List of number-one singles from the 1990s (New Zealand)

The following lists the number one singles on the New Zealand Singles Chart during the 1990s. The source for this decade is the Recorded Music NZ chart, the chart history of which can be found on the Recorded Music NZ website or Charts.org.nz.^[1][2]

Key

The yellow background indicates the number-one song on New Zealand's End-of-Year Chart[nb 1]
The New Zealand flag marks artists of New Zealand origin.[nb 2]

1990

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
7 January	Margaret Urlich	"Escaping"	6 weeks (5 in 1989)
14 January	The B-52's	"Love Shack"	4 weeks
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February	John Grenell	"Welcome to My World"	3 weeks
18 February
25 February
4 March	Milli Vanilli	"All or Nothing"	1 week
11 March	Sybil	"Don't Make Me Over"	4 weeks
18 March
25 March
1 April
8 April	Sinéad O'Connor	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	5 weeks
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May	Jamie Morgan	"Walk on the Wild Side"	2 weeks
20 May
27 May	Madonna	"Vogue"	4 weeks
3 June
10 June
17 June
24 June	Daddy Cool	"Eagle Rock"	4 weeks
1 July
8 July
15 July
22 July	MC Hammer	"U Can't Touch This"/"Dancin' Machine"	6 weeks
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September	Mariah Carey	"Vision of Love"	2 weeks
9 September
16 September	Jon Bon Jovi	"Blaze of Glory"	3 weeks
23 September
30 September
7 October	INXS	"Suicide Blonde"	3 weeks
14 October
21 October
28 October	Ngaire	"To Sir with Love"	5 weeks
4 November
11 November
18 November
25 November
2 December	Vanilla Ice	"Ice Ice Baby"	8 weeks
9 December
16 December
23 December
30 December

1991

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
6 January	Vanilla Ice	"Ice Ice Baby"	8 weeks
13 January
20 January
27 January	The Simpsons	"Do the Bartman"	3 weeks
3 February	Robert Palmer and UB40	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	1 week
10 February	The Simpsons	"Do the Bartman"	3 weeks
17 February
24 February	The Righteous Brothers	"Unchained Melody"	7 weeks
3 March
10 March
17 March
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April	Push Push	"Trippin'"	6 weeks
21 April
28 April
5 May
12 May	Steve Miller Band	"The Joker"	1 week
19 May	Push Push	"Trippin'"	6 weeks
26 May
2 June	The Parker Project	"Tears on My Pillow"	1 week
9 June	Father MC featuring Mary J. Blige	"I'll Do 4 U"	3 weeks
16 June
23 June
30 June	AC/DC	"Are You Ready"	1 week
7 July	Extreme	"More Than Words"	2 weeks
14 July	Color Me Badd	"I Wanna Sex You Up"	2 weeks
21 July
28 July	Extreme	"More Than Words"	2 weeks
4 August	Aaron Neville	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	2 weeks
11 August
18 August	Bryan Adams	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	8 weeks
25 August
1 September
8 September
15 September
22 September
29 September
6 October
13 October	Color Me Badd	"All 4 Love"	1 week
20 October	P.M. Dawn	"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"	2 weeks
27 October
3 November	U2	"The Fly"	3 weeks
10 November
17 November
24 November	Michael Jackson	"Black or White"	8 weeks
1 December
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December

1992

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
5 January	Michael Jackson	"Black or White"	8 weeks
12 January
19 January	Right Said Fred	"I'm Too Sexy"	1 week
26 January	Guns N' Roses	"Live and Let Die"	2 weeks
2 February
9 February	Big Audio Dynamite II	"Rush"	2 weeks
16 February
23 February	Nirvana	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	1 week
1 March	Michael Jackson	"Remember the Time"	2 weeks
8 March
15 March	The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette	"Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs)"	1 week
22 March	Mr. Big	"To Be with You"	5 weeks
29 March
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 April	A Lighter Shade of Brown featuring Shiro and Huggy Boy	"On a Sunday Afternoon"	2 weeks
3 May
10 May	Eric Clapton	"Tears in Heaven"	5 weeks
17 May
24 May
31 May
7 June
14 June	Kris Kross	"Jump"	2 weeks
21 June
28 June	Riff	"White Men Can't Jump"	3 weeks
5 July
12 July
19 July	Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz	"I'll Be There"	5 weeks
26 July
2 August
9 August
16 August
23 August	Hammond Gamble	"You Make the Whole World Smile"	3 weeks
30 August
6 September	Billy Ray Cyrus	"Achy Breaky Heart"	6 weeks
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October
11 October
18 October	Boyz II Men	"End of the Road"	7 weeks
25 October
1 November
8 November
15 November
22 November
29 November
6 December	Charles & Eddie	"Would I Lie to You?"	2 weeks
13 December
20 December	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	14 weeks
27 December

