Billboard Hot 100 - Top 50 Singles of 1995

[Avidan2007]

Dear Jebus, I was a Freshman in high school in 1995, and these songs were a part of that life. Thank you for the wonderful trip back to a better time for me!

[nickelodeon8911]

It seems ever since 1993 came, most black musicians cracked the top 50 of the hot 100. Damn. I finally remember. Hip Hop & R&B were popular in mainstream between 1993-1996.

[AintHome000]

Where is Oasis?

[90sandearly00srule3]

@AintHome000 it finished t #56, thus, it didn't make this video.

[Kermitron]

Wow, is it just me or do the first 4 or 5 all sound the friggin same?

[LUDETUBE007]

Don't know any but #1 :P

[BURRR478]

Damn r and b killed back then

[TheWaynelds]

Some of these were in 1994.

[lana008d]

gangsters paradise deserve its place!!!!!thank you!!!

[pivoteer971]

That awkward moment when you realize only 14 songs from this chart are from white people ·____·

[showtimeman5673]

@pivoteer971 not awkward at all, sign of the times, the urban artists were killing the mainstream and grunge was running it's course but got little airplay

[ThisIsMyZoneOnly]

@pivoteer971 There were very few White Singers in the Charts during the 90s and 00s. Its only been recently that White singers have been starting to dominate the charts again, and actually 2011 was one of the Whitest years in the charts since the 80s.

[rafaelcavalcantidias]

Katy Perry: 3 videos in top 10. Amazing.

[curvy71]

i got married in 1995 i really like Boyz to men and TLC in 1995

[0TheSeeker]

Thanks! i enjoyed this video i graduated high school in 1995 and it brought back memories

[dazv555]

aww mj made the list, i wasn't expcting it, since many said his album flopped in usa...you are not alone is his weakest from history though, but still an amazing song..

[dazv555]

i was 1

[rsingactdan]

Great memories 1995!I am 43 now back then I was 27.Loved my years in College and listening to all those great songs that made the charts!!Wonderful days those were!!:-)

[127zombies]

Major Flashbacks

[petehuws]

Great list!!! Takes me back to the finest year of my life 1995, 19yr old student and life was great. Some v nice memories here.

[viktorwikb]

I WAS BORN IN 1995

[czechivan]

fabulous

[Dannyb1022]

1:03 is that the dude from House? 0.o

[kosembnihat]

Here Comes the Hotstepper is one of the BEST

[hqqed]

golden years!!!

[mandm916]

the sounds of 1995 thank you!!!!!!! i am a kid from that time!

[Enctypt]

ugh the R&B back then....

[TheMusicmania12345]

I don't understand why people are surprised that there are so many Black artists in 1995. Black artists dominated the charts throughout most of the 90s and 00s. It was only in 2008 or so when Black artists dominance started to fade but they still dominated 2008- 2010 some what. But it has really been this year 2011 that Black artists have completely stopped dominating the charts. 

[TheMusicmania12345]

I don't understand why people are surprised that there are so many Black artists in 1995. Black artists dominated the charts throughout most of the 90s and 00s. It was only in 2008 or so when Black artists dominance started to fade but they still dominated 2008- 2010 some what. But it has really been this year 2011 that Black artists have completely stopped dominating the charts.

[SCRJ94]

this is music.. not the bullshit we have today..

[scraffy123]

coolio :P

[mizzb315]

Yesss back in the days of boy bands lolz

I love all these songs

[TheLAgurl1]

Oh the memories

[NewRapMusic247]

no snoop dogg

[klueless125]

blackstreet??? when i saw it i tot backstreet and when i saw the mvi went O.O

[akpokemon]

@klueless125 same! LOL

[InfamousStereoLover]

I was born in the year of awesome songs! lol

[JewishAfricans]

big poppppaaaaa

[XDmusiclover93]

WOW number 31!! Thats like my childhood song :D

[cici18roxursox]

I only know 39.38.33.31.30.20.19.15.10.6.4­.2. Yayy12! :D

[akatsukigoku1010]

since when black people took over the music industry?

