Every December Billboard publishes a chart listing the top songs of the year. The number of songs listed on the chart varied in the early years before becoming a top 100 chart in 1956. Select a year to see the list of most popular hit songs.
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Play a countdown medley of the top 25 songs of the yearYou also might like the number one songs of 1995.
| Position | Artist | Song Title |
|---|---|---|
| « 1994 1995 1996 » | ||
| 1 | Coolio | Gangsta's Paradise |
| 2 | TLC | Waterfalls |
| 3 | TLC | Creep |
| 4 | Seal | Kiss From A Rose |
| 5 | Boyz II Men | On Bended Knee |
| 6 | Real McCoy | Another Night |
| 7 | Mariah Carey | Fantasy |
| 8 | Madonna | Take A Bow |
| 9 | Monica | Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days) |
| 10 | Montell Jordan | This Is How We Do It |
| 11 | Dionne Farris | I Know |
| 12 | Boyz II Men | Water Runs Dry |
| 13 | Adina Howard | Freak Like Me |
| 14 | Blues Traveler | Run-Around |
| 15 | All-4-One | I Can Love You Like That |
| 16 | Bryan Adams | Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? |
| 17 | Bon Jovi | Always |
| 18 | Shaggy | Boombastic / In The Summertime |
| 19 | Nicki French | Total Eclipse Of The Heart |
| 20 | Des'ree | You Gotta Be |
| 21 | Michael Jackson | You Are Not Alone |
| 22 | Hootie and The Blowfish | Hold My Hand |
| 23 | Notorious B.I.G. | One More Chance-Stay With Me |
| 24 | Ini Kamoze | Here Comes The Hotstepper |
| 25 | Soul For Real | Candy Rain |
| 26 | Hootie and The Blowfish | Let Her Cry |
| 27 | Blessid Union Of Souls | I Believe |
| 28 | TLC | Red Light Special |
| 29 | Janet Jackson | Runaway |
| 30 | Sheryl Crow | Strong Enough |
| 31 | Vanessa Williams | Colors Of The Wind |
| 32 | Jon B. | Someone To Love |
| 33 | Hootie and The Blowfish | Only Wanna Be With You |
| 34 | Brownstone | If You Love Me |
| 35 | Martin Page | In The House Of Stone And Light |
| 36 | Luniz | I Got 5 On It |
| 37 | Brandy | Baby |
| 38 | Real McCoy | Run Away |
| 39 | Sophie B. Hawkins | As I Lay Me Down |
| 40 | Mokenstef | He's Mine |
| 41 | Collective Soul | December |
| 42 | Method Man-Mary J. Blige | I'll Be There For You-You're All I Need To Get By |
| 43 | Diana King | Shy Guy |
| 44 | Melissa Etheridge | I'm The Only One |
| 45 | Soul For Real | Every Little Thing I Do |
| 46 | BLACKstreet | Before I Let You Go |
| 47 | Notorious B.I.G. | Big Poppa / Warning |
| 48 | 4 P.M. | Sukiyaki |
| 49 | Brandy | I Wanna Be Down |
| 50 | Boyz II Men | I'll Make Love To You |
| 51 | 2Pac | Dear Mama / Old School |
| 52 | Jamie Walters | Hold On |
| 53 | Dr. Dre | Keep Their Heads Ringin' |
| 54 | Corona | The Rhythm Of The Night |
| 55 | Del Amitri | Roll To Me |
| 56 | Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson | Scream / Childhood |
| 57 | Jodeci | Freek'n You |
| 58 | Skee-lo | I Wish |
| 59 | Elton John | Believe |
| 60 | Natalie Merchant | Carnival |
| 61 | Tom Petty | You Don't Know How It Feels |
| 62 | Take That | Back For Good |
| 63 | 69 Boyz | Tootsee Roll |
| 64 | Janet Jackson | You Want This-70's Love Groove |
| 65 | Groove Theory | Tell Me |
| 66 | Total | Can't You See |
| 67 | Sheryl Crow | All I Wanna Do |
| 68 | Subway | This Lil' Game We Play |
| 69 | Real McCoy | Come And Get Your Love |
| 70 | Bon Jovi | This Ain't A Love Song |
| 71 | Madonna | Secret |
| 72 | Junior M.A.F.I.A. | Player's Anthem |
| 73 | Naughty By Nature | Feel Me Flow |
| 74 | Jade | Every Day Of The Week |
| 75 | Vanessa Williams | The Sweetest Days |
| 76 | 20 Fingers feat. Gillette | Short Dick Man |
| 77 | Brandy | Brokenhearted |
| 78 | Annie Lennox | No More "I Love You's" |
| 79 | Faith Evans | You Used To Love Me |
| 80 | Immature | Constantly |
| 81 | U2 | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me |
| 82 | Crystal Waters | 100% Pure Love |
| 83 | Raphael Saadiq | Ask Of You |
| 84 | Az | Sugar Hill |
| 85 | Better Than Ezra | Good |
| 86 | D'angelo | Brown Sugar |
| 87 | Gloria Estefan | Turn The Beat Around |
| 88 | After 7 | 'Til You Do Me Right |
| 89 | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony | 1st Of Tha Month |
| 90 | Melissa Etheridge | Like The Way I Do-If I Wanted To |
| 91 | Firehouse | I Live My Life For You |
| 92 | Stevie B | Dream About You-Funky Melody |
| 93 | Rednex | Cotton Eye Joe |
| 94 | Boyz II Men | Thank You |
| 95 | Pretenders | I'll Stand By You |
| 96 | N II U | I Miss You |
| 97 | Da Brat | Give It 2 You |
| 98 | Brandy | Best Friend |
| 99 | Soul Asylum | Misery |
| 100 | Van Halen | Can't Stop Lovin' You |
