List of European number-one airplay songs of the 1990s

Music & Media published a chart of the most popular songs on European radio every week. During the 1990s, the main airplay chart had been changed thrice: European Airplay Top 50 (up to 12 October 1991), European Hit Radio (22 December 1990 to 18 January 1997), and European Radio Top 50 (since 25 January 1997).

European number-one airplay hits

Madonna had nine number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

George Michael had seven number-one airplay songs during the 1990s, including "Too Funky" and "Fastlove" which were the top airplay song of 1992 and 1996, respectively.

Bryan Adams had six number-one airplay songs during the 1990s, including "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? which were the top airplay song of 1991 and 1995, respectively.

Whitney Houston had five number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Spice Girls had five number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Sting had four number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Roxette had four number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Phil Collins had three number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Janet Jackson had three number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Simply Red had three number-one airplay songs during the 1990s.

Key

†	Best-performing airplay song of the year

Contents
← 1980s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s →

European Airplay Top 50

Song	Artist(s)	Issue date	Wks.
1990
"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins	18 November 1989[1]	12
"Dear Jessie"	Madonna	27 January 1990[2]	1
"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	24 February 1990[3]	7
"Enjoy the Silence"	Depeche Mode	7 April 1990[4]	2
"Black Velvet"	Alannah Myles	28 April 1990[5]	2
"Vogue"	Madonna	12 May 1990[6]	7
"Se bastasse una canzone"	Eros Ramazzotti	30 June 1990[7]	1
"Hold On"	Wilson Phillips	7 July 1990[8]	2
"It Must Have Been Love"	Roxette	21 July 1990[9]	3
"Hanky Panky"	Madonna	11 August 1990[10]	4
"Club at the End of the Street"	Elton John	8 September 1990[11]	1
"Praying for Time"	George Michael	15 September 1990[12]	3
"Tom's Diner"	DNA featuring Suzanne Vega	6 October 1990[13]	2
"I've Been Thinking About You"	Londonbeat	20 October 1990[14]	4[a]
"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	10 November 1990[15]	6[b]
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	Robert Palmer featuring UB40	15 December 1990[16]	4[c]
1991
"All This Time"	Sting	2 February 1991[17]	8
"Joyride"	Roxette	30 March 1991[18]	6
"Secret Love"	Bee Gees	13 April 1991[19]	1
"The One and Only"	Chesney Hawkes	18 May 1991[20]	1
"Love Is a Wonderful Thing"	Michael Bolton	25 May 1991[21]	3
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"	Roxette	15 June 1991[22]	1
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Cher	22 June 1991[23]	5
"Rush Rush"	Paula Abdul	20 July 1991[24]	1
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" †	Bryan Adams	3 August 1991[25]	10[d]
"Calling Elvis"	Dire Straits	21 September 1991[26]	1

