Top songs of 1993

What was the number one song of 1993?

The number one song of 1993 was “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1993. It spent 14 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated November 28, 1992.

“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston was number one for the most weeks of 1993: 9 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated January 2, 1993.

Born in 1993? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1993, year-end Hot 100 of 1993).

How many songs reached number one in 1993?

10 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1993. Counting “I Will Always Love You”, which was already at number one when the year began, 11 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1993, “That's the Way Love Goes” by Janet Jackson stayed there longest: 8 weeks in total, from the chart dated May 15, 1993.

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 1993. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1993?

2 acts had more than one number one in 1993, counting lead and featured credits. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey had 2 each.

• Janet Jackson: “That's the Way Love Goes” and “Again”
• Mariah Carey: “Dreamlover” and “Hero”

What were the biggest songs of 1993?

The five biggest songs of 1993 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, “Whoomp! (There It Is)” by Tag Team, “Can't Help Falling in Love” by UB40, “That's the Way Love Goes” by Janet Jackson and “Freak Me” by Silk.

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. “Mr. Wendal” Arrested Development
32. “Have I Told You Lately” Rod Stewart
33. “Saving Forever for You” Shanice
34. “Ordinary World” Duran Duran
35. “If I Had No Loot” Tony! Toni! Toné!
36. “I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)” Meat Loaf
37. “Slam” Onyx
38. “Looking Through Patient Eyes” P.M. Dawn
39. “I'm Every Woman” Whitney Houston
40. “Baby I'm Yours” Shai
41. “Come Undone” Duran Duran
42. “I Don't Wanna Fight” Tina Turner
43. “I'd Die Without You” P.M. Dawn
44. “Whoot, There It Is” 95 South
45. “Hip Hop Hooray” Naughty by Nature
46. “Another Sad Love Song” Toni Braxton
47. “Will You Be There” Michael Jackson
48. “Comforter” Shai
49. “Good Enough” Bobby Brown
50. “What's Up?” 4 Non Blondes
51. “All That She Wants” Ace of Base
52. “7” Prince and The New Power Generation
53. “Dre Day” Dr. Dre
54. “One Last Cry” Brian McKnight
55. “Just Kickin' It” Xscape
56. “I Get Around” 2Pac
57. “Bed of Roses” Bon Jovi
58. “Real Love” Mary J. Blige
59. “Here We Go Again!” Portrait
60. “Cryin'” Aerosmith
61. “Cat's in the Cradle” Ugly Kid Joe
62. “What About Your Friends” TLC
63. “I Got a Man” Positive K
64. “Hey Mr. D.J.” Zhané
65. “Insane in the Brain” Cypress Hill
66. “Deeper and Deeper” Madonna
67. “Rain” Madonna
68. “The Right Kind of Love” Jeremy Jordan
69. “Bad Boys” Inner Circle
70. “That's What Love Can Do” Boy Krazy
71. “Do You Believe in Us” Jon Secada
72. “Angel” Jon Secada
73. “Forever in Love” Kenny G
74. “Again” Janet Jackson
75. “Boom! Shake the Room” DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
76. “When She Cries” Restless Heart
77. “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” Inner Circle
78. “It Was a Good Day” Ice Cube
79. “More and More” Captain Hollywood Project
80. “How Do You Talk to an Angel” The Heights
81. “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” Digable Planets
82. “What Is Love” Haddaway
83. “To Love Somebody” Michael Bolton
84. “Give It Up, Turn It Loose” En Vogue
85. “Alright” Kris Kross featuring Super Cat
86. “Check Yo Self” Ice Cube featuring Das EFX
87. “Fields of Gold” Sting
88. “Ooh Child” Dino
89. “Faithful” Go West
90. “Reason to Believe” Rod Stewart
91. “Break It Down Again” Tears for Fears
92. “Nothin' My Love Can't Fix” Joey Lawrence
93. “Three Little Pigs” Green Jellÿ
94. “Livin' on the Edge” Aerosmith
95. “Hey Jealousy” Gin Blossoms
96. “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” Sting
97. “Anniversary” Tony! Toni! Toné!
98. “One Woman” Jade
99. “Can't Get Enough of Your Love” Taylor Dayne
100. “Two Steps Behind” Def Leppard

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1993, year-end Hot 100 of 1993).

What songs should go on a 1993 mix CD?

A 1993 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 17 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Whoomp! (There It Is)” by Tag Team and closing with “Love Is” by Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight, for 77:15 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1993, 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 77:49, 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 1993 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1993 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).