Top songs of 1991

What was the number one song of 1991?

The number one song of 1991 was “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1991. It spent 7 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated July 27, 1991.

“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams was number one for the most weeks of 1991: 7 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated July 27, 1991.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1991, year-end Hot 100 of 1991).

How many songs reached number one in 1991?

27 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1991, “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams stayed there longest: 7 weeks in total, from the chart dated July 27, 1991.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1991. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1991?

2 acts had more than one number one in 1991, counting lead and featured credits. Mariah Carey had the most, with 3: “Someday”, “I Don't Wanna Cry” and “Emotions”.

• Mariah Carey: “Someday”, “I Don't Wanna Cry” and “Emotions”
• Paula Abdul: “Rush Rush” and “The Promise of a New Day”

What were the biggest songs of 1991?

The five biggest songs of 1991 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams, “I Wanna Sex You Up” by Color Me Badd, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” by C+C Music Factory, “Rush Rush” by Paula Abdul and “One More Try” by Timmy T.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “I've Been Thinking About You” Londonbeat
32. “Do Anything” Natural Selection
33. “Losing My Religion” R.E.M.
34. “Coming Out of the Dark” Gloria Estefan
35. “It Ain't Over 'til It's Over” Lenny Kravitz
36. “Here We Go” C+C Music Factory
37. “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” Celine Dion
38. “Summertime” DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
39. “Wind of Change” Scorpions
40. “P.A.S.S.I.O.N.” Rythm Syndicate
41. “The Promise of a New Day” Paula Abdul
42. “I'm Your Baby Tonight” Whitney Houston
43. “Love of a Lifetime” FireHouse
44. “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)” Roxette
45. “This House” Tracie Spencer
46. “Hole Hearted” Extreme
47. “Power of Love/Love Power” Luther Vandross
48. “Impulsive” Wilson Phillips
49. “Love Is a Wonderful Thing” Michael Bolton
50. “Rhythm of My Heart” Rod Stewart
51. “Things That Make You Go Hmmm...” C+C Music Factory
52. “I Touch Myself” Divinyls
53. “Tom's Diner” DNA featuring Suzanne Vega
54. “Iesha” Another Bad Creation
55. “Something to Talk About” Bonnie Raitt
56. “After the Rain” Nelson
57. “Play That Funky Music” Vanilla Ice
58. “Temptation” Corina
59. “Can't Stop This Thing We Started” Bryan Adams
60. “I Can't Wait Another Minute” Hi-Five
61. “3 a.m. Eternal” The KLF
62. “Time, Love and Tenderness” Michael Bolton
63. “Sadeness (Part I)” Enigma
64. “Around the Way Girl” LL Cool J
65. “I'll Be There” The Escape Club
66. “Cream” Prince and The New Power Generation
67. “Now That We Found Love” Heavy D & the Boyz
68. “Show Me the Way” Styx
69. “Love Takes Time” Mariah Carey
70. “Cry for Help” Rick Astley
71. “The Way You Do the Things You Do” UB40
72. “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” UB40
73. “Signs” Tesla
74. “Too Many Walls” Cathy Dennis
75. “Crazy” Seal
76. “I'll Give All My Love to You” Keith Sweat
77. “Place in this World” Michael W. Smith
78. “Something to Believe In” Poison
79. “Wicked Game” Chris Isaak
80. “Get Here” Oleta Adams
81. “Round and Round” Tevin Campbell
82. “Silent Lucidity” Queensrÿche
83. “I'm Not in Love” Will to Power
84. “Piece of My Heart” Tara Kemp
85. “Real Real Real” Jesus Jones
86. “Everybody Plays the Fool” Aaron Neville
87. “Just Another Dream” Cathy Dennis
88. “Strike It Up” Black Box
89. “Rico Suave” Gerardo
90. “Disappear” INXS
91. “Groove Is in the Heart” Deee-Lite
92. “All This Time” Sting
93. “The One and Only” Chesney Hawkes
94. “O.P.P.” Naughty by Nature
95. “Freedom! '90” George Michael
96. “I Saw Red” Warrant
97. “Miles Away” Winger
98. “Do You Want Me” Salt-n-Pepa
99. “The Motown Song” Rod Stewart
100. “Shiny Happy People” R.E.M.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1991, year-end Hot 100 of 1991).

What songs should go on a 1991 mix CD?

A 1991 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 18 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” by Janet Jackson and closing with “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway, for 76:58 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1991, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 77:34, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1991 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1991 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).