This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1991.
A total of 111 singles reached the top ten in 1991, with 102 singles that peaked that year while the remaining nine peaked in 1990 or 1992. This was also the final year that the Billboard Hot 100 used the old methodology for determining sales and airplay figures from a survey of retailers and radio stations. Beginning with the chart dated November 30, 1991, sales data was now gathered by Soundscan via a collection of the number of barcode scans a record received while airplay was to be compiled by Broadcast Data Systems, which continuously monitored what songs were being played on radio.
27 songs reached number one that year, while 10 songs reached a peak of number two.
Mariah Carey scored four top ten hits during the year with “Someday“, “I Don’t Wanna Cry“, “Emotions“, and “Can’t Let Go“, the most among all other artists.
Top-ten singles
- (#) – 1991 Year-end top 10 single position and rank
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1990 | |||||
| December 8 | “Justify My Love” | Madonna | 1 | January 5 | 8 |
| December 15 | “High Enough” | Damn Yankees | 3 | January 12 | 8 |
| December 22 | “Sensitivity” | Ralph Tresvant | 4 | January 26 | 8 |
| Singles from 1991 | |||||
| January 5 | “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” | Janet Jackson | 1 | January 19 | 7 |
| “The First Time” (#9) | Surface | 1 | January 26 | 8 | |
| January 12 | “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (#3) | C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams | 1 | February 9 | 9 |
| January 19 | “Play That Funky Music” | Vanilla Ice | 4 | February 9 | 5 |
| “After the Rain” | Nelson | 6 | February 2 | 4 | |
| January 26 | “I’m Not in Love” | Will to Power | 7 | February 2 | 3 |
| “Just Another Dream” | Cathy Dennis | 9 | February 2 | 2 | |
| February 2 | “All the Man That I Need” | Whitney Houston | 1 | February 23 | 7 |
| February 9 | “One More Try” (#5) | Timmy T | 1 | March 23 | 9 |
| “I’ll Give All My Love to You” | Keith Sweat | 7 | February 16 | 3 | |
| February 16 | “Someday” | Mariah Carey | 1 | March 9 | 7 |
| “Where Does My Heart Beat Now” | Celine Dion | 4 | March 2 | 5 | |
| “Disappear” | INXS | 8 | February 16 | 2 | |
| February 23 | “Wicked Game” | Chris Isaak | 6 | March 2 | 3 |
| “I Saw Red” | Warrant | 10 | February 23 | 1 | |
| March 2 | “Show Me the Way” | Styx | 3 | March 16 | 3 |
| “All This Time” | Sting | 5 | March 16 | 3 | |
| “Around the Way Girl” | LL Cool J | 9 | March 2 | 1 | |
| “Coming Out of the Dark” | Gloria Estefan | 1 | March 30 | 7 | |
| March 9 | “This House” | Tracie Spencer | 3 | March 30 | 5 |
| March 16 | “Get Here” | Oleta Adams | 5 | March 23 | 3 |
| “Hold You Tight” | Tara Kemp | 3 | April 13 | 7 | |
| March 23 | “You’re in Love” | Wilson Phillips | 1 | April 20 | 7 |
| “I’ve Been Thinking About You” | Londonbeat | 1 | April 13 | 6 | |
| “Rescue Me” | Madonna | 9 | March 23 | 1 | |
| “Sadeness (Part I)” | Enigma | 5 | April 6 | 5 | |
| March 30 | “Signs” | Tesla | 8 | April 6 | 3 |
| April 6 | “Baby Baby” (#10) | Amy Grant | 1 | April 27 | 7 |
| “Iesha” | Another Bad Creation | 9 | April 13 | 2 | |
| April 13 | “Joyride” | Roxette | 1 | May 11 | 6 |
| “Rico Suave” | Gerardo | 7 | April 13 | 2 | |
| April 20 | “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)” (#8) | Hi-Five | 1 | May 18 | 9 |
| “Cry for Help” | Rick Astley | 7 | April 27 | 4 | |
| “Here We Go (Let’s Rock & Roll)” | C+C Music Factory | 3 | May 18 | 6 | |
| April 27 | “Touch Me (All Night Long)” | Cathy Dennis | 2 | May 18 | 6 |
| “I Touch Myself” | Divinyls | 4 | May 18 | 5 | |
| May 4 | “Rhythm of My Heart” | Rod Stewart | 5 | May 18 | 5 |
| “I Don’t Wanna Cry” | Mariah Carey | 1 | May 25 | 8 | |
| May 11 | “More Than Words” (#7) | Extreme | 1 | June 8 | 9 |
| May 18 | “I Wanna Sex You Up” (#2) | Color Me Badd | 2 | June 8 | 10 |
| May 25 | “Love Is a Wonderful Thing” | Michael Bolton | 4 | June 1 | 6 |
| “Silent Lucidity” | Queensrÿche | 9 | June 1 | 2 | |
| June 1 | “Rush Rush” (#4) | Paula Abdul | 1 | June 15 | 9 |
| “Losing My Religion” | R.E.M. | 4 | June 22 | 6 | |
| June 8 | “Unbelievable” (#6) | EMF | 1 | July 20 | 9 |
| “Miracle” | Whitney Houston | 9 | June 8 | 1 | |
| “Power of Love/Love Power” | Luther Vandross | 4 | June 29 | 6 | |
| June 15 | “Strike It Up” | Black Box | 8 | June 22 | 3 |
| June 22 | “Right Here, Right Now” | Jesus Jones | 2 | July 27 | 8 |
| June 29 | “Playground” | Another Bad Creation | 10 | June 29 | 1 |
| July 6 | “Place in this World” | Michael W. Smith | 6 | July 13 | 3 |
