List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1990

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Sinead 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. FIL 2013 - Sinead O'Connor 01.JPG
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.

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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.
No.Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
710January 6"Another Day in Paradise" Phil Collins [1] [2]
January 13 [3] [4]
711January 20"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Michael Bolton [5] [6]
January 27 [7] [8]
February 3 [9] [10]
712February 10"Opposites Attract" Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair [11] [12]
February 17 [13] [14]
February 24 [15] [16]
713March 3"Escapade" Janet Jackson [17] [18]
March 10 [19] [20]
March 17 [21] [22]
714March 24"Black Velvet" Alannah Myles [23] [24]
March 31 [25] [26]
715April 7"Love Will Lead You Back" Taylor Dayne [27] [28]
716April 14"I'll Be Your Everything" Tommy Page [29] [30]
717April 21"Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor [31] [32]
April 28 [33] [34]
May 5 [35] [36]
May 12 [37] [38]
718May 19"Vogue" Madonna [39] [40]
May 26 [41] [42]
June 2 [43] [44]
719June 9"Hold On" Wilson Phillips [45] [46]
720June 16"It Must Have Been Love" Roxette [47] [48]
June 23 [49] [50]
721June 30"Step by Step" New Kids on the Block [51] [52]
July 7 [53] [54]
July 14 [55] [56]
722July 21"She Ain't Worth It" Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown [57] [58]
July 28 [59] [60]
723August 4"Vision of Love" Mariah Carey [61] [62]
August 11 [63] [64]
August 18 [65] [66]
August 25 [67] [68]
724September 1"If Wishes Came True" Sweet Sensation [69] [70]
725September 8"Blaze of Glory" Jon Bon Jovi [71] [72]
726September 15"Release Me"Wilson Phillips [73] [74]
September 22 [75] [76]
727September 29"(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" Nelson [77] [78]
728October 6"Close to You" Maxi Priest [79] [80]
729October 13"Praying for Time" George Michael [81] [82]
730October 20"I Don't Have the Heart" James Ingram [83] [84]
731October 27"Black Cat"Janet Jackson [85] [86]
732November 3"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice [87] [88]
733November 10"Love Takes Time"Mariah Carey [89] [90]
November 17 [91] [92]
November 24 [93] [94]
734December 1"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Whitney Houston [95] [96]
735December 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
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Mariah Carey7
2Janet Jackson4
Sinéad O'Connor
Stevie B
5Michael Bolton3
Paula Abdul
The Wild Pair
Madonna
Wilson Phillips
New Kids on the Block
11Phil Collins2
Alannah Myles
Roxette
Glenn Medeiros
Bobby Brown
16Taylor Dayne1
Tommy Page
Sweet Sensation
Jon Bon Jovi
Nelson
Maxi Priest
George Michael
James Ingram
Vanilla Ice
Whitney Houston

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