List of "Billboard's" #1 Pop Singles

[Max]

OneLife Fan, you are very welcome. I am so glad that you are enjoying this list.

1992:

802. All 4 Love--Color Me Badd (1 week, January 25)

803. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me--George Michael/Elton John (1 week, February 1)

804. I'm Too Sexy--Right Said Fred (3 weeks, February 8)

805. To Be with You--Mr. Big (3 weeks, February 29)

806. Save the Best for Last--Vanessa Williams (5 weeks, March 21)

807. Jump--Kris Kross (8 weeks, April 25)

808. I'll Be There--Mariah Carey (2 weeks, June 20)

809. Baby Got Back--Sir Mix-A-Lot (5 weeks, July 4)

810. This Used to Be My Playground--Madonna (1 week, August 8)

811. End of the Road--Boyz II Men (13 weeks, August 15)

812. How Do You Talk to an Angel--The Heights (2 weeks, November 14)

813. I Will Always Love You--Whitney Houston (14 weeks, November 28)

1993:

814. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)--Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (1 week, March 6)

815. Informer--Snow (7 weeks, March 13)

816. Freak Me--Silk (2 weeks, May 1)

817. That's the Way Love Goes--Janet Jackson (8 weeks, May 15)

818. Weak--SWV (2 weeks, July 10)

819. Can't Help Falling in Love--UB40 (7 weeks, July 24)

820. Dreamlover--Mariah Carey (8 weeks, September 11)

821. I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)--Meat Loaf (5 weeks, November 6)

822. Again--Janet Jackson (2 weeks, December 11)

823. Hero--Mariah Carey (4 weeks, December 25)

1994:

824. All for Love--Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting (3 weeks, January 22)

825. The Power of Love--Celine Dion (4 weeks, February 12)

826. The Sign--Ace of Base (6 weeks, March 12)

827. Bump N' Grind--R. Kelly (4 weeks, April 9)

828. I Swear--All-4-One (11 weeks, May 21)

829. Stay (I Missed You)--Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (3 weeks, August 6)

830. I'll Make Love to You--Boyz II Men (14 weeks, August 27)

831. On Bended Knee--Boyz II Men (6 weeks, December 3)

832. Here Comes the Hotstepper--Ini Kamoze (2 weeks, December 17)

[OneLife Fan]

Wow Max. This is alot of work. U r awesome!!

[Max]

OneLife Fan, thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate it.

1995:

833. Creep--TLC (4 weeks, January 28)

834. Take a Bow--Madonna (7 weeks, February 25)

835. This Is How We Do It--Montell Jordan (7 weeks, April 15)

836. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?--Bryan Adams (5 weeks, June 3)

837. Waterfalls--TLC (7 weeks, July 8)

838. Kiss from a Rose--Seal (1 week, August 26)

839. You Are Not Alone--Michael Jackson (1 week, September 2)

840. Gangsta's Paradise--Coolio featuring L.V. (3 weeks, September 9)

841. Fantasy--Mariah Carey (8 weeks, September 30)

842. Exhale (Shoop Shoop)--Whitney Houston (1 week, November 25)

843. One Sweet Day--Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (16 weeks, December 2)

1996:

844. Because You Loved Me--Celine Dion (6 weeks, March 23)

845. Always Be My Baby--Mariah Carey (2 weeks, May 4)

846. Tha Crossroads--Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (8 weeks, May 18)

847. How Do U Want It/California Love--2Pac featuring KC & JoJo & featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman (2 weeks, July 13)

848. You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow--Toni Braxton (1 week, July 27)

849. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)--Los Del Rio (14 weeks, August 3)

850. No Diggity--BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre (4 weeks, November 9)

851. Un-Break My Heart--Toni Braxton (11 weeks, December 7)

1997:

852. Wannabe--The Spice Girls (4 weeks, February 22)

853. Can't Nobody Hold Me Down--Puff Daddy featuring Mase (6 weeks, March 22)

854. Hypnotize--The Notorious B.I.G. (3 weeks, May 3)

855. MMMBop--Hanson (3 weeks, May 24)

856. I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 (11 weeks, June 14)

857. Mo Money Mo Problems--The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase (2 weeks, August 30)

858. Honey--Mariah Carey (3 weeks, September 13)

859. 4 Seasons of Loneliness--Boyz II Men (1 week, October 4)

860. Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight--Elton John (14 weeks, October 11)

[OneLife Fan]

"I'll Be Missing You"- Puff daddt and Faith Evans ( wow...totally love this song and video)

[Evan]

Max, excellent work! I love reading through the thread and recalling various songs from previous years.