| “Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless)” | Crystal Waters | 8 | July 6 | 2 | |
| “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” | UB40 | 7 | July 13 | 3 | |
| July 13 | “Piece of My Heart” | Tara Kemp | 7 | July 20 | 3 |
| “P.A.S.S.I.O.N.” | Rythm Syndicate | 2 | August 3 | 6 | |
| July 20 | “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (#1) | Bryan Adams | 1 | July 27 | 10 |
| “Summertime” | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 4 | August 3 | 6 | |
| July 27 | “Every Heartbeat” | Amy Grant | 2 | August 17 | 6 |
| “It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over” | Lenny Kravitz | 2 | August 24 | 6 | |
| “Temptation” | Corina | 6 | August 10 | 5 | |
| August 3 | “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)” | Roxette | 2 | August 31 | 5 |
| “I’ll Be There” | The Escape Club | 8 | August 10 | 3 | |
| August 10 | “Wind of Change” | Scorpions | 4 | August 31 | 5 |
| August 17 | “3 a.m. Eternal” | The KLF | 5 | September 7 | 5 |
| August 24 | “The Promise of a New Day” | Paula Abdul | 1 | September 14 | 5 |
| “I Can’t Wait Another Minute” | Hi-Five | 8 | August 31 | 3 | |
| August 31 | “Motownphilly” | Boyz II Men | 3 | September 7 | 7 |
| “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…” | C+C Music Factory | 4 | September 7 | 5 | |
| September 7 | “I Adore Mi Amor” | Color Me Badd | 1 | September 21 | 7 |
| “Crazy” | Seal | 7 | September 7 | 2 | |
| “Time, Love and Tenderness” | Michael Bolton | 7 | September 14 | 4 | |
| September 14 | “Good Vibrations” | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway | 1 | October 5 | 7 |
| “Too Many Walls” | Cathy Dennis | 8 | September 21 | 2 | |
| September 21 | “Love of a Lifetime” | FireHouse | 5 | September 28 | 4 |
| “The Motown Song” | Rod Stewart featuring The Temptations | 10 | September 21 | 1 | |
| September 28 | “Emotions” | Mariah Carey | 1 | October 12 | 7 |
| “Do Anything” | Natural Selection | 2 | October 19 | 8 | |
| “Something to Talk About” | Bonnie Raitt | 5 | October 19 | 5 | |
| “Shiny Happy People” | R.E.M. | 10 | September 28 | 2 | |
| October 5 | “Romantic” | Karyn White | 1 | November 2 | 7 |
| “Hole Hearted” | Extreme | 4 | October 19 | 5 | |
| October 12 | “Everybody Plays the Fool” | Aaron Neville | 8 | October 19 | 2 |
| October 19 | “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” | Bryan Adams | 2 | November 16 | 7 |
| “Love… Thy Will Be Done” | Martika | 10 | October 19 | 1 | |
| October 26 | “Cream” | Prince and the New Power Generation | 1 | November 9 | 7 |
| “Real Real Real” | Jesus Jones | 4 | November 9 | 3 | |
| “O.P.P.” | Naughty by Nature | 6 | November 9 | 6 | |
| November 2 | “Don’t Want to Be a Fool” | Luther Vandross | 9 | November 2 | 1 |
| “The One and Only” | Chesney Hawkes | 10 | November 2 | 1 | |
| November 9 | “When a Man Loves a Woman” | Michael Bolton | 1 | November 23 | 9 |
| “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” | Boyz II Men | 2 | December 14 | 11 | |
| “Set the Night to Music” | Roberta Flack with Maxi Priest | 6 | November 16 | 3 | |
| November 16 | “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” | P.M. Dawn | 1 | November 30 | 8 |
| “That’s What Love Is For” | Amy Grant | 7 | November 23 | 4 | |
| “Don’t Cry” | Guns N’ Roses | 10 | November 16 | 2 | |
| November 23 | “Blowing Kisses in the Wind” | Paula Abdul | 6 | November 30 | 7 |
| “I Wonder Why” | Curtis Stigers | 9 | November 23 | 1 | |
| November 30 | “Black or White” | Michael Jackson | 1 | December 7 | 10 |
| December 14 | “Wildside” | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch | 10 | December 14 | 5 |
1990 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 17 | “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” | Stevie B | 1 | December 8 | 10 |
| “From a Distance” | Bette Midler | 2 | December 15 | 10 | |
| “I’m Your Baby Tonight” | Whitney Houston | 1 | December 1 | 8 | |
| December 1 | “Impulsive” | Wilson Phillips | 4 | December 22 | 7 |
| December 8 | “Tom’s Diner” | DNA featuring Suzanne Vega | 5 | December 22 | 6 |
1992 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30 | “All 4 Love” | Color Me Badd | 1 | January 25 | 14 |
| December 7 | “Can’t Let Go” | Mariah Carey | 2 | January 25 | 11 |
| December 14 | “Finally” | CeCe Peniston | 5 | January 18 | 10 |
| December 21 | “2 Legit 2 Quit” | MC Hammer | 5 | January 11 | 4 |
See also
- 1991 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1991
References
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard’s online archive services and print editions of the magazine.