1991 in music
Who ruled 1991? Mariah Carey was Artist of the Year on the Billboard Hot 100 and Bryan Adams on the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of 1991, the biggest songs and the top artists.
Billboard Hot 100
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariah Carey | 133 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Amy Grant | 102 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Color Me Badd | 102 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Paula Abdul | 95 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Michael Bolton | 89 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | C&C Music Factory | 86 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Bryan Adams | 82 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | Cathy Dennis | 82 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Whitney Houston | 81 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | Extreme | 79 | 1 | 5 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All 4 Love | Color Me Badd | #1 | 28 | 61.3 |
| 2 | I Love Your Smile | Shanice | #2 | 26 | 53.8 |
| 3 | Finally | CeCe Peniston | #5 | 33 | 53.7 |
| 4 | It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday | Boyz II Men | #2 | 22 | 49.6 |
| 5 | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You | Bryan Adams | #1 | 22 | 48.4 |
| 6 | I'm Too Sexy | Right Said Fred | #1 | 21 | 47.5 |
| 7 | To Be With You | Mr. Big | #1 | 24 | 46.7 |
| 8 | Can't Let Go | Mariah Carey | #2 | 20 | 45.4 |
| 9 | Set Adrift On Memory Bliss | P.M. Dawn | #1 | 20 | 44.8 |
| 10 | I Wanna Sex You Up (From "New Jack City") | Color Me Badd | #2 | 23 | 44.6 |
UK Singles Chart
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryan Adams | 85 | 16 | 21 |
| 2 | Salt-N-Pepa | 63 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Kenny Thomas | 60 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Cher | 59 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Color Me Badd | 56 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Jason Donovan | 54 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Right Said Fred | 51 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | R.E.M. | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dannii Minogue | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Seal | 48 | 0 | 4 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 1991 | Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter | Iron Maiden | 1 |
| Jan 13, 1991 | Sadeness Part 1 | Enigma | 1 |
| Jan 20, 1991 | Innuendo | Queen | 1 |
| Jan 27, 1991 | 3AM Eternal ft the Children of the Revolution | The KLF feat. the Children of the Revolution | 2 |
| Feb 10, 1991 | Do the Bartman | The Simpsons | 3 |
| Mar 3, 1991 | Should I Stay Or Should I Go | The Clash | 2 |
| Mar 17, 1991 | The Stonk | Hale and Pace and the Stonkers | 1 |
| Mar 24, 1991 | The One And Only | Chesney Hawkes | 5 |
| Apr 28, 1991 | The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) | Cher | 5 |
| Jun 2, 1991 | I Wanna Sex You Up | Color Me Badd | 3 |
| Jun 23, 1991 | Any Dream Will Do | Jason Donovan | 2 |
| Jul 7, 1991 | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You | Bryan Adams | 16 |
| Oct 27, 1991 | The Fly | U2 | 1 |
| Nov 3, 1991 | Dizzy | Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff | 2 |
| Nov 17, 1991 | Black Or White | Michael Jackson | 2 |
| Dec 1, 1991 | Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me | George Michael & Elton John | 2 |
| Dec 15, 1991 | Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives | Queen | 2 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You | Bryan Adams | #1 | 24 | 75.6 |
| 2 | I'm Too Sexy | Right Said Fred | #2 | 16 | 41.4 |
| 3 | The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) | Cher | #1 | 15 | 39.0 |
| 4 | The One And Only | Chesney Hawkes | #1 | 17 | 37.2 |
| 5 | Insanity | Oceanic | #3 | 15 | 37.1 |
| 6 | I Wanna Sex You Up | Color Me Badd | #1 | 14 | 33.6 |
| 7 | Do the Bartman | The Simpsons | #1 | 12 | 33.0 |
| 8 | Get Ready For This | 2 Unlimited | #2 | 14 | 32.7 |
| 9 | Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are the Days of Our Lives | Queen | #1 | 13 | 31.5 |
| 10 | Any Dream Will Do | Jason Donovan | #1 | 12 | 30.7 |
Artist of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works