[90sandearly00srule3]

@akatsukigoku1010 since 1992 through 2008. the charts aren't wrong. urban culture became a part of society in the 90's.

[95Larsinator]

yeah michael jackson is in the charts :D

[tutsaria]

waterfalls deserves to be top 1

[coolmack24]

16. Bryan Adams! Canadian music FTW!

[jdoucetable]

gee now I know why people say "music of the 90's is the killer hangover of 80's music" most of these songs are downright vomit inducing jeez

[muwwy987]

the only ones I've heard are 47, 10, 6, 2, and 1

[Audiomuse]

#41, 38, 33, 30, 26, 19, and 6 are the only songs I like

[LCravey11]

Yes for all u young ones he was Hootie out of Hootie an the Blowfish. Lol showing my age here

[wasapize]

u r amazing i could probably never do what u do great job

[deathspeeed]

where's the scatman?

[thejosh5006]

Wait.. They were singing number 1 wrong it's amish paradise not gangsta's paradise everyone knows that!

[90sandearly00srule3]

@thejosh5006 i don't know if you're kidding or not, but that was Weird Al's parody song. Gangsta's Paradise is the original song, there's no mistake.

[thejosh5006]

@90sandearly00srule3 Yes I'm just kidding..

[Reddragonwolf14]

Wait? In "Let Her Cry", was that Darius Rucker singing?

[90sandearly00srule3]

@Reddragonwolf14 yes, he was.

[mjschristina777]

Thumbs up for Michael Jackson! king of pop <3

[cRaZyGurl91]

I was 4 =(

[christinio]

good stuff

[texasplace2012]

what a classic! Miss 90s :(

[4roze4]

on 33,22, and 29, is that darius rucker?????

[Corndog6633]

@4roze4 Yup

[90sandearly00srule3]

@4roze4 yep, he was the lead singer of Hootie and The Blowfish before he went solo.

[4roze4]

on 33, and 29, is that darius rucker?????

[4roze4]

on 33, is that darius rucker?????

[Adelberyamanaka]

Loved ! Good work ! I was born this year, good songs, B.I.G., Michael Jackson, Bon Jovi, Madonna, TLC, Mariah and Other Good Work ! U have other years ?

[bonquiqui874]

this is where music started getting crappy

[Pachyderm3]

King Of Pop!!

[xaandde]

waiting for this video from others years!! this vid is SO AMAZIN!

[mangaanime3]

Real McCoy was the awesomeness!!!

[Gemini9857]

Are you going to do 1996+ as well?

[BillboardGoddess]

@Gemini9857 Yes... I hope to do them all starting from the mid 80s or so. The next one will most likely be from 2000! :)

[Darkdroom]

@BillboardGoddess wow!! you are really a goddess thanx!

[90sandearly00srule3]

@BillboardGoddess are you planning on making a new one anytime soon? when can we expect another throwback video? just want to know, 'cause i really love these vids.

[TheDylanShow2]

brap brap brap!!!!

tlc! creep! waterfalls! coolio! boyz 2 men?! omfg yo this is the best list of songs ive ever seen!!!!!! gotta love the 90's!

[Dyshisomnoi83]

Vanessa Williams? Wow.

[Vickytbob123]

I hate r&b.. maybe thats why I don't like the 90's music that much... its nothing but r&b.

[koal12o]

i like it when you call me big poppa

[Rubenn1990]

Kiss for a Rose, Waterfalls, You Gotta Be, Always, Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman... Great musics, great memories...

[AndyMathieu]

got to love how 1995 was R&B heavy

[TriLunar121]

Don't go making' phony calls, Amish Paradise

[TriLunar121]

2 to 1 I only remember weird Al's versions ROFLMAO

[TriLunar121]

7 to 1 I danced to each one rofl <3

[TriLunar121]

20 to 1 i know all the songs..