1993

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
3 January	Whitney Houston	"I Will Always Love You"	14 weeks
10 January
17 January
24 January
31 January
7 February
14 February
21 February
28 February
7 March
14 March
21 March
28 March	Boyz II Men	"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)"	2 weeks
4 April
11 April	Michael Jackson	"Give In to Me"	4 weeks
18 April
25 April
2 May
9 May	Snow	"Informer"	3 weeks
16 May
23 May
30 May	Janet Jackson	"That's the Way Love Goes"	2 weeks
6 June
13 June	UB40	"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	11 weeks
20 June
27 June
4 July
11 July
18 July
25 July
1 August
8 August
15 August
22 August	Hammond Gamble	"You Make the Whole World Smile"	3 weeks
29 August	UB40	"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	11 weeks
5 September	Green Jellÿ	"Three Little Pigs"	2 weeks
12 September	Billy Joel	"The River of Dreams"	1 week
19 September	Green Jellÿ	"Three Little Pigs"	2 weeks
26 September	Meat Loaf	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	5 weeks
3 October
10 October
17 October
24 October
31 October	Inner Circle	"Sweat (A La La La La Long)"	4 weeks
7 November
14 November
21 November
28 November	Bitty McLean	"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)"	7 weeks
5 December
12 December
19 December
26 December

1994

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
2 January	Bitty McLean	"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)"	7 weeks
9 January
16 January	Jimmy Cliff	"I Can See Clearly Now"	6 weeks
23 January
30 January
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February	The Mutton Birds	"The Heater"	1 week
6 March	3 the Hard Way	"Hip Hop Holiday"	3 weeks
13 March
20 March
27 March	DRS	"Gangsta Lean"	3 weeks
3 April
10 April	Mariah Carey	"Without You"	1 week
17 April	DRS	"Gangsta Lean"	3 weeks
24 April	Ace of Base	"The Sign"	5 weeks
1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May	Supergroove	"Can't Get Enough"	1 week
29 May	Ace of Base	"The Sign"	5 weeks
5 June	Prince	"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"	4 weeks
12 June
19 June
26 June
3 July	Wet Wet Wet	"Love Is All Around"	4 weeks
10 July	All-4-One	"I Swear"	6 weeks
17 July
24 July
31 July
7 August
14 August
21 August	Wet Wet Wet	"Love Is All Around"	4 weeks
28 August
4 September
11 September	Boyz II Men	"I'll Make Love to You"	4 weeks
18 September
25 September
2 October
9 October	Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey	"Endless Love"	5 weeks
16 October
23 October
30 October
6 November
13 November	Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell	"Baby Come Back"	4 weeks
20 November
27 November
4 December
11 December	Headless Chickens	"George"	4 weeks
18 December	Ini Kamoze	"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	5 weeks
25 December	Headless Chickens	"George"	4 weeks

1995

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
1 January	Headless Chickens	"George"	4 weeks
8 January
15 January	Ini Kamoze	"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	5 weeks
22 January
29 January
5 February
12 February	Silverchair	"Tomorrow"	3 weeks
19 February
26 February
5 March	Rednex	"Cotton Eye Joe"	6 weeks
12 March
19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April	Brownstone	"If You Love Me"	5 weeks
23 April
30 April
7 May
14 May
21 May	Janet Jackson	"Whoops Now/What'll I Do"	1 week
28 May	Rappin' 4-Tay	"I'll Be Around"	3 weeks
4 June
11 June
18 June	Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	"Scream"	4 weeks
25 June
2 July
9 July
16 July	U2	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	1 week
23 July	Portrait	"How Deep Is Your Love"	3 weeks
30 July
6 August
13 August	TLC	"Waterfalls"	4 weeks
20 August
27 August
3 September
10 September	Michael Jackson	"You Are Not Alone"	3 weeks
17 September
24 September
1 October	Shaggy	"Boombastic"	2 weeks
8 October	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	2 weeks
15 October	Shaggy	"Boombastic"	2 weeks
22 October	Mariah Carey	"Fantasy"	2 weeks
29 October	Coolio featuring L.V.	"Gangsta's Paradise"	9 weeks
5 November
12 November
19 November
26 November
3 December
10 December
17 December
24 December	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks
31 December