European Hit Radio

Song	Artist(s)	Issue date	Wks.
1990
"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	22 December 1990[27]	1
1991
"Freedom! '90"	George Michael	12 January 1991[28]	3
"All This Time"	Sting	2 February 1991[17]	4
"Cry for Help"	Rick Astley	2 March 1991[29]	2
"Auberge"	Chris Rea	16 March 1991[30]	1
"My Side of the Bed"	Susanna Hoffs	23 March 1991[31]	1
"Joyride"	Roxette	30 March 1991[18]	2[e]
"Rhythm of My Heart"	Rod Stewart	6 April 1991[32]	8
"Love Is a Wonderful Thing"	Michael Bolton	8 June 1991[33]	3
"Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)"	Roxette	29 June 1991[34]	2
"Rush Rush"	Paula Abdul	20 July 1991[24]	4
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" †	Bryan Adams	10 August 1991[35]	11
"Something Got Me Started"	Simply Red	2 November 1991[36]	4
"Change"	Lisa Stansfield	30 November 1991[37]	1
"No Son of Mine"	Genesis	7 December 1991[38]	1
"Black or White"	Michael Jackson	14 December 1991[39]	8
1992
"I Can't Dance"	Genesis	22 February 1992[40]	2
"Remember the Time"	Michael Jackson	7 March 1992[41]	4
"Human Touch"	Bruce Springsteen	4 April 1992[42]	4
"Why"	Annie Lennox	2 May 1992[43]	4
"Do It to Me"	Lionel Richie	30 May 1992[44]	4
"The One"	Elton John	27 June 1992[45]	4
"Too Funky" †	George Michael	25 July 1992[46]	2
"This Used to Be My Playground"	Madonna	8 August 1992[47]	8
"My Destiny"	Lionel Richie	3 October 1992[48]	2
"Iron Lion Zion"	Bob Marley and the Wailers	17 October 1992[49]	2
"Erotica"	Madonna	31 October 1992[50]	4
"Sleeping Satellite"	Tasmin Archer	28 November 1992[51]	2
"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	12 December 1992[52]	9
1993
"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"	Sting	27 February 1993[53]	3
"Ordinary World"	Duran Duran	20 March 1993[54]	1
"I'm Every Woman"	Whitney Houston	27 March 1993[55]	4
"Give In to Me"	Michael Jackson	24 April 1993[56]	1
"Jump They Say"	David Bowie	1 May 1993[57]	1
"Informer"	Snow	8 May 1993[58]	1
"Somebody to Love"	George Michael and Queen	15 May 1993[59]	1
"That's the Way Love Goes"	Janet Jackson	22 May 1993[60]	5
"I Don't Wanna Fight"	Tina Turner	26 June 1993[61]	2
"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	UB40	10 July 1993[62]	6
"What's Up?" †	4 Non Blondes	21 August 1993[63]	5
"Dreamlover"	Mariah Carey	25 September 1993[64]	4
"Go West"	Pet Shop Boys	23 October 1993[65]	2
"Both Sides of the Story"	Phil Collins	6 November 1993[66]	5
"Please Forgive Me"	Bryan Adams	11 December 1993[67]	5
1994
"All for Love"	Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Sting	29 January 1994[68]	7
"Streets of Philadelphia"	Bruce Springsteen	19 March 1994[69]	6
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	Symbol	30 April 1994[70]	7
"I'll Stand by You"	The Pretenders	18 June 1994[71]	2
"Love Is All Around"	Wet Wet Wet	2 July 1994[72]	9
"7 Seconds"	Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry	3 September 1994[73]	7
"Always"	Bon Jovi	22 October 1994[74]	8[f]
"Secret"	Madonna	5 November 1994[75]	3
1995
"Stay Another Day"	East 17	14 January 1995[76]	3
"She's a River"	Simple Minds	4 February 1995[77]	3
"No More 'I Love You's"	Annie Lennox	25 February 1995[78]	7
"Back for Good"	Take That	15 April 1995[79]	5
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"	Bryan Adams	20 May 1995[80]	4
"Scream"	Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	17 June 1995[81]	5
"This Ain't a Love Song"	Bon Jovi	22 July 1995[82]	2
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	U2	5 August 1995[83]	2
"Shy Guy"	Diana King	19 August 1995[84]	5
"You Are Not Alone"	Michael Jackson	23 September 1995[85]	4
"Fantasy"	Mariah Carey	21 October 1995[86]	3
"Fairground"	Simply Red	11 November 1995[87]	1
"Heaven for Everyone"	Queen	18 November 1995[88]	3
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Whitney Houston	9 December 1995[89]	1
"GoldenEye"	Tina Turner	16 December 1995[90]	2
1996
"Earth Song"	Michael Jackson	6 January 1996[91]	4
"Jesus to a Child"	George Michael	3 February 1996[92]	5
"Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot"	Sting	9 March 1996[93]	3
"How Deep Is Your Love"	Take That	30 March 1996[94]	4
"They Don't Care About Us"	Michael Jackson	27 April 1996[95]	2
"Fastlove"	George Michael	11 May 1996[96]	6
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"	Bryan Adams	22 June 1996[97]	4
"Killing Me Softly"	Fugees	20 July 1996[98]	5
"Woman"	Neneh Cherry	24 August 1996[99]	3
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"	Pet Shop Boys	14 September 1996[100]	2
"Wannabe"	Spice Girls	28 September 1996[101]	2
"Dance into the Light"	Phil Collins	12 October 1996[102]	2
"I Love You Always Forever"	Donna Lewis	26 October 1996[103]	3
"Say You'll Be There"	Spice Girls	16 November 1996[104]	6
1997
"Step by Step"	Whitney Houston	18 January 1997[105]	1

