List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1992. The longest running number-one single of 1992 is "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, which stayed at the top of the chart for 14 weeks. "I Will Always Love You" became the longest running song at number one when it reached 14 weeks, breaking the record that Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" had just set at 13 weeks.

"End of the Road" broke the record previously set at 11 weeks by Elvis Presley in 1956 with "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel". "I Will Always Love You" would hold the record as the longest-running song atop the Hot 100 until "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men topped the chart for 16 weeks in 1995.

Although "I Will Always Love You" spent nine of its weeks atop the Hot 100 in 1993, it is considered the longest-running song of 1992 because that is when its run began.

A total of 12 songs topped the Hot 100, a record low since its debut in 1958. (Over 25 songs were number one each year from 1985 to 1991.) This is also the most recent year in which no artist had more than one song hit the No. 1 spot.

That year, 7 acts earned their first number one song: Right Said Fred, Mr. Big, Vanessa Williams, Kris Kross, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Boyz II Men, and The Heights.

Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboards 1992 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. Issue dateSongArtist(s)762January 4 "Black or White" Michael JacksonJanuary 11January 18763January 25 "All 4 Love" Color Me Badd764February 1 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" George Michael and Elton John765February 8 "I'm Too Sexy" Right Said FredFebruary 15February 22766February 29 "To Be with You" Mr. BigMarch 7March 14767March 21 "Save the Best for Last" Vanessa WilliamsMarch 28April 4April 11April 18768April 25 "Jump" Kris KrossMay 2May 9May 16May 23May 30June 6June 13769June 20 "I'll Be There" Mariah CareyJune 27770July 4 "Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-a-LotJuly 11July 18July 25August 1771August 8 "This Used to Be My Playground" Madonna772August 15 "End of the Road" Boyz II MenAugust 22August 29 September 5September 12September 19September 26October 3 October 10October 17October 24October 31November 7 773November 14 "How Do You Talk to an Angel" The HeightsNovember 21774November 28 "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26

Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Boyz II Men 13 2 Kris Kross 8 3 Vanessa Williams 5 Sir Mix-A-Lot Whitney Houston 6 Right Said Fred 3 Mr. Big 8 Mariah Carey 2 The Heights 10 Color Me Badd 1 George Michael Elton John Madonna

See also 1992 in music List of Billboard number-one singles List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

References

Additional sources Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition () Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition () Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties () Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.