: Puff Daddy with Mase “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” (BB: 6)
  4. 4/4: Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (BA: 9, RR: 5)

  5. 5/3: The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (BB: 3)
  6. 5/9: Savage Garden “I Want You” (RR: 1)
  7. 5/16: Hanson “Mmmbop” (BB: 4, BA: 4, RR: 9)

  8. 6/14: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 11)

  9. 7/12: Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (BA: 4)
  10. 7/18: Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (RR: 3)

  11. 8/8: Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (BA: 3, RR: 6)
  12. 8/9: Will Smith “Men in Black” (BA: 4)
  13. 8/30: The Notorious B.I.G. with Puff Daddy & Mase “Mo Money, Mo Problems” (BB: 2)

  14. 9/13: Mariah Carey “Honey” (BB: 3)
  15. 9/19: Jewel “Foolish Games” (BA: 3, RR: 4)

  16. 10/4: Boyz II Men “4 Seasons of Loneliness” (BB: 1)
  17. 10/11: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 14)
  18. 10/17: Sugar Ray with Super Cat “Fly” (BA: 6, RR: 6)

  19. 11/28: Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (BA: 9, RR: 6)

1998:

  1. 1/17: Savage Garden “Truly Madly Deeply” (BB: 2, BA: 5, RR: 3)
  2. 1/31: Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BB: 2, BA: 10, RR: 9)
  3. 1/31: Janet Jackson “Together Again” (BB: 2)

  4. 2/14: Usher “Nice & Slow” (BB: 2)

  5. 3/14: Will Smith “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (BB: 3)

  6. 4/4: K-Ci & JoJo “All My Life” (BB: 3)
  7. 4/17: Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 11, RR: 11)
  8. 4/25: Next “Too Close” (BB: 4)

  9. 5/23: Mariah Carey “My All” (BB: 1)

  10. 6/6: Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 13)

  11. 7/3: Alanis Morissette “Uninvited” (RR: 2)
  12. 7/17: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA: 18, RR: 4)

  13. 8/14: Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (BB: 4, BA: 1, RR: 8)

  14. 10/3: Monica “The First Night” (BB: 5)
  15. 10/9: Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (BB: 1, RR: 6)

  16. 11/14: Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (BB: 2)
  17. 11/20: Alanis Morissette “Thank U” (RR: 1)
  18. 11/27: Third Eye Blind “Jumper” (RR: 1)
  19. 11/28: Divine “Lately” (BB: 1)

  20. 12/4: Shawn Mullins “Lullaby” (BA: 2, RR: 5)
  21. 12/5: R. Kelly & Celine Dion “I’m Your Angel” (BB: 6)
  22. 12/26: Brandy “Have You Ever?” (BB: 2, BA: 9)

1999:

  1. 1/22: Eagle-Eye Cherry “Save Tonight” (RR: 1)
  2. 1/29: Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (BA: 1, RR: 2)
  3. 1/30: Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (BB: 2, RR: 5)

  4. 2/13: Monica “Angel of Mine” (BB: 4, BA: 2)

  5. 3/13: Cher “Believe” (BB: 4)
  6. 3/19: Sugar Ray “Every Morning” (RR: 7)
  7. 3/20: TLC “No Scrubs” (BB: 4, BA: 13)

  8. 5/8: Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (BB: 5, BA: 4, RR: 7)
  9. 5/17: Sixpence None the Richer “Kiss Me” (RR: 2)

  10. 6/12: Jennifer Lopez “If You Had My Love” (BB: 5)

  11. 7/9: Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (BA: 3, RR: 3)
  12. 7/17: Destiny’s Child “Bills Bills Bills” (BB: 1)
  13. 7/24: Will Smith with Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee “Wild Wild West” (BB: 1)
  14. 7/31: Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (BB: 5, BA: 3, RR: 4)

  15. 8/7: Smash Mouth “All Star” (BA: 5, RR: 5)

  16. 9/4: Enrique Iglesias “Bailamos” (BB: 2)
  17. 9/18: TLC “Unpretty” (BB: 3)

  18. 10/1: Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)” (BA: 6, RR: 5)
  19. 10/9: Mariah Carey with Jay-Z “Heartbreaker” (BB: 2)
  20. 10/23: Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 12, BA: 5, RR: 7)

  21. 12/18: Brian McKnight “Back at One” (BA: 6)

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First posted 4/2/2021; last updated 2/10/2023.