I was such a huge Toni Braxton fan during the mid 1990s - it's a shame her recent material has been so poor!

[Max]

OneLife Fan, I agree that "I'll Be Missing You" is a very good song. I never got to see the video though, so I wonder what that was like.

Evan, you are very welcome. Like you, I love to read and ascertain which songs were from each year. Regarding Toni Braxton, I have not followed pop music lately. Therefore, I wonder when her music started going downhill.

1998:

861. Truly Madly Deeply--Savage Garden (2 weeks, January 17)

862. Together Again--Janet Jackson (2 weeks, January 31)

863. Nice & Slow--Usher (2 weeks, February 14)

864. My Heart Will Go On--Celine Dion (2 weeks, February 28)

865. Gettin' Jiggy Wit It--Will Smith (3 weeks, March 14)

866. All My Life--K-Ci & JoJo (3 weeks, April 4)

867. Too Close--Next (5 weeks, April 25)

868. My All--Mariah Carey (1 week, May 23)

869. The Boy Is Mine--Brandy & Monica (13 weeks, June 6)

870. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing--Aerosmith (4 weeks, September 5)

871. The First Night--Monica (5 weeks, October 3)

872. One Week--The Barenaked Ladies (1 week, October 17)

873. Doo Wop (That Thing)--Lauryn Hill (2 weeks, November 14)

874. Lately--Divine (1 week, November 28)

875. I'm Your Angel--R. Kelly & Celine Dion (6 weeks, December 5)

1999:

876. Have You Ever?--Brandy (2 weeks, January 16)

877. ...Baby One More Time--Britney Spears (2 weeks, January 30)

878. Angel of Mine--Monica (4 weeks, February 13)

879. Believe--Cher (4 weeks, March 13)

880. No Scrubs--TLC (4 weeks, April 10)

881. Livin' La Vida Loca--Ricky Martin (5 weeks, May 8)

882. If You Had My Love--Jennifer Lopez (5 weeks, June 12)

883. Bills, Bills, Bills--Destiny's Child (1 week, July 17)

884. Wild Wild West--Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee (1 week, July 24)

885. Genie in a Bottle--Christina Aguilera (5 weeks, July 31)

886. Bailamos--Enrique Iglesias (2 weeks, September 4)

887. Unpretty--TLC (3 weeks, September 18)

888. Heartbreaker--Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z (2 weeks, October 9)

889. Smooth--Santana featuring Rob Thomas (12 weeks, October 23)

2000:

890. What a Girl Wants--Christina Aguilera (2 weeks, January 15)

891. I Knew I Loved You--Savage Garden (4 weeks, January 29)

892. Thank God I Found You--Mariah Carey featuring Joe & 98 Degrees (1 week, February 19)

893. Amazed--Lonestar (2 weeks, March 4)

894. Say My Name--Destiny's Child (3 weeks, March 18)

895. Maria Maria--Santana featuring the Product G&B (10 weeks, April 8)

896. Try Again--Aaliyah (1 week, June 17)

897. Be with You--Enrique Iglesias (3 weeks, June 24)

898. Everything You Want--Vertical Horizon (1 week, July 15)

899. Bent--matchbox twenty (1 week, July 22)

900. It's Gonna Be Me--'N Sync (2 weeks, July 29)

901. Incomplete--Sisqo (2 weeks, August 12)

902. Doesn't Really Matter--Janet Jackson (3 weeks, August 26)

903. Music--Madonna (4 weeks, September 16)

904. Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)--Christina Aguilera (4 weeks, October 14)

905. With Arms Wide Open--Creed (1 week, November 11)

906. Independent Women Part I--Destiny's Child (11 weeks, November 18)

[OneLife Fan]

OH my word!! SOOOOOO many of these songs on the lists bring back memorie's. Damn...i feel like an old !@#$%^&*]...but at least i am still living!! LOL!! All The Best Max!!

