Music & Media published a chart of the most popular songs on European radio every week. During the 1990s, the main airplay chart had been changed thrice: European Airplay Top 50 (up to 12 October 1991), European Hit Radio (22 December 1990 to 18 January 1997), and European Radio Top 50 (since 25 January 1997).

European number-one airplay hits

+Key† Best-performing airplay song of the year

European Airplay Top 50 SongArtist(s)Issue date1990 "Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins 18 November 1989 12 "Dear Jessie" Madonna 27 January 1990 1 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor 24 February 1990 7 "Enjoy the Silence" Depeche Mode 7 April 1990 2 "Black Velvet" Alannah Myles 28 April 1990 2 "Vogue" Madonna 12 May 1990 7 "Se bastasse una canzone" Eros Ramazzotti 30 June 1990 1 "Hold On" Wilson Phillips 7 July 1990 2 "It Must Have Been Love" Roxette 21 July 1990 3 "Hanky Panky" Madonna 11 August 1990 4 "Club at the End of the Street" Elton John 8 September 1990 1 "Praying for Time" George Michael 15 September 1990 3 "Tom's Diner" DNA featuring Suzanne Vega 6 October 1990 2 "I've Been Thinking About You" Londonbeat 20 October 1990 4 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Whitney Houston 10 November 1990 6 "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" Robert Palmer featuring UB40 15 December 1990 41991 "All This Time" Sting 2 February 1991 8 "Joyride" Roxette 30 March 1991 6 "Secret Love" Bee Gees 13 April 1991 1 "The One and Only" Chesney Hawkes 18 May 1991 1 "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" Michael Bolton 25 May 1991 3 "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" Roxette 15 June 1991 1 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" Cher 22 June 1991 5 "Rush Rush" Paula Abdul 20 July 1991 1 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" † Bryan Adams 3 August 1991 10 "Calling Elvis" Dire Straits 21 September 1991 1

European Hit Radio SongArtist(s)Issue date1990 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Whitney Houston 22 December 1990 11991 "Freedom! '90" George Michael 12 January 1991 3 "All This Time" Sting 2 February 1991 4 "Cry for Help" Rick Astley 2 March 1991 2 "Auberge" Chris Rea 16 March 1991 1 "My Side of the Bed" Susanna Hoffs 23 March 1991 1 "Joyride" Roxette 30 March 1991 2 "Rhythm of My Heart" Rod Stewart 6 April 1991 8 "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" Michael Bolton 8 June 1991 3 "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" Roxette 29 June 1991 2 "Rush Rush" Paula Abdul 20 July 1991 4 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" † Bryan Adams 10 August 1991 11 "Something Got Me Started" Simply Red 2 November 1991 4 "Change" Lisa Stansfield 30 November 1991 1 "No Son of Mine" Genesis 7 December 1991 1 "Black or White" Michael Jackson 14 December 1991 81992 "I Can't Dance" Genesis 22 February 1992 2 "Remember the Time" Michael Jackson 7 March 1992 4 "Human Touch" Bruce Springsteen 4 April 1992 4 "Why" Annie Lennox 2 May 1992 4 "Do It to Me" Lionel Richie 30 May 1992 4 "The One" Elton John 27 June 1992 4 "Too Funky" † George Michael 25 July 1992 2 "This Used to Be My Playground" Madonna 8 August 1992 8 "My Destiny" Lionel Richie 3 October 1992 2 "Iron Lion Zion" Bob Marley and the Wailers 17 October 1992 2 "Erotica" Madonna 31 October 1992 4 "Sleeping Satellite" Tasmin Archer 28 November 1992 2 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 12 December 1992 91993 "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Sting 27 February 1993 3 "Ordinary World" Duran Duran 20 March 1993 1 "I'm Every Woman" Whitney Houston 27 March 1993 4 "Give In to Me" Michael Jackson 24 April 1993 1 "Jump They Say" David Bowie 1 May 1993 1 "Informer" Snow 8 May 1993 1 "Somebody to Love" George Michael and Queen 15 May 1993 1 "That's the Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson 22 May 1993 5 "I Don't Wanna Fight" Tina Turner 26 June 1993 2 "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" UB40 10 July 1993 6 "What's Up?" † 4 Non Blondes 21 August 1993 5 "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey 25 September 1993 4 "Go West" Pet Shop Boys 23 October 1993 2 "Both Sides of the Story" Phil Collins 6 November 1993 5 "Please Forgive Me" Bryan Adams 11 December 1993 51994 "All for Love" Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting 29 January 1994 7 "Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen 19 March 1994 6 "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" Symbol 30 April 1994 7 "I'll Stand by You" The Pretenders 18 June 1994 2 "Love Is All Around" Wet Wet Wet 2 July 1994 9 "7 Seconds" Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry 3 September 1994 7 "Always" Bon Jovi 22 October 1994 8 "Secret" Madonna 5 November 1994 31995 "Stay Another Day" East 17 14 January 1995 3 "She's a River" Simple Minds 4 February 1995 3 "No More 'I Love You's" Annie Lennox 25 February 1995 7 "Back for Good" Take That 15 April 1995 5 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams 20 May 1995 4 "Scream" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson 17 June 1995 5 "This Ain't a Love Song" Bon Jovi 22 July 1995 2 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" U2 5 August 1995 2 "Shy Guy" Diana King 19 August 1995 5 "You Are Not Alone" Michael Jackson 23 September 1995 4 "Fantasy" Mariah Carey 21 October 1995 3 "Fairground" Simply Red 11 November 1995 1 "Heaven for Everyone" Queen 18 November 1995 3 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston 9 December 1995 1 "GoldenEye" Tina Turner 16 December 1995 21996 "Earth Song" Michael Jackson 6 January 1996 4 "Jesus to a Child" George Michael 3 February 1996 5 "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" Sting 9 March 1996 3 "How Deep Is Your Love" Take That 30 March 1996 4 "They Don't Care About Us" Michael Jackson 27 April 1996 2 "Fastlove" George Michael 11 May 1996 6 "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" Bryan Adams 22 June 1996 4 "Killing Me Softly" Fugees 20 July 1996 5 "Woman" Neneh Cherry 24 August 1996 3 "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" Pet Shop Boys 14 September 1996 2 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 28 September 1996 2 "Dance into the Light" Phil Collins 12 October 1996 2 "I Love You Always Forever" Donna Lewis 26 October 1996 3 "Say You'll Be There" Spice Girls 16 November 1996 61997 "Step by Step" Whitney Houston 18 January 1997 1

