Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs number-one hit list (1990s)

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The mainstream rock songs charts are music charts from Billboard magazine that list titles from the music genres mainstream and active rock by radio broadcasts. The Mainstream Rock Songs Charts were first published on March 21, 1981. The following list shows the titles that reached number one in the 1990s . Van Halen had the most number one hits of the decade with eight, followed by Collective Soul with seven.

Legend

  • Date : The date on which the title occupied number one in the charts.
  • Title : gives the title of the song. Titles highlighted in yellow took first place in the annual charts.
  • Artist : Provides the name of the artist or the band
  • Weeks : The number of weeks that the title occupied number one on the charts.

Overview

1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
Rod Steward had the first number one hit of the decade
Van Halen had the most number one hits at eight
Collective Soul had seven number one hits
Aerosmith had six number one hits ...
... the Black Crowes ...
... and the Stone Temple Pilots
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had four number one hits ...
... U2 ...
... and ZZ Top
Def Leppard had three number one hits ...
... John Mellencamp ...
... Metallica ...
... Pearl Jam ...
... rush ...
... and Soundgarden
Two number one hits had AC / DC ...
... Bad Company ...
... Lenny Kravitz ...
... the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
... and the Rolling Stones
Creed's Higher was the longest at number one at 17 weeks
Live's Lightning Crashes was number one for 10 weeks

1990

date title Artist Weeks
13th January Downtown train Rod Stewart 2
January 27th Bad love Eric Clapton 3
February 17th Black Velvet Alannah Myles 1
February 24th What It Takes Aerosmith 1
3 March Black Velvet Alannah Myles 1
March 10th Almost Hear You Sigh The Rolling Stones 1
17. March Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 1
March 24th Hurting child Robert Plant 6th
5th of May Coming of Age Damn Yankees 1
12th of May Texas Twister Little Feat 1
May 19th Doubleback ZZ top 5
23rd June Cradle of Love Billy Idol 2
7th of July Holy water Bad Company 2
21 July Across the river Bruce Hornsby 1
July 28th The other side Aerosmith 2
August 11th Good clean fun The Allman Brothers Band 1
August 18th 18 Brickyard Road Johnny Van Zant 3
September 8th Blaze of Glory Jon Bon Jovi 1
September 15th Suicide Blonde INXS 4th
October 13th Concrete and Steel ZZ top 4th
November 10th Hard to handle The Black Crowes 2
November 24th One and Only Man Steve Winwood 2
December 8th My Head's in Mississippi ZZ top 6th

1991

date title Artist Weeks
January 19th All this time Sting 7th
9th March She Talks to Angels The Black Crowes 1
March 16 Highwire The Rolling Stones 3
April 6 Silent Lucidity Queensrÿche 1
April 13 Losing my religion SEM 3
May 4 Lift me up Yes 6th
15th June Poundcake Van Halen 2
June 29 Learning to Fly Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 6th
August 10 Runaround Van Halen 4th
7th of September Out in the cold Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2
21st September Dreamline Rush 4th
October 19th 19 Get a leg up John Mellencamp 1
October 26th Top of the World Van Halen 3
November 16 Get a leg up John Mellencamp 1
November 23 Top of the World Van Halen 1
30th of November Get a leg up John Mellencamp 1
December 7th Heavy fuel Dire Straits 1
December 14th Mysterious Ways U2 12

1992

date title Artist Weeks
7th March Again Tonight John Mellencamp 2
March 21st Human touch Bruce Springsteen 3
11 April Let's get rocked Def Leppard 1
April 18 One U2 2
2.May Remedy The Black Crowes 11
July 18th Sting Me The Black Crowes 2
August 1st Even Better Than the Real Thing U2 3
August 22nd Thorn in My Pride The Black Crowes 4th
September 19th How About That Bad Company 6th
October 31 Digging in the dirt Peter Gabriel 1
November 7th rest in peace Extremes 2
21st November Keep the Faith Bon Jovi 1
November 28th Hotel Illness The Black Crowes 6th

