The 35 Best Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of the 1990s

Movie ballads that camped at the top for months sit next to novelty smashes and rap breakthroughs that stayed a week. Every song here reached the top of the Hot 100 between 1990 and 1999.

1. 1
   (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams

   The love theme from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, No. 1 for seven weeks that summer.
   1000pts
2. 2
   I'll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans

   A 1997 tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., recorded with 112 over a sample of The Police's Every Breath You Take, No. 1 for 11 weeks.
   952pts
3. 3
   Smooth – Santana feat. Rob Thomas

   A single from Santana's 1999 album Supernatural that held No. 1 for 12 weeks across 1999 and 2000.
   857pts
4. 4
   I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

   Whitney Houston's 1992 recording of the Dolly Parton song, from The Bodyguard soundtrack, spent 14 weeks at No. 1.
   835pts
5. 5
   Macarena – Los del Río

   The Bayside Boys Mix of the Spanish duo's song reached No. 1 in 1996 and stayed there for 14 weeks.
   800pts
6. 6
   Candle in the Wind 1997 – Elton John

   Elton John's rewritten tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, held No. 1 for 14 weeks across 1997 and 1998.
   800pts
7. 7
   No Diggity – Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre

   The 1996 lead single from Blackstreet's Another Level, four weeks at No. 1.
   734pts
8. 8
   MMMBop – Hanson

   The Tulsa brothers' 1997 single from Middle of Nowhere, three weeks at No. 1.
   734pts
9. 9
   Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice

   Built on a sample of Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure, it became the first hip-hop single to top the Hot 100 in 1990.
   734pts
10. 10
    That's the Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson

    The lead single from the 1993 album janet., which held the top spot for eight weeks.
    734pts
11. 11
    ...Baby One More Time – Britney Spears

    Britney Spears's debut single reached No. 1 in January 1999 and stayed for two weeks.
    659pts
12. 12
    Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot

    A 1992 single from the album Mack Daddy that spent five weeks at No. 1 and later won a Grammy.
    659pts
13. 13
    My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion

    The love theme from Titanic topped the Hot 100 for two weeks in 1998 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
    659pts
14. 14
    Livin' la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin

    The lead English-language single from Ricky Martin's 1999 self-titled album, No. 1 for five weeks.
    659pts
15. 15
    Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinéad O'Connor

    Sinéad O'Connor's 1990 cover of a Prince composition, from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, No. 1 for four weeks.
    659pts
16. 16
    Kiss from a Rose – Seal

    First released in 1994, the ballad reached No. 1 for one week in 1995 after appearing on the Batman Forever soundtrack.
    659pts
17. 17
    Fantasy – Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey's 1995 lead single from Daydream, built on a sample of Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love", which debuted at No. 1 and held the top spot for eight weeks.
    571pts
18. 18
    I Don't Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

    Written by Diane Warren for the 1998 film Armageddon, it was the band's only Hot 100 No. 1, lasting four weeks.
    467pts
19. 19
    Jump – Kris Kross

    The Atlanta teen duo's 1992 debut single from Totally Krossed Out, No. 1 for eight weeks.
    467pts
20. 20
    The Sign – Ace of Base

    The Swedish group's 1994 single topped the Hot 100 for six non-consecutive weeks and was Billboard's year-end No. 1 song.
    467pts
21. 21
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill

    The 1998 lead single from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill debuted at No. 1 and held it for two weeks.
    467pts
22. 22
    Black or White – Michael Jackson

    The lead single from Dangerous reached No. 1 in December 1991 and held it for seven weeks into 1992.
    343pts
23. 23
    Vogue – Madonna

    A 1990 house track from the album I'm Breathless that spent three weeks at No. 1.
    343pts
24. 24
    No Scrubs – TLC

    The lead single from TLC's 1999 album FanMail, four weeks at No. 1.
    343pts
25. 25
    Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio feat. L.V.

    Recorded for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds and built on Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise, it spent three weeks at No. 1.
    343pts
26. 26
    One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men

    A 1995 ballad from Mariah Carey's Daydream album that held No. 1 for 16 weeks across 1995 and 1996.
    343pts
27. 27
    Hypnotize – The Notorious B.I.G.

    A single from Life After Death released days before the rapper was killed in March 1997, it later spent three weeks at No. 1.
    343pts
28. 28
    Wannabe – Spice Girls

    The British group's debut single from Spice reached No. 1 in the US in 1997 and stayed four weeks.
    343pts
29. 29
    Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera

    Christina Aguilera's 1999 debut single spent five weeks at No. 1.
    343pts
30. 30
    Waterfalls – TLC

    A 1995 single from CrazySexyCool that held No. 1 for seven weeks.
    0pts
31. 31
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica

    A 1998 duet that spent 13 weeks at No. 1 and appeared on both singers' albums.
    0pts
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    Believe – Cher

    A 1998 dance-pop single known for its Auto-Tune vocal effect, four weeks at No. 1 in 1999.
    0pts
33. 33
    End of the Road – Boyz II Men

    A 1992 ballad from the Boomerang soundtrack that topped the Hot 100 for 13 weeks.
    0pts
34. 34
    Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton

    A ballad from the 1996 album Secrets that spent 11 weeks at No. 1 across 1996 and 1997.
    0pts
35. 35
    Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

    The Cleveland group's 1996 tribute to Eazy-E and lost friends held No. 1 for eight weeks.
    0pts

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