HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.comTop 100 Songs of the 1990s
The biggest hits of 1990s (1990–1999), ranked by how they did on every year-end Top 100 of the decade. The No. 1 song of the 1990s is “Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John.
Play the 1990s. Open the decade’s top 40 as a playlist on the Hey DJ 4U decks.
▶ Play the top 40 of the 1990sR&B and hip-hop became central to the pop charts in the 1990s, alongside dance-pop, grunge-era rock and, by the end of the decade, a new wave of teen pop. Changes to how the charts counted sales and airplay in 1991 made the year-end lists more closely reflect what people actually bought and heard.
The 1990s Top 100
The biggest acts of the 1990s
Every year-end No. 1 of the 1990s
- 1990: “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips
- 1991: “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” by Bryan Adams
- 1992: “End Of The Road” by Boyz II Men
- 1993: “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston
- 1994: “The Sign” by Ace Of Base
- 1995: “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio
- 1996: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” by Los Del Rio
- 1997: “Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John
- 1998: “Too Close” by Next
- 1999: “Believe” by Cher
Can you pick a winner? Vote in the 1990s bracket, or browse the 1990s year by year.
How we rank: each song earns points from its year-end position (No. 1 = 100 points, No. 100 = 1 point) on every chart in the decade, so long-running hits that made two lists rank higher. Source: Billboard’s year-end singles charts, as compiled on Wikipedia.