1993

date title Artist Weeks
January 9th Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion) Def Leppard 5
13th February Don't tear me up Mick Jagger 1
20. February Won't Get Fooled Again Van Halen 1
27th of February Pride and Joy Coverdale / Page 6th
10th of April Livin 'on the edge Aerosmith 9
June 12 Are you gonna go my way Lenny Kravitz 2
June 26th Plush Stone Temple Pilots 1
3rd of July Big gun AC / DC 2
17th July Cryin ' Aerosmith 6th
August 28th What If I Came Knocking John Mellencamp 2
September 11 Peace pipe Cry of Love 4th
9th October No rain Blind melon 2
23rd October Stick it out Rush 4th
20th November Mary Jane's Last Dance Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 2
December 4th Daughter Pearl Jam 8th

1994

date title Artist Weeks
January 29th Pincushion ZZ top 4th
February 26th Deuces Are Wild Aerosmith 4th
26th of March No excuses Alice in Chains 2
9th April Keep talking Pink Floyd 6th
May 21 Shine Collective soul 8th
16th of July Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 7th
September 3 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 2
17th of September Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 15th
December 31 You Don't Know How It Feels Tom Petty 1

1995

date title Artist Weeks
January 7th Better man Pearl Jam 2
21th January Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) Van Halen 3
February 11th Better man Pearl Jam 6th
25th March Lightning crashes live 10
3rd of June December Collective soul 9
5th of August Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2 1
12. August And Fools Shine On Brother Cane 6th
September 23rd Tomorrow Silver chair 3
October 14th Hard as a rock AC / DC 3
November 4th Surname Goo Goo Dolls 5
9th of December My friends Red hot chili peppers 4th

1996

date title Artist Weeks
6th January Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 4th
3 February The World I Know Collective soul 4th
2nd March 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 2
March 16 Santa Monica Everclear 3
April 6th In the meanime Spacehog 4th
May 4th Big bang baby Stone Temple Pilots 1
May 11th Where the River Flows Collective soul 2
25. May Humans Being Van Halen 2
8th June Until It Sleeps Metallica 7th
July 27th Trippin 'on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 1
3rd August Until It Sleeps Metallica 1
August 10 Trippin 'on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 3
August 31 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden 5
5th October Test for echo Rush 3
October 26th Me Wise Magic Van Halen 6th
December 7th Hero of the Day Metallica 3
December 28th Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 3

1997

date title Artist Weeks
January 18th Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots 1
January 25th Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden 1
February 1st One headlight The Wallflowers 5
8th of March Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) Aerosmith 5
12. April Precious Declaration Collective soul 4th
10th of May Gone Away The Offspring 2
May 24th Little White Lie Sammy Hagar 5
June 28th If You Could Only See tonic 5
August 2nd Lists Collective soul 5
September 6th pink Aerosmith 4th
4th of October Touch, peel and stand Days of the New 16

1998

date title Artist Weeks
January 24th Given to Fly Pearl Jam 6th
7th March Without you Van Halen 6th
April 18 Blue on Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd 3
May 9 Most high Jimmy Page & Robert Plant 2
23. May Blue on Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd 2
6th of June I Lie in the Bed I Make Brother Cane 4th
July 4th Blue on Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1
July 11th The Down Town Days of the New 10
September 19th What's This Life For Creed 6th
October 31 Psycho Circus Kiss 1
November 7th Fly away Lenny Kravitz 3
November 28th Turn the page Metallica 11

1999

date title Artist Weeks
13th February What it's like Everlast 1
20. February Heavy Collective soul 15th
June 5th Lit Up Buckcherry 3
June 26th Promises Def Leppard 3
17th July Scar tissue Red hot chili peppers 10
25th of September Higher Creed 17th

Artist with the most number one hits

number Artist
8th Van Halen
7th Collective soul
6th Aerosmith
The Black Crowes
Stone Temple Pilots
number Artist
4th Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
U2
ZZ top
3 Def Leppard
John Mellencamp
Metallica
Pearl Jam
Rush
Soundgarden
number Artist
2 AC / DC
Bad Company
Brother Cane
Creed
Lenny Kravitz
Red hot chili peppers
The Rolling Stones

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1990 Archive. Billboard , accessed September 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1991 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1992 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1993 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1994 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1995 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1996 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1997 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1998 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Mainstream Rock Songs - 1999 Archive. Billboard, accessed September 26, 2019 .