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1995 in music

Who ruled 1995? TLC was Artist of the Year on the Billboard Hot 100 and Oasis on the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of 1995, the biggest songs and the top artists.

Billboard Hot 100

Artist of the Year 1995

TLC

20 crowns · 45 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 196

Top artists of 1995
#	Artist	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	TLC	196	20	45
2	Hootie & The Blowfish	155	4	20
3	Boyz II Men	151	11	22
4	Real McCoy	117	0	17
5	Brandy	108	0	8
6	Madonna	100	0	16
7	The Notorious B.I.G.	98	0	8
8	Soul For Real	96	0	7
9	Monica	88	0	7
10	Janet Jackson	80	0	10

Every #1 song of 199512 songs reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
First week at #1	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
Jan 7, 1995	On Bended Knee	Boyz II Men	3
Jan 28, 1995	Creep	TLC	4
Feb 25, 1995	Take A Bow	Madonna	7
Apr 15, 1995	This Is How We Do It	Montell Jordan	7
Jun 3, 1995	Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?	Bryan Adams	5
Jul 8, 1995	Waterfalls	TLC	7
Aug 26, 1995	Kiss From A Rose	Seal	1
Sep 2, 1995	You Are Not Alone	Michael Jackson	1
Sep 9, 1995	Gangsta's Paradise (From "Dangerous Minds")	Coolio feat. L.V.	3
Sep 30, 1995	Fantasy	Mariah Carey	8
Nov 25, 1995	Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (From "Waiting To Exhale")	Whitney Houston	1
Dec 2, 1995	One Sweet Day	Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men	5

Biggest songs of 1995Songs that entered the chart in 1995, by Record Power
#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks	Record Power
1	Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)	Los Del Rio	#1	60	117.5
2	Nobody Knows	The Tony Rich Project	#2	47	99.7
3	Gangsta's Paradise (From "Dangerous Minds")	Coolio feat. L.V.	#1	38	93.3
4	Missing	Everything But The Girl	#2	55	88.7
5	Kiss From A Rose	Seal	#1	36	80.8
6	Run-Around	Blues Traveler	#8	49	80.0
7	Waterfalls	TLC	#1	34	78.0
8	One Sweet Day	Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men	#1	27	76.5
9	Name	Goo Goo Dolls	#5	36	74.0
10	I Know	Dionne Farris	#4	38	69.2

UK Singles Chart

Artist of the Year 1995

Oasis

8 crowns · 13 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 91

Top artists of 1995
#	Artist	Era Power	Crowns	Top-five weeks
1	Oasis	91	8	13
2	The Outhere Brothers	90	6	16
3	Celine Dion	85	7	12
4	Robson & Jerome	74	8	15
5	Boyzone	69	0	14
6	Michael Jackson	65	4	12
7	East 17	62	0	5
8	Take That	55	7	10
9	Wet Wet Wet	54	0	4
10	Bon Jovi	54	0	2

Every #1 song of 199518 songs reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart
First week at #1	Song	Artist	Weeks at #1
Jan 1, 1995	Stay Another Day	East 17	1
Jan 8, 1995	Cotton Eye Joe	Rednex	3
Jan 29, 1995	Think Twice	Celine Dion	7
Mar 19, 1995	Love Can Build a Bridge	Cher, Hynde, Cherry & Clapton	1
Mar 26, 1995	Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)	The Outhere Brothers	1
Apr 2, 1995	Back For Good	Take That	4
Apr 30, 1995	Some Might Say	Oasis	1
May 7, 1995	Dreamer	Livin' Joy	1
May 14, 1995	Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover	Robson & Jerome	7
Jul 2, 1995	Boom Boom Boom	The Outhere Brothers	4
Jul 30, 1995	Never Forget	Take That	3
Aug 20, 1995	Country House	Blur	2
Sep 3, 1995	You Are Not Alone	Michael Jackson	2
Sep 17, 1995	Boombastic	Shaggy	1
Sep 24, 1995	Fairground	Simply Red	4
Oct 22, 1995	Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio feat. L.V.	2
Nov 5, 1995	I Believe/Up on the Roof	Robson & Jerome	4
Dec 3, 1995	Earth Song	Michael Jackson	5

Biggest songs of 1995Songs that entered the chart in 1995, by Record Power
#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks	Record Power
1	Wonderwall	Oasis	#2	115	92.1
2	Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio feat. L.V.	#1	36	57.5
3	I'll Be There for You	The Rembrandts	#3	28	51.9
4	Set You Free	N-Trance	#2	34	51.2
5	Earth Song	Michael Jackson	#1	26	45.2
6	Unchained Melody/White Cliffs of Dover	Robson & Jerome	#1	25	44.3
7	You Are Not Alone	Michael Jackson	#1	23	41.7
8	Father and Son	Boyzone	#2	16	39.6
9	Born Slippy	Underworld	#2	38	38.0
10	Boom Boom Boom	The Outhere Brothers	#1	15	37.5

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