[EricaKane70]

This song was #1 when I was born on dec.5, 1981. Is this why I am physical?lol

[R!ck]

3 1/2 months at #1 Oy!

No wonder I still cringe when this song comes on.

[Shawn]

I hate that song with a PASSION

[Max]

OneLife Fan, these songs also bring back a lot of memories for me, too!

Kanewomen2005, that is such an interesting coincidence that you are a physical person and that the song "Physical" was #1 on the week you were born. For me, I always get a kick out of the fact that "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. (1980) was #1 the week I was born, despite the fact that I am most certainly not a funky person! Anyway, it is always interesting to learn what song was #1 on the week you were born.

Rick and Shawn, I obviously see that both of you were unhappy that "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio was #1 for so long. However, if it is any consolation, you will be pleased to know that Los Del Rio is a one-hit wonder.

2001:

907. It Wasn't Me--Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent (2 weeks, February 3)

908. Ms. Jackson--OutKast (1 week, February 17)

909. Stutter--Joe featuring Mystikal (4 weeks, February 24)

910. Butterfly--Crazy Town (2 weeks, March 24)

911. Angel--Shaggy featuring Rayvon (1 week, March 31)

912. All for You--Janet Jackson (7 weeks, April 14)

913. Lady Marmalade--Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, & Pink (5 weeks, June 2)

914. U Remind Me--Usher (4 weeks, July 7)

915. Bootylicious--Destiny's Child (2 weeks, August 4)

916. Fallin'--Alicia Keys (6 weeks, August 18)

917. I'm Real--Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule (5 weeks, September 8)

918. Family Affair--Mary J. Blige (6 weeks, November 3)

919. U Got It Bad--Usher (6 weeks, December 15)

920. How You Remind Me--Nickelback (4 weeks, December 22)

2002:

921. Always on Time--Ja Rule featuring Ashanti (2 weeks, February 23)

922. Ain't It Funny--Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule (6 weeks, March 9)

923. Foolish--Ashanti (10 weeks, April 20)

924. Hot in Herre--Nelly (7 weeks, June 29)

925. Dilemma--Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland (10 weeks, August 17)

926. A Moment Like This--Kelly Clarkson (2 weeks, October 5)

927. Lose Yourself--Eminem (12 weeks, November 9)

2003:

928. Bump, Bump, Bump--B2K & P. Diddy (1 week, February 1)

929. All I Have--Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J (4 weeks, February 8)

930. In Da Club--50 Cent (9 weeks, March 8)

931. Get Busy--Sean Paul (3 weeks, May 10)

932. 21 Questions--50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg (4 weeks, May 31)

933. This Is the Night--Clay Aiken (2 weeks, June 28)

Please note that this concludes the list of "Billboard's" #1 Pop Singles. The reason why the list stops here is because "This Is the Night" by Clay Aiken is the last song covered in the most recent edition of "The 'Billboard' Book of Number One Hits." (This, of course, unfortunately means that I don't know the remainder of #1 hits for 2003.) However, although the list is complete, please note that I am not finished saying all that I would like to say: in the coming days, I will print some lists that contain interesting information regarding #1 hits.

[dimples]

And I dub this the time when rap really started going downhill. Not that it was better before but 50 Cent's success really took the cake IMO .

It really is a shame. Still like her though and I have faith. I mean, look at Mary J. "No More Drama" was good and then she made "Love and Life" which was poor and extremely commercialised. But now she's making waves again with "The Breakthrough". I think Toni will recapture her success eventually. I just hope it happens soon. R&B is definitely missing powerhouses like her.

[Max]

Dimples, I notice that you dislike rap. That makes two of us. (Although, in my case, I absolutely hate rap.)

