List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1990

Sinéad O'Connor (pictured) earned her first Hot 100 number-one single with "Nothing Compares 2 U", which stayed at the top position for four weeks.

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1990. The three longest running number-one singles of 1990 are "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor, "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey, and "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" by Stevie B, which each attained four weeks at the top of the chart.

That year, 15 acts earned their first number one song, such as Michael Bolton, The Wild Pair, Alannah Myles, Taylor Dayne, Tommy Page, Sinéad O'Connor, Wilson Phillips, Glenn Medeiros, Mariah Carey, Sweet Sensation, Nelson, Maxi Priest, Vanilla Ice, and Stevie B. Jon Bon Jovi, already having hit number one with Bon Jovi, also earns his first number one song as a solo act. Janet Jackson, Wilson Phillips, and Mariah Carey were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on BillboardTemplate:'s 1990 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

Template:Abbr	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Template:Abbr
710	January 6	"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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711	January 20	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	Michael Bolton	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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712	February 10	"Opposites Attract"	Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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713	March 3	"Escapade"	Janet Jackson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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714	March 24	"Black Velvet"	Alannah Myles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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715	April 7	"Love Will Lead You Back"	Taylor Dayne	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
716	April 14	"I'll Be Your Everything"	Tommy Page	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
717	April 21	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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718	May 19	"Vogue"	Madonna	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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719	June 9	"Hold On"	Wilson Phillips	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
720	June 16	"It Must Have Been Love"	Roxette	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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721	June 30	"Step by Step"	New Kids on the Block	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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722	July 21	"She Ain't Worth It"	Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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723	August 4	"Vision of Love"	Mariah Carey	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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724	September 1	"If Wishes Came True"	Sweet Sensation	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
725	September 8	"Blaze of Glory"	Jon Bon Jovi	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
726	September 15	"Release Me"	Wilson Phillips	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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727	September 29	"(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"	Nelson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
728	October 6	"Close to You"	Maxi Priest	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
729	October 13	"Praying for Time"	George Michael	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
730	October 20	"I Don't Have the Heart"	James Ingram	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
731	October 27	"Black Cat"	Janet Jackson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
732	November 3	"Ice Ice Baby"	Vanilla Ice	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
733	November 10	"Love Takes Time"	Mariah Carey	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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734	December 1	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
735	December 8	"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"	Stevie B	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Mariah Carey	7
2	Janet Jackson	4
	Sinéad O'Connor
	Stevie B
5	Michael Bolton	3
	Paula Abdul
	The Wild Pair
	Madonna
	Wilson Phillips
	New Kids on the Block
11	Phil Collins	2
	Alannah Myles
	Roxette
	Glenn Medeiros
	Bobby Brown
16	Taylor Dayne	1
	Tommy Page
	Sweet Sensation
	Jon Bon Jovi
	Nelson
	Maxi Priest
	George Michael
	James Ingram
	Vanilla Ice
	Whitney Houston

See also

• 1990 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.