[pepokid]

next week lady gaga - you and i will be 1st

[cosmiclucky]

@pepokid

This is 1995. Read the title.

Ugh.

[Szandyfletcher]

It seems '95 was the year of TLC. But still the no1 is one of the best songs ever. :)

[karlozgiron]

wheres the new songs!

[SuperTheskaterboy]

R.I.P noutorious BIG

ps

Gangstas Paradise is a killer song!

[21vikija]

omg these memories 

[AQ2Melhor]

wow gangsta paradise?? number 1?!?! i didnt know dat :O

[dylz]

"i got 5 on it," "you are not alone," "freak like me," "fantasy," "on bended knee," "kiss from a rose," "creep," "waterfalls," "gangsta's paradise": CLASSICS

haha, i also love how really trashy dance acts like nicki french and the real mccoy were so successful!

[kanemaximus]

the great era of music .. specially michael jackson <3

[Golgibaby]

KEEP DOING THESE FLASHBACK LISTS!!! LOVE THEM! Thank you for posting.  :)

[babyblon33]

Big Poppa !!!

love all this true song.

[MrHoulman54]

YEAAAAHHH!!!! BOOMBASTIC AND GANGSTA'S PARADISE!

[90sandearly00srule1]

@ScorpioAndHisMusic actually, it is a representation of the most popular songs. whether or not, you agree, or what pop radio played, rap and r & b pretty much dominated in terms of sales, and popularity throughout the 90's, rock music didn't sell as much despite being the grunge era. i think the only song that should have been on this countdown, but didn't due to the chart rules then was I'll Be There For You, which topped the Airplay charts. other than that, the rest of this list is accurate.

[PuyoMagic]

Michael Jakcson the best singer ever! That's what I think

[SCRJ94]

damn that was music..

[ahmed258]

Thanks for the memories! Was listening to most of the songs when I was growing up.

[AdiQ0502]

The songs of the 90's are MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH better than today's top songs...

[lahori004]

Gangster paradise is still NUmber 1....

[somesanity1]

god 90s music is such shit. i love these top 50 singles of the week AND the yearly ones (billboard godess is awesome) but jesus fucking christ how shitty were all of these songs lol. 95 shitty year.. scratch that, 90s music just blows hard in general

[somesanity1]

@90sandearly00srule3 youre actually an idiot. who said i liked music today? you just assumed i did because you wanted to troll. actually, i'm more of a classic rock fan. although, in general i like pretty much all genres of music- except the 90s. literally every single kind- rap, death metal, classic rock, jazz, reggae, modern pop, country.. i just hate the 90s. because theres no skill and the music is just fake

[PenaltyKillah]

@somesanity1 Well, we can agree to disagree that 90sandearly00srule3 is a Nineties baby, while you're a Noughties baby ;)

[90sandearly00srule3]

@PenaltyKillah just to let you know, i was born in '85, i grew up in the 90's, i wasn't born in those times. but, yeah, i really enjoyed 90's music. i'm a huge 90's fan.

[BillboardGoddess]

@90sandearly00srule3 I also grew up in the nineties as well. That's why this music speaks so much to me. It was so much easier for a ballad to top the charts and these songs had so much meaning. Of course my favorite has to be "Colors of the Wind" by Vanessa Williams... but I also remember songs like "Waterfalls" and "I Believe" that really resonated with me and sometimes bring me to tears. But yes.. it was a very R&B heavy decade.

[90sandearly00srule3]

@BillboardGoddessmy favorite of this list is easily "This Is How We Do It". well, lucky for me, rap and r & b is the music i predominantly listen to, especially the 90's ones. unlike most of the people here, i know all 50 of the songs here, that's a rarity, and even more shocking i liked 45 of the 50, something that i can't say about the top 50 of today, i like a few, but i felt music mostly lost its meaning. thanks for the video, keep making the old school year end ones.

