List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991 explained

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1991. The longest running number-one single of 1991 is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which attained seven weeks at number-one. ("Black or White" by Michael Jackson would also spend a total of seven weeks at #1, but only four of those weeks were in the 1991 calendar year.)

That year, 14 acts earn their first number one song, such as Surface, C+C Music Factory, Freedom Williams, Timmy T, Londonbeat, Hi-Five, Extreme, EMF, Color Me Badd, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Loleatta Holloway, Karyn White, The New Power Generation, and P.M. Dawn. Mariah Carey and Paula Abdul were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with Mariah Carey having the most with three and Paula Abdul having two.

The November 30 chart ("Set Adrift on Memory Bliss") was the first Hot 100 to be compiled with Soundscan data.

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing single of 1991

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts. This was the final year that there was no Hot 100 during this unpublished week. While the double issues continued beyond 1991, the charts themselves would still be compiled, available through their electronic and online services.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	736	January 5	"Justify My Love"	Madonna	^[1] ^[2]
January 12	^[3] ^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	737	January 19	"Love Will Never Do (Without You)"	Janet Jackson	^[5] ^[6]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	738	January 26	"The First Time"	Surface	^[7] ^[8]
February 2	^[9] ^[10]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	739	February 9	"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"	C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams	^[11] ^[12]
February 16	^[13] ^[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	740	February 23	"All the Man That I Need"	Whitney Houston	^[15] ^[16]
March 2	^[17] ^[18]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	741	March 9	"Someday"	Mariah Carey	^[19] ^[20]
March 16	^[21] ^[22]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	742	March 23	"One More Try"	Timmy T	^[23] ^[24]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	743	March 30	"Coming Out of the Dark"	Gloria Estefan	^[25] ^[26]
April 6	^[27] ^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	744	April 13	"I've Been Thinking About You"	Londonbeat	^[29] ^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	745	April 20	"You're in Love"	Wilson Phillips	^[31] ^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	746	April 27	"Baby Baby"	Amy Grant	^[33]
May 4	^[34]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	747	May 11	"Joyride"	Roxette	^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	748	May 18	"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"	Hi-Five	^[36]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	749	May 25	"I Don't Wanna Cry"	Mariah Carey	^[37]
June 1	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	750	June 8	"More Than Words"	Extreme	^[39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	751	June 15	"Rush Rush"	Paula Abdul	^[40]
June 22	^[41]
June 29	^[42]
July 6	^[43]
July 13	^[44]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	752	July 20	"Unbelievable"	EMF	^[45]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	753	July 27	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="7"	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	^[46]
August 3	^[47]
August 10	^[48]
August 17	^[49]
August 24	^[50]
August 31	^[51]
September 7	^[52]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	754	September 14	"The Promise of a New Day"	Paula Abdul	^[53]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	755	September 21	"I Adore Mi Amor"	Color Me Badd	^[54]
September 28	^[55]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	756	October 5	"Good Vibrations"	Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway	^[56]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	757	October 12	"Emotions"	Mariah Carey	^[57]
October 19	^[58]
October 26	^[59]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	758	November 2	"Romantic"	Karyn White	^[60]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	759	November 9	"Cream"	Prince and the New Power Generation	^[61]
November 16	^[62]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	760	November 23	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Michael Bolton	^[63]
bgcolor=#FFFF99 colspan="5"	The Billboard Hot 100 now derives its sales data from Nielsen SoundScan and radio airplay from BDS for its chart positions.
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	761	November 30	"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"	P.M. Dawn	^[64]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	762	December 7	"Black or White"	Michael Jackson	^[65]
December 14	^[66]
December 21	^[67]
December 28*	^[68]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Mariah Carey	7
	Bryan Adams
3	Paula Abdul	6
4	Michael Jackson	4
5	Madonna	2
	Surface
	C+C Music Factory
	Freedom Williams
	Whitney Houston
	Gloria Estefan
	Amy Grant
	Color Me Badd
	Prince and the New Power Generation
14	Janet Jackson	1
	Timmy T
	Londonbeat
	Wilson Phillips
	Roxette
	Hi-Five
	Extreme
	EMF
	Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
	Loleatta Holloway
	Karyn White
	Michael Bolton
	P.M. Dawn

