List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1992

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1992. [1] [2] [3] [4] TLC, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, En Vogue, and Michael Jackson each had three top-ten hits in 1992, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

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Fifteen songs spent twelve weeks or more in the top 10, the first to do so since early 1984. "End of the Road" spent a then-record 19 weeks in the top 10 in a single chart run, alongside a record 13-week stay at number one.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1992
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1991
November 30"All 4 Love" Color Me Badd 1January 2514
December 7"Can't Let Go" Mariah Carey 2January 2511
December 14"Finally" CeCe Peniston 5January 1810
December 21"2 Legit 2 Quit" MC Hammer 5January 114
Singles from 1992
January 11"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana 6January 118
"Addams Groove"MC Hammer7January 112
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" George Michael & Elton John 1February 18
January 18"Diamonds and Pearls" Prince and the New Power Generation 3February 159
"I Love Your Smile" Shanice 2February 111
January 25"Mysterious Ways" U2 9January 251
"I'm Too Sexy" Right Said Fred 1February 812
February 1"Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" Tevin Campbell 6February 297
February 8"To Be with You" Mr. Big 1February 299
February 15"Remember the Time" Michael Jackson 3March 79
February 29"Masterpiece" Atlantic Starr 3April 119
March 7"Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams 1March 2113
"Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton 2March 2812
"Good for Me" Amy Grant 8March 213
March 21"I Can't Dance" Genesis 7April 114
"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" Mint Condition 6April 115
March 28"Make It Happen"Mariah Carey5April 117
April 4"Beauty and the Beast" Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson 9April 182
April 11"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" TLC 6April 259
"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 2May 98
April 18"Jump" Kris Kross 1April 2513
"My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" En Vogue 2May 1613
April 25"Hazard" Richard Marx 9April 252
"Live and Learn" Joe Public 4May 238
May 2"Everything About You" Ugly Kid Joe 9May 24
May 9"Under the Bridge" Red Hot Chili Peppers 2June 612
May 16"One"U210May 161
May 23"In the Closet"Michael Jackson6May 304
May 30"Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-a-Lot 1July 415
"Damn! I Wish I Was Your Lover" Sophie B. Hawkins 5June 277
June 6"I'll Be There"Mariah Carey1June 208
"If You Asked Me To" Celine Dion 4July 118
June 13"The Best Things in Life Are Free" Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson 10June 133
June 20"Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus 4July 1810
"Tennessee" Arrested Development 6July 185
July 4"Wishing on a Star" The Cover Girls 9July 185
July 18"Baby-Baby-Baby"TLC2August 1514
"This Used to Be My Playground" Madonna 1August 88
"Just Another Day" Jon Secada 5August 112
July 25"Life Is a Highway" Tom Cochrane 6August 226
August 1"November Rain" Guns N' Roses 3August 2910
"End of the Road" Boyz II Men 1August 1519
"Giving Him Something He Can Feel"En Vogue6September 127
August 8"Too Funky"George Michael10August 81
August 15"Move This" Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K 6September 53
August 22"Stay" Shakespear's Sister 4September 197
August 29"Humpin' Around" Bobby Brown 3September 128
September 12"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" Patty Smyth 2September 2611
"Jump Around" House of Pain 3October 1011
September 19"The One"Elton John9September 191
"She's Playing Hard to Get" Hi-Five 5October 177
September 26"Please Don't Go" K.W.S. 6October 175
October 10"People Everyday" Arrested Development 8October 104
"When I Look Into Your Eyes" Firehouse 8October 173
"I'd Die Without You" P.M. Dawn 3October 3116
October 24"Erotica"Madonna3October 244
"How Do You Talk to an Angel" The Heights 1November 1410
October 31"Free Your Mind"En Vogue8October 311
November 7"Rump Shaker" Wreckx-n-Effect 2December 2615
"Real Love" Mary J. Blige 7December 59
"What About Your Friends"TLC7November 2110
November 14"If I Ever Fall in Love" Shai 2November 2115
November 28"I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 1November 2816
"Good Enough" Bobby Brown 7December 2610

1991 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1992 which peaked in 1991
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 9"When a Man Loves a Woman" Michael Bolton 1November 239
"It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"Boyz II Men2December 1411
November 16"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"P.M. Dawn1November 308
November 23"Blowing Kisses in the Wind" Paula Abdul 6November 307
November 30"Black or White"Michael Jackson1December 710
December 14"Wildside" Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch 10December 145

1993 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1992 which peaked in 1993
Top ten
entry date
SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 31"Rhythm Is a Dancer" Snap! 5January 214
December 12"In the Still of the Nite" Boyz II Men 3January 1611
December 26"Saving Forever for You" Shanice 4January 3010

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