European Radio Top 50 SongArtist(s)Issue date1997 "Step by Step" Whitney Houston 25 January 1997 2 "Don't Speak" No Doubt 8 February 1997 5 "Your Woman" White Town 15 March 1997 4 "The Real Thing" Lisa Stansfield 12 April 1997 4 "Blood on the Dance Floor" Michael Jackson 10 May 1997 5 "MMMBop" Hanson 14 June 1997 7 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 2 August 1997 6 "Men in Black" Will Smith 13 September 1997 5 "Anybody Seen My Baby?" The Rolling Stones 18 October 1997 3 "Spice Up Your Life" Spice Girls 8 November 1997 3 "As Long as You Love Me" Backstreet Boys 29 November 1997 2 "Sunchyme" Dario G 6 December 1997 1 "Back to You" Bryan Adams 20 December 1997 1 "Together Again" Janet Jackson 27 December 1997 71998 "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia 17 January 1998 3 "Frozen" Madonna 7 March 1998 9 "Stop" Spice Girls 9 May 1998 1 "Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden 16 May 1998 1 "Say You Love Me" Simply Red 23 May 1998 3 "Ray of Light" Madonna 13 June 1998 4 "Life" Des'ree 11 July 1998 7 "Viva Forever" Spice Girls 29 August 1998 4 "Millennium" Robbie Williams 26 September 1998 5 "Outside" George Michael 31 October 1998 5 "Believe" Cher 5 December 1998 71999 "Big Big World" Emilia Rydberg 23 January 1999 4 "Wish I Could Fly" Roxette 20 February 1999 2 "...Baby One More Time" Britney Spears 6 March 1999 9 "No Scrubs" TLC 8 May 1999 1 "In Our Lifetime" Texas 15 May 1999 1 "I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 22 May 1999 4 "Canned Heat" Jamiroquai 19 June 1999 1 "Beautiful Stranger" Madonna 26 June 1999 8 "If You Had My Love" Jennifer Lopez 21 August 1999 1 "Summer Son" Texas 28 August 1999 4 "Genie in a Bottle" Christina Aguilera 25 September 1999 3 "Unpretty" TLC 2 October 1999 2 "I Saved the World Today" Eurythmics 30 October 1999 4 "Waiting for Tonight" Jennifer Lopez 27 November 1999 8

Statistics Artists by total number-one songs ArtistNumber-onesongs Madonna 9 Michael Jackson 8 George Michael 7 Bryan Adams 6 Whitney Houston 5 Spice Girls 5 Sting 4 Roxette 4 Phil Collins 3 Janet Jackson 3 Simply Red 3

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