List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplays.

Pop singer Mariah Carey's hit single "One Sweet Day" held the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record sixteen weeks.

Twelve singles topped the chart during the year. "On Bended Knee" by Boyz II Men began its peak at the top in 1994. The longest running number-one single of 1995 is "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey, which logged eight weeks atop the chart. The second longest-reigning number one single is a three-way tie between "Take a Bow" by Madonna, "This Is How We Do It" by Montell Jordan, and "Waterfalls" by TLC, with seven weeks each.

"One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men held the record for the longest running song at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 16 weeks. It also broke the 14-week record held by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Boyz II Men's "I'll Make Love to You". Five of those weeks were logged in 1995 and the other 11 weeks were logged in 1996. Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" became the first single to debut at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and holds the Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at number one. In addition, "Fantasy", "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" by Whitney Houston, and "One Sweet Day" also debuted at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.

That year, 5 acts earn their first number one song, such as TLC, Montell Jordan, Seal, Coolio, and L.V.. Mariah Carey was the only act to hit more than once at number one with two songs.

Chart history
Pop singer Madonna scored her eleventh number one single with "Take a Bow", her longest running number one on the chart, with seven consecutive weeks at the top.
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1995 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue Date Song Artist(s) Ref.
re January 7 "On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men [1]
January 14 [2]
January 21 [3]
794 January 28 "Creep" TLC [4]
February 4 [5]
February 11 [6]
February 18 [7]
795 February 25 "Take a Bow" Madonna [8]
March 4 [9]
March 11 [10]
March 18 [11]
March 25 [12]
April 1 [13]
April 8 [14]
796 April 15 "This Is How We Do It" Montell Jordan [15]
April 22 [16]
April 29 [17]
May 6 [18]
May 13 [19]
May 20 [20]
May 27 [21]
797 June 3 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams [22]
June 10 [23]
June 17 [24]
June 24 [25]
July 1 [26]
798 July 8 "Waterfalls" TLC [27]
July 15 [28]
July 22 [29]
July 29 [30]
August 5 [31]
August 12 [32]
August 19 [33]
799 August 26 "Kiss from a Rose" Seal [34]
800 September 2 "You Are Not Alone" Michael Jackson [35]
801 September 9 "Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio featuring L.V. [36]
September 16 [37]
September 23 [38]
802 September 30 "Fantasy" Mariah Carey [39]
October 7 [40]
October 14 [41]
October 21 [42]
October 28 [43]
November 4 [44]
November 11 [45]
November 18 [46]
803 November 25 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston [47]
804 December 2 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men [48]
December 9 [49]
December 16 [50]
December 23 [51]
December 30 [52]

See also

References
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Additional sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • 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.
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