List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1991. The two longest running number-one singles of 1991 are "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson, which each attained seven weeks at number-one. "Black or White" stayed at the top of the chart for four weeks in 1991 and three additional weeks in 1992, totaling seven weeks.

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.

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.

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]
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]

See also

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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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