We'll breakdown 1991, but you can relive all the Hot 100's number one hits year by year:
- 80s: 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
- 90s: 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
- 00s: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
A number of 1991 tracks that reigned in the top of the Hot 100 became cemented in popular culture as some of the most infamous songs that defined the decade—some because of their danceability and others because of their sheer ridiculousness. Tracks like these, including iconic hits from Michael Bolton and Bryan Adams, killed the charts in '91, and somehow seamlessly continue to seep into culture today as signifiers of this strange period at the end of the century.