List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992 explained

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1992. The longest running number-one single of 1992 is "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, which stayed at the top of the chart for 14 weeks. "I Will Always Love You" became the longest running song at number one when it reached 14 weeks, breaking the record that Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" had just set at 13 weeks.

"End of the Road" broke the record previously set at 11 weeks by Elvis Presley in 1956 with "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel". "I Will Always Love You" would hold the record as the longest-running song atop the Hot 100 until "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men topped the chart for 16 weeks in 1995.

Although "I Will Always Love You" spent nine of its weeks atop the Hot 100 in 1993, it is considered the longest-running song of 1992 because that is when its run began.

A total of 12 songs topped the Hot 100, a record low since its debut in 1958. (Over 25 songs were number one each year from 1985 to 1991.) This is also the most recent year in which no artist had more than one song hit the No. 1 spot.

That year, 7 acts earned their first number one song: Right Said Fred, Mr. Big, Vanessa Williams, Kris Kross, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Boyz II Men, and The Heights.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1992 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	762	January 4	"Black or White"	Michael Jackson	^[1]
January 11	^[2]
January 18	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	763	January 25	"All 4 Love"	Color Me Badd	^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	764	February 1	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	George Michael and Elton John	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	765	February 8	"I'm Too Sexy"	Right Said Fred	^[6]
February 15	^[7]
February 22	^[8]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	766	February 29	"To Be with You"	Mr. Big	^[9]
March 7	^[10]
March 14	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	767	March 21	"Save the Best for Last"	Vanessa Williams	^[12]
March 28	^[13]
April 4	^[14]
April 11	^[15]
April 18	^[16]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=8	768	April 25	"Jump"	Kris Kross	^[17]
May 2	^[18]
May 9	^[19]
May 16	^[20]
May 23	^[21]
May 30	^[22]
June 6	^[23]
June 13	^[24]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	769	June 20	"I'll Be There"	Mariah Carey	^[25]
June 27	^[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	770	July 4	"Baby Got Back"	Sir Mix-a-Lot	^[27]
July 11	^[28]
July 18	^[29]
July 25	^[30]
August 1	^[31]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	771	August 8	"This Used to Be My Playground"	Madonna	^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=13	772	August 15	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="13"	"End of the Road"	Boyz II Men	^[33]
August 22	^[34]
August 29	^[35]
September 5	^[36]
September 12	^[37]
September 19	^[38]
September 26	^[39]
October 3	^[40]
October 10	^[41]
October 17	^[42]
October 24	^[43]
October 31	^[44]
November 7	^[45]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	773	November 14	"How Do You Talk to an Angel"	The Heights	^[46]
November 21	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	774	November 28	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	^[48] ^[49]
December 5	^[50] ^[51]
December 12	^[52] ^[53]
December 19	^[54] ^[55]
December 26	^[56] ^[57]

Number-one artists

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

1	Boyz II Men	13
2	Kris Kross	8
3	Vanessa Williams	5
	Sir Mix-A-Lot
	Whitney Houston
6	Right Said Fred	3
	Mr. Big
8	Mariah Carey	2
	The Heights
10	Color Me Badd	1
	George Michael
	Elton John
	Madonna

See also

• 1992 in music
• 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

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38. Web site: September 19, 1992. .
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40. Web site: October 3, 1992. .
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42. Web site: October 17, 1992. .
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44. Web site: October 31, 1992. .
45. Web site: November 7, 1992. .
46. Web site: November 14, 1992. .
47. Web site: November 21, 1992. .
48. News: Whitney's Giant Leap 'Bodyguard' Soundtrack Number Climbs from 12 to 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20130324171648/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24328935.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+24%2C+1992&author=Billboard+Magazine.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=9&desc=Whitney%27s+giant+leap+%60Bodyguard%27+soundtrack+number+climbs+from+12+to+1. dead. March 24, 2013. November 24, 1992. Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2010.
49. Web site: November 28, 1992. .
50. News: Whitney Houston Gains on 2 Lists. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105700/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24332663.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+4,+1992&author=Jan+DeKnock.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=N&desc=Whitney+Houston+gains+on+2+lists. dead. October 26, 2012. December 4, 1992. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2010.
51. Web site: December 5, 1992. .
52. News: Houston's 'Love' Does a Three-peat. December 11, 1992. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2010.
53. Web site: December 12, 1992. .
54. News: '92 Ends with Houston's Triple Score. https://archive.today/20130201025852/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24337375.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+18,+1992&author=Jan+DeKnock.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=O&desc='92+ends+with+Houston's+triple+score. dead. February 1, 2013. December 18, 1992. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2010.
55. Web site: December 19, 1992. .
56. News: Houston Sweeps out the Old Year. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105803/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24339866.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+25,+1992&author=Jan+DeKnock.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=S&desc=Houston+sweeps+out+the+old+year. dead. October 26, 2012. December 25, 1992. DeKnock, Jan. Chicago Tribune. April 19, 2010.
57. Web site: December 26, 1992. .