This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1993. There were 11 singles that topped the chart this year. The first of these, "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, spent nine weeks at the top, concluding a 14-week run that had begun in November 1992.
That year, 6 acts earn their first number one song: Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle, Snow, Silk, SWV, and Meat Loaf. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard 's 1993 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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774 | January 2 | "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | [1] |
January 9 | [2] [3] | |||
January 16 | [4] [5] | |||
January 23 | [6] [7] | |||
January 30 | [8] [9] | |||
February 6 | [10] [11] | |||
February 13 | [12] [13] | |||
February 20 | [14] [15] | |||
February 27 | [16] [17] | |||
775 | March 6 | "A Whole New World" | Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle | [18] |
776 | March 13 | "Informer" | Snow | [19] |
March 20 | [20] | |||
March 27 | [21] | |||
April 3 | [22] | |||
April 10 | [23] | |||
April 17 | [24] | |||
April 24 | [25] | |||
777 | May 1 | "Freak Me" | Silk | [26] |
May 8 | [27] | |||
778 | May 15 | "That's the Way Love Goes" | Janet Jackson | [28] |
May 22 | [29] | |||
May 29 | [30] | |||
June 5 | [31] | |||
June 12 | [32] | |||
June 19 | [33] | |||
June 26 | [34] | |||
July 3 | [35] | |||
779 | July 10 | "Weak" | SWV | [36] |
July 17 | [37] | |||
780 | July 24 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | UB40 | [38] |
July 31 | [39] | |||
August 7 | [40] | |||
August 14 | [41] | |||
August 21 | [42] | |||
August 28 | [43] | |||
September 4 | [44] | |||
781 | September 11 | "Dreamlover" | Mariah Carey | [45] |
September 18 | [46] | |||
September 25 | [47] | |||
October 2 | [48] | |||
October 9 | [49] | |||
October 16 | [50] | |||
October 23 | [51] | |||
October 30 | [52] | |||
782 | November 6 | "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Meat Loaf | [53] |
November 13 | [54] | |||
November 20 | [55] | |||
November 27 | [56] | |||
December 4 | [57] | |||
783 | December 11 | "Again" | Janet Jackson | [58] |
December 18 | [59] | |||
784 | December 25 | "Hero" | Mariah Carey | [60] |
Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
---|---|---|
1 | Janet Jackson | 10 |
2 | Whitney Houston | 9 |
Mariah Carey | ||
4 | Snow | 7 |
UB40 | ||
6 | Meat Loaf | 5 |
7 | Silk | 2 |
SWV | ||
9 | Peabo Bryson | 1 |
Regina Belle |
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