List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995 explained

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 held the record for the longest running song at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 16 weeks. 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.

That year, 5 acts earned their first number one song: TLC, Montell Jordan, Seal, Coolio, and L.V. Mariah Carey and TLC were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with two songs each.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1995 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	re	January 7	"On Bended Knee"	Boyz II Men	^[1]
January 14	^[2]
January 21	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	794	January 28	"Creep"	TLC	^[4]
February 4	^[5]
February 11	^[6]
February 18	^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	795	February 25	"Take a Bow"	Madonna	^[8]
March 4	^[9]
March 11	^[10]
March 18	^[11]
March 25	^[12]
April 1	^[13]
April 8	^[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	796	April 15	"This Is How We Do It"	Montell Jordan	^[15]
April 22	^[16]
April 29	^[17]
May 6	^[18]
May 13	^[19]
May 20	^[20]
May 27	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	797	June 3	"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"	Bryan Adams	^[22]
June 10	^[23]
June 17	^[24]
June 24	^[25]
July 1	^[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	798	July 8	"Waterfalls"	TLC	^[27]
July 15	^[28]
July 22	^[29]
July 29	^[30]
August 5	^[31]
August 12	^[32]
August 19	^[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	799	August 26	"Kiss from a Rose"	Seal	^[34]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	800	September 2	"You Are Not Alone"	Michael Jackson	^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	801	September 9	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="3"	"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	^[36]
September 16	^[37]
September 23	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=8	802	September 30	"Fantasy"	Mariah Carey	^[39]
October 7	^[40]
October 14	^[41]
October 21	^[42]
October 28	^[43]
November 4	^[44]
November 11	^[45]
November 18	^[46]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	803	November 25	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Whitney Houston	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	804	December 2	"One Sweet Day"	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	^[48]
December 9	^[49]
December 16	^[50]
December 23	^[51]
December 30	^[52]

Number-one artists

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

1	Mariah Carey	13
2	TLC	11
3	Boyz II Men	8
4	Madonna	7
	Montell Jordan
6	Bryan Adams	5
7	Coolio	3
	L.V.
9	Seal	1
	Michael Jackson
	Whitney Houston

See also

• 1995 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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