List of Billboard Rhythmic number-one songs of the 1990s

The Billboard Rhythmic chart debuted in the issue dated October 3, 1992, as the Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart, alongside the Top 40/Mainstream chart (now called Mainstream Top 40). Weekly rankings are "compiled from a national sample of airplay" as measured by Nielsen BDS monitoring rhythmic radios stations continuously. The first number-one song on both charts was "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men.

On June 25, 1997, the chart was renamed to Rhythmic Top 40 as a way to distinguish stations that continued to play a broad based rhythmic mix from those whose mix leaned heavily toward R&B and hip-hop. Prior to the Billboard Hot 100 becoming an all-genre songs chart in December 1998, the Rhythmic Top 40's panel of radio stations monitored by BDS made up one portion of stations measured towards the airplay component of the Hot 100 (alongside Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Modern Rock stations).[1]

Below are the songs that reached number one on the chart from its inception to the end of 1999 in chronological order.

Number-one rhythmic hits of the 1990s

Key

↓↑ – Song's run at number one was non-consecutive
Contents
Reached
number one		 Song Artist(s) Weeks at
number one
1992[2]
October 3 "End of the Road" Boyz II Men 6
November 14 "What About Your Friends" TLC 1
November 21 "Real Love" Mary J. Blige 1
November 28 "If I Ever Fall in Love" Shai 1
December 5 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 10
1993[3]
February 13 "Here We Go Again!" Portrait 1
February 20 "Don't Walk Away" Jade 1
February 27 "Freak Me" Silk 13
May 29 "That's the Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson 3
June 19 "Weak" SWV 8
August 14 "Lately" Jodeci 2
August 28 "Right Here/Human Nature" SWV 3
September 18 "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey 6
October 30 "Just Kickin' It" Xscape 5
December 4[4] "Shoop" Salt-n-Pepa 11
1994[5]
February 19 "Whatta Man" ↓↑ Salt-n-Pepa featuring En Vogue 4
March 5 "So Much in Love" ↓↑ All-4-One 2
April 2 "Bump n' Grind" R. Kelly 7
May 21 "I Swear" All-4-One 5
June 25 "Any Time, Any Place" ↓↑ Janet Jackson 3
July 9 "Back & Forth" Aaliyah 5
August 20 "Funkdafied" Da Brat 1
August 27 "I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men 12
November 19 "Here Comes the Hotstepper" Ini Kamoze 2
December 3[6] "On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men 8
1995[7]
January 28 "Creep" TLC 6
March 11 "Candy Rain" ↓↑ Soul for Real 4
April 1 "Red Light Special" ↓↑ TLC 2
April 22 "This Is How We Do It" Montell Jordan 7
June 10 "Freak Like Me" Adina Howard 1
June 17 "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" Monica 7
August 5 "Waterfalls" TLC 2
August 19 "He's Mine" MoKenStef 4
September 16 "You Are Not Alone" Michael Jackson 2
September 23 "Fantasy" Mariah Carey 11
December 16 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men 9
1996[8]
February 17 "Nobody Knows" Tony Rich Project 1
February 24 "Sittin' Up in My Room" Brandy 4
March 23 "Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey 5
April 27 "Killing Me Softly" The Fugees 9
June 29 "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 5
August 3 "Twisted" Keith Sweat 14
November 9 "No Diggity" BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre 4
December 7 "Un-Break My Heart" ↓↑ Toni Braxton 9
December 14 "Nobody" Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage 1
1997[9]
February 15 "Don't Let Go (Love)" En Vogue 1
February 22 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 5
March 29 "Return of the Mack" ↓↑ Mark Morrison 9
April 26 "Don't Leave Me" ↓↑ BLACKstreet 4
June 28 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 5
August 2 "Men in Black" Will Smith 8
September 27 "Honey" Mariah Carey 3
October 18 "You Make Me Wanna..." ↓↑ Usher 13
1998[10]
January 10 "My Love Is the Shhh!" Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara 1
January 24 "All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo 7
March 14 "Nice & Slow" Usher 3
April 4 "Anytime" Brian McKnight 4
May 2 "Too Close" Next 7
June 20 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica 9
August 22 "Are You That Somebody?" Aaliyah 10
October 31 "Touch It" Monifah 1
November 7 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Lauryn Hill 3
November 28 "How Deep Is Your Love" Dru Hill featuring Redman 4
December 26 "Have You Ever?" Brandy 9
1999[11][12]
February 27 "Angel of Mine" Monica 2
March 13 "No Scrubs" TLC 15
June 26 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Ricky Martin 1
July 3 "Where My Girls At" ↓↑ 702 5
July 24 "If You Had My Love" Jennifer Lopez 2
August 21 "Genie in a Bottle" Christina Aguilera 10
October 30 "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" Lou Bega 2
November 13 "Back at One" ↓↑ Brian McKnight 4
December 4 "Bring It All to Me" ↓↑ Blaque 6

See also

References
  1. Mayfield, Geoff; Sandiford-Waller, Theda (December 5, 1998). "A New Hot 100 Reflects Changes in Music Business". Billboard. 110 (49): 129. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  2. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1992 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  3. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1993 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  4. "Rhythmic Songs". Billboard. January 1, 1994. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  5. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1994 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. "Rhythmic Songs". Billboard. December 31, 1994. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  7. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1995 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  8. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1996 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  9. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1997 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  10. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1998 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  11. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 1999 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. "Billboard Charts Archive: Rhythmic – 2000 Archive". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
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