[drfizwuz997]

so happy R&B is died now :)

[MissKate126]

this was awesome! you should do more of these! :)

[PenaltyKillah]

Anyone wondering why there's NO country music?

Back in the 90s, country singles were ONLY released to country radio. Billboard had a rule restricting airplay-only songs -

Which was why 95% of country songs never charted on the Hot 100 back then, as well as AC radio staples like No Doubt's Don't Speak, Natalie Imbruglia's Torn & Goo Goo Dolls' Iris.

Now that Billboard has lifted that restriction, and with the advent of iTunes, we now have country music and "I'm Yours" clones everywhere muhaha

[drfizwuz997]

@PenaltyKillah what do you mean im your clones

[PenaltyKillah]

@drfizwuz997 Soppy love songs like Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" - clones are Hey, Soul Sister, Rhythm of Love, Say Hey (I Love You) etc.

[ihavevocaloid]

@PenaltyKillah YOU say this? You have always been one of my favorite channels on youtube ... and you think that "I'm Yours" is a country song??? it's a indie pop rock song.

[PenaltyKillah]

@ihavevocaloid If you read carefully, I was definitely NOT thinking of "I'm Yours" as a country song...

I compared "I'm Yours" to the other AC radio staples (Don't Speak, Torn, Iris) which are also pop rock. Since then, many songs have followed the trend of I'm Yours, including Hey, Soul Sister, Stay the Night and Keep Your Head Up - all also with AC radio airplay - I just called it "I'm Yours clones".

[27myri]

isint today friday arent they suppose to upload today????



[Tuca3D]

I was born in a black music year lol

Awesome :D

[BillboardGoddess]

@Tuca3D Yes very much so. If you were born in the mid-2000s as well... those were also very Black-dominated years as well, as you will see.

[90sandearly00srule3]

@BillboardGoddess yeah, what people don't realize is that the Billboard charts have been black dominated year up until 2008, when Flo-Rida score the #1 song for "Low". since 1992, the Billboard charts were mostly filled with rap and r & b songs because those genres took over the mainstream. outside of that, pop was mostly either ballads, rock songs, or house techno until the whole bubblegum pop craze of the late 90's came. only since '09 has the Billboard gone back to being mostly pop.

[etenedrac]

@Tuca3D me too!!!!!



[8snickerdo]

my birth year

[Nastik0120]

i was born two years later (A) I know only 5 songs from there, so I suppose it shows wich of them were REAL hits ... :)

[10bercik10]

I subscribed your channel for this video :)

Do it next :)

Sorry , but my english is very bad ..

[jackScenes]

I was 5 years old on October of 1995! I don't think I know what music is yet.. lol..

[lml110010]

#17 is a real good song.

You should listen it !

[godofgenius]

Mariah Carey all the way!!

[reekoolibr]

many of the songs weren't so good . less of them are reminiscent ..

[90sandearly00srule3]

@reekoolibr if you think that, just wait until 10 to 15 years from now. they'll say the same thing about today's music, that you're saying now. at least real talent was being played, and trust me, there are many people who still remember these songs.

[reekoolibr]

@90sandearly00srule3 yeah , im not trying to bring this down, since before till now still listened to real and good music even oldies music . im just telling that not all are my genres .. but my previous comment wasnt that negative . sorry though .

[ariannemercado]

old music is better.. than today music it easily lost.. but the old always...

[SirDevilance]

is it just me or at least half of the songs sound alike?..talking about the r'n'b ones..

[PilotOfTime]

why are all of the singers black lol!

[90sandearly00srule3]

@PilotOfTime because back in the 90's, black music was extremely popular (and better in quality and talent), that when urban music really became a part of pop culture. rap and r & b were at the top of the game in those times, trust me, i grew up in the 90's. now, not so much.

