List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995

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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.

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.

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 earned their first number one song: TLC, Montell Jordan, Seal, Coolio, and L.V. Mariah Carey and TLC were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with two songs each.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on BillboardTemplate:'s 1995 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

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re	January 7	"On Bended Knee"	Boyz II Men	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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794	January 28	"Creep"	TLC	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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795	February 25	"Take a Bow"	Madonna	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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796	April 15	"This Is How We Do It"	Montell Jordan	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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798	July 8	"Waterfalls"	TLC	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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799	August 26	"Kiss from a Rose"	Seal	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
800	September 2	"You Are Not Alone"	Michael Jackson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
801	September 9	"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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802	September 30	"Fantasy"	Mariah Carey	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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803	November 25	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Whitney Houston	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
804	December 2	"One Sweet Day"	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</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	13
2	TLC	11
3	Boyz II Men	8
4	Madonna	7
	Montell Jordan
6	Bryan Adams	5
7	Coolio	3
	L.V.
9	Seal	1
	Michael Jackson
	Whitney Houston

See also

• 1995 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.