This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1991. The longest running number-one single of 1991 is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which attained seven weeks at number-one. ("Black or White" by Michael Jackson would also spend a total of seven weeks at #1, but only four of those weeks were in the 1991 calendar year.)
That year, 14 acts earn their first number one song, such as Surface, C+C Music Factory, Freedom Williams, Timmy T, Londonbeat, Hi-Five, Extreme, EMF, Color Me Badd, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Loleatta Holloway, Karyn White, The New Power Generation, and P.M. Dawn. Mariah Carey and Paula Abdul were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with Mariah Carey having the most with three and Paula Abdul having two.
The November 30 chart ("Set Adrift on Memory Bliss") was the first Hot 100 to be compiled with Soundscan data. The final published issue of Billboard in 1991 was December 21, a double issue that marked the last time that the Hot 100 was "frozen" for the week off. While Billboard continued the double issues beyond 1991, the charts themselves were still compiled, available through their electronic and online services.
Chart history +KeyIndicates best-performing single of 1991
Issue dateSongArtist(s)736January 5 "Justify My Love" MadonnaJanuary 12737January 19 "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" Janet Jackson738January 26 "The First Time" SurfaceFebruary 2739February 9 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom WilliamsFebruary 16740February 23 "All the Man That I Need" Whitney HoustonMarch 2741March 9 "Someday" Mariah CareyMarch 16742March 23 "One More Try" Timmy T743March 30 "Coming Out of the Dark" Gloria EstefanApril 6744April 13 "I've Been Thinking About You" Londonbeat745April 20 "You're in Love" Wilson Phillips746April 27 "Baby Baby" Amy GrantMay 4747May 11 "Joyride" Roxette748May 18 "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" Hi-Five749May 25 "I Don't Wanna Cry" Mariah CareyJune 1750June 8 "More Than Words" Extreme751June 15 "Rush Rush" Paula AbdulJune 22June 29July 6July 13752July 20 "Unbelievable" EMF753July 27 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan AdamsAugust 3August 10August 17August 24August 31September 7754September 14 "The Promise of a New Day" Paula Abdul755September 21 "I Adore Mi Amor" Color Me BaddSeptember 28756October 5 "Good Vibrations" Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway757October 12 "Emotions" Mariah CareyOctober 19October 26758November 2 "Romantic" Karyn White759November 9 "Cream" Prince and the New Power GenerationNovember 16760November 23 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Michael Bolton Beginning with the next week, Billboard used sales data from Nielsen SoundScan and radio airplay from BDS to compile the Hot 100.761November 30 "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn762December 7 "Black or White" Michael JacksonDecember 14December 21December 28
Notes
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Mariah Carey 7 Bryan Adams 3 Paula Abdul 6 4 Michael Jackson 4 5 Madonna 2 Surface C+C Music Factory Freedom Williams Whitney Houston Gloria Estefan Amy Grant Color Me Badd Prince and the New Power Generation 14 Janet Jackson 1 Timmy T Londonbeat Wilson Phillips Roxette Hi-Five Extreme EMF Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Loleatta Holloway Karyn White Michael Bolton P.M. Dawn
See also 1991 in music List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1991 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.