This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1991. The two longest running number-one singles of 1991 are "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson, which each attained seven weeks at number-one. "Black or White" stayed at the top of the chart for four weeks in 1991 and three additional weeks in 1992, totaling seven weeks.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
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| January 5 | "Justify My Love" | Madonna | |
| January 12 | |||
| January 19 | "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" | Janet Jackson | |
| January 26 | "The First Time" | Surface | |
| February 2 | |||
| February 9 | "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" | C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams |
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| February 16 | |||
| February 23 | "All the Man That I Need" | Whitney Houston | |
| March 2 | |||
| March 9 | "Someday" | Mariah Carey | |
| March 16 | |||
| March 23 | "One More Try" | Timmy T | |
| March 30 | "Coming Out of the Dark" | Gloria Estefan | |
| April 6 | |||
| April 13 | "I've Been Thinking About You" | Londonbeat | |
| April 20 | "You're in Love" | Wilson Phillips | |
| April 27 | "Baby Baby" | Amy Grant | |
| May 4 | |||
| May 11 | "Joyride" | Roxette | |
| May 18 | "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" | Hi-Five | |
| May 25 | "I Don't Wanna Cry" | Mariah Carey | |
| June 1 | |||
| June 8 | "More Than Words" | Extreme | |
| June 15 | "Rush Rush" | Paula Abdul | |
| June 22 | |||
| June 29 | |||
| July 6 | |||
| July 13 | |||
| July 20 | "Unbelievable" | EMF | |
| July 27 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Bryan Adams | |
| August 3 | |||
| August 10 | |||
| August 17 | |||
| August 24 | |||
| August 31 | |||
| September 7 | |||
| September 14 | "The Promise of a New Day" | Paula Abdul | |
| September 21 | "I Adore Mi Amor" | Color Me Badd | |
| September 28 | |||
| October 5 | "Good Vibrations" | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuring Loleatta Holloway |
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| October 12 | "Emotions" | Mariah Carey | |
| October 19 | |||
| October 26 | |||
| November 2 | "Romantic" | Karyn White | |
| November 9 | "Cream" | Prince and the New Power Generation | |
| November 16 | |||
| November 23 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Michael Bolton | |
| November 30 | "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" | P.M. Dawn | |
| December 7 | "Black or White" | Michael Jackson | |
| December 14 | |||
| December 21 | |||
| December 28 |
Famous quotes containing the words list, hot, number-one:
“Lovers, forget your love,
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The imperfect is our paradise.
Note that, in this bitterness, delight,
Since the imperfect is so hot in us,
Lies in flawed words and stubborn sounds.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I’m your number-one fan.”
—William Goldman (b. 1931)