1996

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
7 January	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks
14 January	Coolio featuring L.V.	"Gangsta's Paradise"	9 weeks
21 January	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	"One Sweet Day"	4 weeks
28 January	OMC	"How Bizarre"	3 weeks
4 February
11 February
18 February	CDB	"Let's Groove"	3 weeks
25 February
3 March
10 March	Oasis	"Wonderwall"	1 week
17 March	Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx	"Mysterious Girl"	2 weeks
24 March
31 March	L.A.D.	"Ridin' Low"	2 weeks
7 April	Peter Andre featuring Past to Present	"Get Down on It"	1 week
14 April	L.A.D.	"Ridin' Low"	2 weeks
21 April	CDB	"Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)"	1 week
28 April	2Pac featuring Dr. Dre	"California Love"	5 weeks
5 May
12 May
19 May
26 May
2 June	Fugees	"Killing Me Softly"	3 weeks
9 June
16 June
23 June	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	"Tha Crossroads"	6 weeks
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
4 August	DLT featuring Che Fu	"Chains"	5 weeks
11 August
18 August
25 August
1 September
8 September	Keith Sweat	"Twisted"	6 weeks
15 September
22 September
29 September
6 October
13 October
20 October	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	4 weeks
27 October
3 November
10 November	Spice Girls	"Wannabe"	1 week
17 November	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	4 weeks
24 November	Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen	"No Diggity"	2 weeks
1 December
8 December	Fugees	"No Woman, No Cry"	2 weeks
15 December
22 December	Mo Thugs	"Thug Devotion"	4 weeks
29 December

1997

1998

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
4 January	Backstreet Boys	"As Long as You Love Me"	6 weeks
11 January
18 January	All Saints	"Never Ever"	5 weeks
25 January
1 February
8 February
15 February
22 February	Pappa Bear featuring Van der Toorn	"Cherish"	3 weeks
1 March
8 March
15 March	Queen Pen featuring Eric Williams	"All My Love"	4 weeks
22 March
29 March
5 April
12 April	K-Ci & JoJo	"All My Life"	4 weeks
19 April
26 April
3 May
10 May	Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins	"It's Like That"	2 weeks
17 May
24 May	Next	"Too Close"	2 weeks
31 May
7 June	Busta Rhymes	"Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up"	3 weeks
14 June
21 June
28 June	B*Witched	"C'est la Vie"	1 week
5 July	Fred Dagg	"We Don't Know How Lucky We Are"	1 week
12 July	Brandy and Monica	"The Boy Is Mine"	2 weeks
19 July
26 July	Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas	"Kung Fu Fighting"	2 weeks
2 August
9 August	Deep Obsession	"Lost in Love"	2 weeks
16 August
23 August	Spice Girls	"Viva Forever"	2 weeks
30 August
6 September	Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa	"Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"	4 weeks
13 September
20 September
27 September
4 October	Che Fu	"Without a Doubt"/"Machine Talk"	1 week
11 October	Aaliyah	"Are You That Somebody?"	1 week
18 October	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks
25 October
1 November	B*Witched	"Rollercoaster"	1 week
8 November	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks
15 November	Five	"Everybody Get Up"	1 week
22 November	Boyzone	"No Matter What"	6 weeks
29 November
6 December
13 December	Jennifer Paige	"Crush"	1 week
20 December	Spice Girls	"Goodbye"	3 weeks
27 December

1999

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one
3 January	Spice Girls	"Goodbye"	3 weeks
10 January	Cher	"Believe"	1 week
17 January	Blackstreet and Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink	"Take Me There"	3 weeks
24 January
31 January
7 February	Brandy	"Have You Ever?"	1 week
14 February	Ardijah	"Silly Love Songs"	1 week
21 February	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks
28 February
7 March	New Radicals	"You Get What You Give"	1 week
14 March	Lutricia McNeal	"My Side of Town"	1 week
21 March	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks
28 March	Steps	"Heartbeat/Tragedy"	1 week
4 April	Boyzone	"I Love the Way You Love Me"	2 weeks
11 April
18 April	Britney Spears	"...Baby One More Time"	4 weeks
25 April	TLC	"No Scrubs"	2 weeks
2 May	Shania Twain	"That Don't Impress Me Much"	1 week
9 May	TLC	"No Scrubs"	2 weeks
16 May	TrueBliss	"Tonight"	2 weeks
23 May
30 May	Geri Halliwell	"Look at Me"	1 week
6 June	Backstreet Boys	"I Want It That Way"	2 weeks
13 June
20 June	Ricky Martin	"Livin' la Vida Loca"	1 week
27 June	Boyzone	"You Needed Me"	2 weeks
4 July
11 July	Deep Obsession	"Cold"	1 week
18 July	Britney Spears	"Sometimes"	1 week
25 July	Westlife	"Swear It Again"	1 week
1 August	Jennifer Lopez	"If You Had My Love"	1 week
8 August	Vengaboys	"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!"	1 week
15 August	Shania Twain	"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"	1 week
22 August	Five	"If Ya Gettin' Down"	1 week
29 August	Whitney Houston	"My Love Is Your Love"	1 week
5 September	Ronan Keating	"When You Say Nothing at All"	1 week
12 September	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks
19 September
26 September
3 October	Neil Finn	"Can You Hear Us"	1 week
10 October	S Club 7	"Bring It All Back"	1 week
17 October	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks
24 October
31 October	Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z	"Heartbreaker"	1 week
7 November	Lou Bega	"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	6 weeks
14 November	Eiffel 65	"Blue (Da Ba Dee)"	1 week
21 November	Deep Obsession	"One & Only"	2 weeks
28 November
5 December	Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill	"Turn Your Lights Down Low"	2 weeks
12 December	Shaft	"(Mucho Mambo) Sway"	1 week
19 December	Bob Marley featuring Lauryn Hill	"Turn Your Lights Down Low"	2 weeks
26 December	S Club 7	"S Club Party"	5 weeks (4 in 2000)