[baptistak]

i was 2 yrs old

[im20100]

I was 1 year old.

[mizzb315]

Wow some great hits came out in just '95 itself

[TRiLLSiPPiN]

@smilessmilesgirl Don't get me wrong Hootie is tight, but this was TLC's year for sure.

[jay144k]

90's music sucked. very few listenable songs.



[TRiLLSiPPiN]

@jay144k What did you expect? Pop music is pop music, today or back then.

[90sandearly00srule3]

@jay144k you obviously don't know real music when you hear it. today's music is hardly what i would call listenable.

[jay144k]

@90sandearly00srule3 I don't like many songs today, but the 90's were worse.

[90sandearly00srule3]

@jay144k are you kidding me? the 90's were legendary compared to new music. if you don't like the 90's whatever is your opinion, but saying the 90's were worse than now, is just plain stupidity, back then, real talent was played, and there was no auto-tune, or generic, repetitive music. and you say the 90's were worse? get out. it wasn't about looks, or just catchy dance beats, it was about whether or not you had talent, although for the late portion of the decade, i can't say much of the same.

[jay144k]

@90sandearly00srule3 i'm not big into auto tune and I hate anything overly repetitive. But I don't like most 90's music. It isn't the talent it is the style i don't like. Also auto tune came in mid 90's and was used in many songs. And song editing has been around longer than that.

[jay144k]

@90sandearly00srule3 but I do like number 1. Though I must admit I heard Weird A's parody first.

[TheGreatHeeroYuy]

Only remember 19 of them...just downloaded 2 of em >_>

[alraqi1]

Who the fuck Sukiyaki?

[Noodles1683]

Wow I feel really old. I was already 11 when these songs came out and I remember most of them. This is right around the time I started to listen to the radio. I had Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Sheryl Crow, and Hootie Cassettes.

[fjunkmail22]

what a bad year in music. saturated with R&B/Hip-Hop... #1, #2,#4 are iconic though

[MrYungilike]

MJ...

[chopsuey725]

Man, TLC? I miss them. 

[minua00]

gangsta paradise!

[SpankyHotDog]

great video! do 1996 next please =)

[XScorpionGuyX]

Great idea! Always innovating!!!

Keep it up the wonderful work!!

[ikuyish]

i wanna see more!!

[enyasurvivor]

I hope you make more of these! They were really enjoyable. I was only 5 when these songs came out, so it's nice to hear them again and see who actually sang them

[mapleworld777]

now i know where justin bieber got his song ideas from....

[2r3notgoodas1]

i dont think coolio was the chart toper of 1995. but still good list.

[90sandearly00srule3]

@2r3notgoodas1 yes, it was. the Billboard chart clearly says it. it made history by becoming the first ever rap song top the Billboard year end charts, only 50 Cent and Flo-Rida (if you want to even call him a rapper), were the only other 2 rappers to have the top singles of a year on the Billboard charts.and that song is a classic. that song was off the hook.

[2r3notgoodas1]

@90sandearly00srule3 yea yea go thugg yourself out.

[mrsXokevinXojonas00]

i was only 1 in 1995

but my mother still listens to most of these songs.

[OneNameJustin]

sukiyaki o-0... didnt know there was an english remake of the classic japanese song.

[shagojyo70]

there were better 90 bands out there like metallica nirvana Beastie Boys Oasis Dream Theater Megadeth etc, the music that Billboards put on here is shit

[juanito2628]

37 people were born in the 2000s

[LARUSSALVAT]

@juanito2628 Or maybe in the 1950's! Who knows!

[juanito2628]

I dont know any of these people........

[Calzified]

@juanito2628

Even Michael Jackson?? O_o

[Cav408]

@juanito2628 Me neither and im kinda glad

[10bercik10]

Songs of 90's are better than today..

That year was the best for TLC.. R.I.P Lisa and Biggie

[Nightcrawler200]

NOw I understand all American Idol's songs :P