Bryan Adams (pictured) earned his second Hot 100 number-one single with "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which stayed at the top position for seven straight weeks.

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.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1991
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
736 January 5 "Justify My Love" Madonna [1][2]
January 12 [3][4]
737 January 19 "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" Janet Jackson [5][6]
738 January 26 "The First Time" Surface [7][8]
February 2 [9][10]
739 February 9 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" C+C Music Factory
featuring Freedom Williams 		[11][12]
February 16 [13][14]
740 February 23 "All the Man That I Need" Whitney Houston [15][16]
March 2 [17][18]
741 March 9 "Someday" Mariah Carey [19][20]
March 16 [21][22]
742 March 23 "One More Try" Timmy T [23][24]
743 March 30 "Coming Out of the Dark" Gloria Estefan [25][26]
April 6 [27][28]
744 April 13 "I've Been Thinking About You" Londonbeat [29][30]
745 April 20 "You're in Love" Wilson Phillips [31][32]
746 April 27 "Baby Baby" Amy Grant [33]
May 4 [34]
747 May 11 "Joyride" Roxette [35]
748 May 18 "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" Hi-Five [36]
749 May 25 "I Don't Wanna Cry" Mariah Carey [37]
June 1 [38]
750 June 8 "More Than Words" Extreme [39]
751 June 15 "Rush Rush" Paula Abdul [40]
June 22 [41]
June 29 [42]
July 6 [43]
July 13 [44]
752 July 20 "Unbelievable" EMF [45]
753 July 27 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"† Bryan Adams [46]
August 3 [47]
August 10 [48]
August 17 [49]
August 24 [50]
August 31 [51]
September 7 [52]
754 September 14 "The Promise of a New Day" Paula Abdul [53]
755 September 21 "I Adore Mi Amor" Color Me Badd [54]
September 28 [55]
756 October 5 "Good Vibrations" Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
featuring Loleatta Holloway 		[56]
757 October 12 "Emotions" Mariah Carey [57]
October 19 [58]
October 26 [59]
758 November 2 "Romantic" Karyn White [60]
759 November 9 "Cream" Prince and the New Power Generation [61]
November 16 [62]
760 November 23 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Michael Bolton [63]
The Billboard Hot 100 now derives its sales data from Nielsen SoundScan and radio airplay from BDS for its chart positions.
761 November 30 "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" P.M. Dawn [64]
762 December 7 "Black or White" Michael Jackson [65]
December 14 [66]
December 21 [67]
December 28 [68]

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

References

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