European Radio Top 50

Song	Artist(s)	Issue date	Wks.
1997
"Step by Step"	Whitney Houston	25 January 1997[106]	2
"Don't Speak"	No Doubt	8 February 1997[107]	5
"Your Woman"	White Town	15 March 1997[108]	4
"The Real Thing"	Lisa Stansfield	12 April 1997[109]	4
"Blood on the Dance Floor"	Michael Jackson	10 May 1997[110]	5
"MMMBop"	Hanson	14 June 1997[111]	7
"I'll Be Missing You"	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	2 August 1997[112]	6
"Men in Black"	Will Smith	13 September 1997[113]	5
"Anybody Seen My Baby?"	The Rolling Stones	18 October 1997[114]	3
"Spice Up Your Life"	Spice Girls	8 November 1997[115]	3
"As Long as You Love Me"	Backstreet Boys	29 November 1997[116]	2[g]
"Sunchyme"	Dario G	6 December 1997[117]	1
"Back to You"	Bryan Adams	20 December 1997[118]	1
"Together Again"	Janet Jackson	27 December 1997[119]	7[h]
1998
"Torn"	Natalie Imbruglia	17 January 1998[120]	3[i]
"Frozen"	Madonna	7 March 1998[121]	9
"Stop"	Spice Girls	9 May 1998[122]	1
"Truly Madly Deeply"	Savage Garden	16 May 1998[123]	1
"Say You Love Me"	Simply Red	23 May 1998[124]	3
"Ray of Light"	Madonna	13 June 1998[125]	4
"Life"	Des'ree	11 July 1998[126]	7
"Viva Forever"	Spice Girls	29 August 1998[127]	4
"Millennium"	Robbie Williams	26 September 1998[128]	5
"Outside"	George Michael	31 October 1998[129]	5
"Believe"	Cher	5 December 1998[130]	7
1999
"Big Big World"	Emilia Rydberg	23 January 1999[131]	4
"Wish I Could Fly"	Roxette	20 February 1999[132]	2
"...Baby One More Time"	Britney Spears	6 March 1999[133]	9
"No Scrubs"	TLC	8 May 1999[134]	1
"In Our Lifetime"	Texas	15 May 1999[135]	1
"I Want It That Way"	Backstreet Boys	22 May 1999[136]	4
"Canned Heat"	Jamiroquai	19 June 1999[137]	1
"Beautiful Stranger"	Madonna	26 June 1999[138]	8
"If You Had My Love"	Jennifer Lopez	21 August 1999[139]	1
"Summer Son"	Texas	28 August 1999[140]	4
"Genie in a Bottle"	Christina Aguilera	25 September 1999[141]	3[j]
"Unpretty"	TLC	2 October 1999[142]	2
"I Saved the World Today"	Eurythmics	30 October 1999[143]	4
"Waiting for Tonight"	Jennifer Lopez	27 November 1999[144]	8

Statistics

Artists by total number-one songs

Artist	Number-one songs
Madonna	9
Michael Jackson	8
George Michael	7
Bryan Adams	6
Whitney Houston	5
Spice Girls	5
Sting	4
Roxette	4
Phil Collins	3
Janet Jackson	3
Simply Red	3

Notes

1. "I've Been Thinking About You" returned to number one on 19 January 1991.
2. "I'm Your Baby Tonight" returned to number one on 26 January 1991.
3. No chart issued on 29 December 1990.
4. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" stayed at number one until 12 October 1991. Music & Media had since stopped published European Airplay Top 50.
5. "Joyride" returned to number one on 11 May 1991.
6. "Always" returned to number one on 26 November 1994, remaining there until 7 January 1995.
7. "As Long as You Love Me" returned to number one on 13 December 1997
8. "Together Again" returned to number one on 24 January, 31 January, 7 February, and 21 February
9. "Torn" returned to number one on 14 February and 28 February
10. "Genie on a Bottle returned to number one on 16 October and 23 October 1999