List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1990

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.

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.

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An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
710	January 6	"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins	[1][2]
	January 13			[3][4]
711	January 20	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	Michael Bolton	[5][6]
	January 27			[7][8]
	February 3			[9][10]
712	February 10	"Opposites Attract"	Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair	[11][12]
	February 17			[13][14]
	February 24			[15][16]
713	March 3	"Escapade"	Janet Jackson	[17][18]
	March 10			[19][20]
	March 17			[21][22]
714	March 24	"Black Velvet"	Alannah Myles	[23][24]
	March 31			[25][26]
715	April 7	"Love Will Lead You Back"	Taylor Dayne	[27][28]
716	April 14	"I'll Be Your Everything"	Tommy Page	[29][30]
717	April 21	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	[31][32]
	April 28			[33][34]
	May 5			[35][36]
	May 12			[37][38]
718	May 19	"Vogue"	Madonna	[39][40]
	May 26			[41][42]
	June 2			[43][44]
719	June 9	"Hold On"	Wilson Phillips	[45][46]
720	June 16	"It Must Have Been Love"	Roxette	[47][48]
	June 23			[49][50]
721	June 30	"Step by Step"	New Kids on the Block	[51][52]
	July 7			[53][54]
	July 14			[55][56]
722	July 21	"She Ain't Worth It"	Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown	[57][58]
	July 28			[59][60]
723	August 4	"Vision of Love"	Mariah Carey	[61][62]
	August 11			[63][64]
	August 18			[65][66]
	August 25			[67][68]
724	September 1	"If Wishes Came True"	Sweet Sensation	[69][70]
725	September 8	"Blaze of Glory"	Jon Bon Jovi	[71][72]
726	September 15	"Release Me"	Wilson Phillips	[73][74]
	September 22			[75][76]
727	September 29	"(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"	Nelson	[77][78]
728	October 6	"Close to You"	Maxi Priest	[79][80]
729	October 13	"Praying for Time"	George Michael	[81][82]
730	October 20	"I Don't Have the Heart"	James Ingram	[83][84]
731	October 27	"Black Cat"	Janet Jackson	[85][86]
732	November 3	"Ice Ice Baby"	Vanilla Ice	[87][88]
733	November 10	"Love Takes Time"	Mariah Carey	[89][90]
	November 17			[91][92]
	November 24			[93][94]
734	December 1	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	[95][96]
735	December 8	"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"	Stevie B	[97][98]
	December 15			[99][100]
	December 22			[101][102]
	December 29*			[103][104]

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

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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.