This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1993. There were 11 singles that topped the chart this year. The first of these, "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, spent nine weeks at the top, concluding a 14-week run that had begun in November 1992.
That year, 6 acts earn their first number one song: Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle, Snow, Silk, SWV, and Meat Loaf. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1993 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. Issue dateSongArtist(s)774January 2 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney HoustonJanuary 9 January 16 January 23 January 30 February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 775March 6 "A Whole New World" Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle776March 13 "Informer" SnowMarch 20March 27April 3April 10April 17April 24777May 1 "Freak Me" SilkMay 8778May 15 "That's the Way Love Goes" Janet JacksonMay 22May 29June 5June 12June 19June 26July 3779July 10 "Weak" SWVJuly 17780July 24 "Can't Help Falling in Love" UB40July 31August 7August 14August 21August 28September 4781September 11 "Dreamlover" Mariah CareySeptember 18September 25October 2October 9October 16October 23October 30782November 6 "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meat LoafNovember 13November 20November 27December 4783December 11 "Again" Janet JacksonDecember 18784December 25 "Hero" Mariah Carey
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Janet Jackson 10 2 Whitney Houston 9 Mariah Carey 4 Snow 7 UB40 6 Meat Loaf 5 7 Silk 2 SWV 9 Peabo Bryson 1 Regina Belle
See also 1993 in music List of Billboard number-one singles List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s
References
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.