Artists with the most number-one songs

Key

– Artist of New Zealand origin^{[nb 2]}

Artist	Number-one singles	Longest run	Total weeks at number one
Mariah Carey	7	"I'll Be There"/"Endless Love" (with Luther Vandross) (5 weeks each)	20
Michael Jackson	6	"Black or White" (8 weeks)	22
Boyz II Men	4	"End of the Road" (7 weeks)	17
Boyzone1	3	"No Matter What" (6 weeks)	10
Blackstreet	3	"Take Me There" (with Mýa featuring Mase and Blinky Blink) (3 weeks)	7
Spice Girls2	3	"Goodbye" (3 weeks)	6
Deep Obsession	3	"Lost in Love"/"One & Only" (2 weeks each)	5
Janet Jackson	3	"Scream" (with Michael Jackson) (4 weeks)	5
U2	3	"The Fly" (3 weeks)	5

Excluded statistics

1 Boyzone's tally does not include Ronan Keating's solo single, "When You Say Nothing At All".

2 The Spice Girls' tally does not include Geri Halliwell's solo single, "Look At Me".

• While some artists made appearances in other artists songs, these songs were not included in their groups tally. This includes, Robin and Ali Campbell featuring in Pato Banton's single, "Baby Come Back" as they were featured together, not as part of UB40.

*Some artists who had solo number-one singles (or was a featured artist in a number-one single) and who were also part of a group that had number-one single(s) have been classed as separate entries. This includes Che Fu, who had one solo number-one and featured in another number-one single, and Supergroove, who had one a number-one single prior to Che Fu leaving the group, as well as Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, who both had a solo number one single, and the Fugees, which had two number-one singles prior to the release of their solo singles.

Most weeks at number one

Key

– Artist of New Zealand origin^{[nb 2]}

Title	Artist	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston	20 December 1992	14
"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"	UB40	13 June 1993	11
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	18 August 1991	8
"Gangsta's Paradise"	Coolio featuring L.V.	29 October 1995	8
"Black or White"	Michael Jackson	24 November 1991	8
"It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)"	Bitty McLean	28 November 1993	7
"End of the Road"	Boyz II Men	18 October 1992	7
"Unchained Melody"	The Righteous Brothers	24 February 1991	7
"Ice Ice Baby"	Vanilla Ice	9 December 1990	7
"I Swear"	All-4-One	10 September 1994	6
"As Long as You Love Me"	Backstreet Boys	7 December 1997	6
"Achy Breaky Heart"	Billy Ray Cyrus	6 September 1992	6
"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	23 June 1996	6
"No Matter What"	Boyzone	18 October 1998	6
"Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	Elton John	5 October 1997	6
"I Can See Clearly Now"	Jimmy Cliff	16 January 1994	6
"Twisted"	Keith Sweat	8 September 1996	6
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)"	Lou Bega	12 September 1999	6
"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer	27 July 1990	6
"To Sir with Love"	Ngaire	28 October 1990	6
"Trippin'"	Push Push	14 April 1991	6
"Cotton Eye Joe"	Rednex	5 March 1995	6
"California Love"	2Pac featuring Dr. Dre	28 April 1996	5
"The Sign"	Ace of Base	24 April 1994	5
"Never Ever"	All Saints	18 January 1998	5
"If You Love Me"	Brownstone	16 April 1995	5
"Chains"	DLT featuring Che Fu	28 July 1996	5
"Tears in Heaven"	Eric Clapton	10 May 1992	5
"Here Comes the Hotstepper"	Ini Kamoze	18 December 1994	5
"Endless Love"	Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey	9 October 1994	5
"I'll Be There"	Mariah Carey featuring Trey Lorenz	19 July 1992	5
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"	Meat Loaf	26 September 1993	5
"To Be with You"	Mr. Big	22 March 1992	5
"I'll Be Missing You"	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	6 July 1997	5
"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	8 April 1990	5
"Men in Black"	Will Smith	10 August 1997	5

Notes

References

See also

• Music of New Zealand
• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1990s
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s