See also

• 1991 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1991
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 5, 1991. .
2. News: Madonna Tops New Year's 1st Singles List with 'Justify'. https://archive.today/20160412184015/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24717006.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-01-04. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
3. Web site: January 12, 1991. .
4. News: January Doldrums Good News for Leaders. https://archive.today/20160412184004/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24707118.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-01-11. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
5. Web site: January 19, 1991. .
6. News: More Good News for Janet Jackson. https://archive.today/20160412184002/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24734464.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-01-18. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
7. Web site: January 26, 1991. .
8. News: Surface Dethrones Janet Jackson. https://archive.today/20160412184033/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24752706.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-01-25. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
9. Web site: February 2, 1991. .
10. News: 'First Time' Keeps Surface on Surface. https://archive.today/20160412184030/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24755315.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-02-01. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
11. Web site: February 9, 1991. .
12. News: C&C Music Factory Manufactures a Hit. https://archive.today/20160412184004/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24761517.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-02-08. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
13. Web site: February 16, 1991. .
14. News: Newcomers Liven Singles, LP Lists. https://archive.today/20160412184019/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24767972.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-02-15. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
15. Web site: February 23, 1991. .
16. News: Whitney Houston Packs a 1-1-2 Punch. https://archive.today/20160412184002/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24773765.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-02-22. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
17. Web site: March 2, 1991. .
18. News: A Red-Hot Triple for Whitney Houston. https://archive.today/20160412184015/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24780250.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-03-01. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2010-04-19.
19. Web site: March 9, 1991. .
20. News: Carey overtakes Houston again. https://archive.today/20160412184020/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24786099.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-03-08. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
21. Web site: March 16, 1991. .
22. News: 2nd straight double for Mariah Carey. https://archive.today/20160412184003/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24792082.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-03-15. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
23. Web site: March 23, 1991. .
24. News: Patience pays for underdog Timmy T.. https://archive.today/20160412184032/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24798307.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-03-22. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
25. Web site: March 30, 1991. .
26. News: Gloria Estefan returns to the light. https://archive.today/20160412184019/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24805668.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-03-29. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
27. Web site: April 6, 1991. .
28. News: Another women's year shaping up. https://archive.today/20160412184030/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24812406.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-04-05. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
29. Web site: April 13, 1991. .
30. News: Londonbeat wins first U.S. No. 1. https://archive.today/20160412184032/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24698167.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-04-12. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
31. Web site: April 20, 1991. .
32. News: Londonbeat wins first U.S. No. 1. https://archive.today/20160412184032/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24698167.html. dead. April 12, 2016. 1991-04-12. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. 2011-11-04.
33. Web site: April 27, 1991. .
34. Web site: May 4, 1991. .
35. Web site: May 11, 1991. .
36. Web site: May 18, 1991. .
37. Web site: May 25, 1991. .
38. Web site: June 1, 1991. .
39. Web site: June 8, 1991. .
40. Web site: June 15, 1991. .
41. Web site: June 22, 1991. .
42. Web site: June 29, 1991. .
43. Web site: July 6, 1991. .
44. Web site: July 13, 1991. .
45. Web site: July 20, 1991. .
46. Web site: July 27, 1991. .
47. Web site: August 3, 1991. .
48. Web site: August 10, 1991. .
49. Web site: August 17, 1991. .
50. Web site: August 24, 1991. .
51. Web site: August 31, 1991. .
52. Web site: September 7, 1991. .
53. Web site: September 14, 1991. .
54. Web site: September 21, 1991. .
55. Web site: September 28, 1991. .
56. Web site: October 5, 1991. .
57. Web site: October 12, 1991. .
58. Web site: October 19, 1991. .
59. Web site: October 26, 1991. .
60. Web site: November 2, 1991. .
61. Web site: November 9, 1991. .
62. Web site: November 16, 1991. .
63. Web site: November 23, 1991. .
64. Web site: November 30, 1991. .
65. Web site: December 7, 1991. .
66. Web site: December 14, 1991. .
67. Web site: December 21, 1991. .
68. Web site: December 28, 1991. .