List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1995

Singer Seal
Seal spent 12 weeks at number one with his song "Kiss from a Rose".

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1995, 11 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Adult Contemporary, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]

On the first chart of the year, "I'm the Only One" by Melissa Etheridge moved up to number one, displacing the final number one of 1994, "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men.[2] The two songs alternated at number one once again before the Eagles took the top spot with "Love Will Keep Us Alive" in the issue of Billboard dated January 28. The band had recently reunited more than a decade after breaking up,[3] and "Love Will Keep Us Alive" was the group's second AC chart-topper, twenty years almost to the day after "Best of My Love" had reached number one.[4] The Eagles were replaced at number one by Madonna with "Take a Bow", the fifth and final Adult Contemporary chart-topper for the singer dubbed the "Queen of Pop"[5] but the longest-running, spending nine weeks atop the chart.[6]

Three consecutive chart-toppers which between them held the top spot from early June until mid-November were taken from film and TV soundtracks. Canadian singer Bryan Adams spent five weeks at number one with "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from the film Don Juan de Marco.[7] It was followed into the top spot in early July by "I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts, the theme song from the TV show Friends.[8] In late August, British singer Seal reached number one with "Kiss from a Rose", which featured on the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever.[9] Seal's song remained at number one for 12 consecutive weeks, tying the record for the longest run atop the Adult Contemporary chart.[10] The final AC chart-topper of 1995 was "One Sweet Day", a collaboration between Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which reached number one on the final chart of the year. The R&B ballad would go on to hold the top spot for the first 12 weeks of 1996 for a final total of 13 weeks at number one, another new record for the Adult Contemporary listing,[10] as well as topping Billboard's all-genre chart, the Hot 100, for a record-breaking 16 weeks.[11]

Chart history

Singer Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge had the first number one of 1995.
Four members of the band The Eagles
The Eagles topped the AC chart for the first time since 1975 with their song “Love Will Keep Us Alive”.
Singer Madonna
Madonna had her longest-running AC number one with "Take a Bow".
Key
† Indicates best-performing AC song of 1995[12]


Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "I'm the Only One" Melissa Etheridge [2]
January 14 "I'll Make Love to You" Boyz II Men [13]
January 21 "I'm the Only One" Melissa Etheridge [14]
January 28 "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Eagles [15]
February 4 [16]
February 11 [17]
February 18 "Take a Bow" Madonna [18]
February 25 [19]
March 4 [20]
March 11 [21]
March 18 [22]
March 25 [23]
April 1 [24]
April 8 [25]
April 15 [26]
April 22 "In the House of Stone and Light" † Martin Page [27]
April 29 [28]
May 6 [29]
May 13 [30]
May 20 "Believe" Elton John [31]
May 27 [32]
June 3 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams [33]
June 10 [34]
June 17 [35]
June 24 [36]
July 1 [37]
July 8 "I'll Be There for You" The Rembrandts [38]
July 15 [39]
July 22 [40]
July 29 [41]
August 5 [42]
August 12 [43]
August 19 [44]
August 26 "Kiss from a Rose" Seal [45]
September 2 [46]
September 9 [47]
September 16 [48]
September 23 [49]
September 30 [50]
October 7 [51]
October 14 [52]
October 21 [53]
October 28 [54]
November 4 [55]
November 11 [56]
November 18 "As I Lay Me Down" Sophie B. Hawkins [57]
November 25 [58]
December 2 [59]
December 9 [60]
December 16 [61]
December 23 [62]
December 30 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men [63]

References

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See also