As I mentioned in my last post, I am going to share with you some interesting lists regarding the #1 singles. The first list is of the exact same songs that have been #1 two different times, by two different artists. Believe it or not, this has occurred a total of nine times, as shown below:

*Go Away Little Girl--Steve Lawrence (2 weeks, 1963)

*Go Away Little Girl--Donny Osmond (3 weeks, 1971)

*The Loco-Motion--Little Eva (1 week, 1962)

*The Loco-Motion--Grand Funk (2 weeks, 1974)

*Please Mr. Postman--The Marvelettes (1 week, 1961)

*Please Mr. Postman--The Carpenters (1 week, 1975)

*Venus--Shocking Blue (1 week, 1970)

*Venus--Bananarama (1 week, 1986)

(Note: Another song called "Venus," by Frankie Avalon--which spent 5 weeks at #1 in 1959--is a completely different song from the "Venus" sung by Shocking Blue and Bananarama.)

*Lean on Me--Bill Withers (3 weeks, 1972)

*Lean on Me--Club Nouveau (2 weeks, 1987)

*You Keep Me Hangin' On--The Supremes (2 weeks, 1966)

*You Keep Me Hangin' On--Kim Wilde (1 week, 1987)

*When a Man Loves a Woman--Percy Sledge (2 weeks, 1966)

*When a Man Loves a Woman--Michael Bolton (1 week, 1991)

*I'll Be There--The Jackson Five (5 weeks, 1970)

*I'll Be There--Mariah Carey (2 weeks, 1992)

*Lady Marmalade--Labelle (1 week, 1975)

*Lady Marmalade--Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, & Pink (5 weeks, 2001)

Now, the songs above happened to be the same exact song covered by two different artists. Below is another list of songs, which went to number #1 two different times, by two different artists. However, unlike the songs above, the songs in the list below are (each) two entirely different songs altogether: in other words, the only similarity between each pair of songs below is that they have the exact (or virtually the) same title. (Note that the fact that Frankie Avalon's "Venus" being a completely different song from the "Venus" sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama will not be mentioned below, since I already mentioned that earlier.)

*My Love--Petula Clark (2 weeks, 1966)

*My Love--Paul McCartney & Wings (4 weeks, 1973)

*I'm Sorry--Brenda Lee (3 weeks, 1960)

*I'm Sorry--John Denver (1 week, 1975)

*Best of My Love--The Eagles (1 week, 1975)

*Best of My Love--The Emotions (5 weeks, 1977)

*One More Try--George Michael (3 weeks, 1988)

*One More Try--Timmy T (1 week, 1991)

*Good Vibrations--The Beach Boys (1 week, 1966)

*Good Vibrations--Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway (1 week, 1991)

*Jump--Van Halen (5 weeks, 1984)

*Jump--Kris Kross (8 weeks, 1992)

*All 4 Love--Color Me Badd (1 week, 1992)

*All for Love--Bryan Adams/Rod Stewart/Sting (3 weeks, 1994)

*The Power of Love--Huey Lewis & the News (2 weeks, 1985)

*The Power of Love--Celine Dion (4 weeks, 1994)

*Honey--Bobby Goldsboro (5 weeks, 1968)

*Honey--Mariah Carey (3 weeks, 1997)

*Wild, Wild West--The Escape Club (1 week, 1988)

*Wild Wild West--Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee (1 week, 1999)

*Family Affair--Sly & the Family Stone (3 weeks, 1971)

*Family Affair--Mary J. Blige (6 weeks, 2001)

[Shawn]

Max, wasn't Kylie Minogue's 1988 version of "The Loco-motion" number 1 as well?

[Max]

Shawn, surprisingly Kylie Minogue's 1988 version of "The Loco-Motion" did not reach #1: the song actually peaked at #3. However, I strongly agree with you that her version of "The Loco-Motion" should have been #1, since I really love her version of the song. As I mentioned earlier, I am quite surprised that her version didn't reach #1, because I remember that song being so popular back when it was released.

On a slightly different note, I am pretty sure--due to the fact that Kylie Minogue's version reached #3--that "The Loco-Motion" has come closer than any other song to achieving the distinction of being #1 by three different artists. I say that I am pretty sure about this, because out of the other eight songs that were #1 by two different artists, I do not believe that any other versions of those songs reached as high as #3.