Singer Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (pictured in 2010) had her first chart-topper with "Vision of Love".

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs is a weekly chart published by Billboard that ranks the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American-oriented musical genres; the chart has undergone various name changes since its launch in 1958 to reflect the evolution of such genres. In 1990, the chart was published under the title Hot Black Singles through the issue of Billboard dated October 20 and Hot R&B Singles thereafter. During the year, 36 different singles topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations and surveys of retail sales outlets.[1]

Among the acts who in 1990 topped the chart for the first time was Mariah Carey, who reached number one in August with "Vision of Love", her first chart entry, and returned to the peak position in November with "Love Takes Time"; both also topped Billboard's all-genre chart, the Hot 100.[2] Carey would go on to become one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with reported worldwide career sales of over 200 million by 2013,[3] and set a record for the most number ones on the Hot 100 by a solo artist.[4] "Escapade" by Janet Jackson and "I'm Your Baby Tonight" by Whitney Houston also topped both the Black/R&B chart and the Hot 100 during 1990.[5] Other acts to gain their first R&B chart-topper during the year included all five members of the most recent line-up of the group New Edition, which had recently split up: Johnny Gill made his first appearance in the peak position when he duetted with Stacy Lattisaw on "Where Do We Go from Here" and achieved his first solo number one with "Rub You the Right Way", Ralph Tresvant spent a week atop the chart with "Sensitivity", and the remaining three members formed Bell Biv Devoe and reached number one for the first time with "Poison".[6][7]

Eight acts topped the chart with two songs during 1990, and three achieved three number ones, including Gill, who had a third chart-topper in May with "My, My, My". Producer Quincy Jones reached number one with three singles from his album "Back on the Block": "I'll Be Good to You", "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)", and "Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)"; the first two featured guest vocals from various long-standing R&B stars and the last featured Tevin Campbell, who was 12 years old when the track was recorded.[8] The group Tony! Toni! Toné! had three chart-toppers with "The Blues", "Feels Good" and "It Never Rains (In Southern California)", which was the last number one of the year. The group's total of five weeks at number one was the most by any act in 1990. The year's longest unbroken run in the peak position was three weeks, achieved by "Giving You the Benefit" by Pebbles.

Chart history

Musician MC Hammer
MC Hammer (pictured in 1999) topped the chart with "U Can't Touch This".
Musician Quincy Jones
Producer Quincy Jones (pictured in 1997) had three number ones with various featured vocalists.
Musician Lisa Stansfield
British singer Lisa Stansfield (pictured in 2014) topped the chart for the first time in 1990.[9]
Musician Johnny Gill
Johnny Gill was one of five former members of the group New Edition to reach number one in 1990.
Key
† Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1990[10]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 6 "Tender Lover"Babyface[11]
January 13 "Rhythm Nation"Janet Jackson[12]
January 20 "I'll Be Good to You"Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan[13]
January 27 [14]
February 3 "Make It Like It Was"Regina Belle[15]
February 10 "Real Love"Skyy[16]
February 17 "It's Gonna Be Alright"Ruby Turner[17]
February 24 "Where Do We Go from Here"Stacy Lattisaw with Johnny Gill[18]
March 3 [19]
March 10 "Escapade"Janet Jackson[20]
March 17 "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"Quincy Jones with Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge and Barry White[21]
March 24 "All Around the World"Lisa Stansfield[22]
March 31 [23]
April 7 "Spread My Wings"Troop[24]
April 14 [25]
April 21 "Ready or Not"After 7[26]
April 28 [27]
May 5 "Poison"Bell Biv DeVoe[28]
May 12 [29]
May 19 "Rub You the Right Way"Johnny Gill[30]
May 26 "Hold On" †En Vogue[31]
June 2 [32]
June 9 "The Blues"Tony! Toni! Toné![33]
June 16 "Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)"Quincy Jones featuring Tevin Campbell[34]
June 23 "U Can't Touch This"MC Hammer[35]
June 30 "All I Do Is Think of You"Troop[36]
July 7 "You Can't Deny It"Lisa Stansfield[37]
July 14 "My, My, My"Johnny Gill[38]
July 21 [39]
July 28 "Make You Sweat"Keith Sweat[40]
August 4 "Can't Stop"After 7[41]
August 11 "Vision of Love"Mariah Carey[42]
August 18 [43]
August 25 "Jerk Out"The Time[44]
September 1 "Feels Good"Tony! Toni! Toné![45]
September 8 [46]
September 15 "Lies"En Vogue[47]
September 22 "Crazy"The Boys[48]
September 29 "Thieves in the Temple"Prince[49]
October 6 "Giving You the Benefit"Pebbles[50]
October 13 [51]
October 20 [52]
October 27 "So You Like What You See"Samuelle[53]
November 3 [54]
November 10 "Love Takes Time"Mariah Carey[55]
November 17 "B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?"Bell Biv DeVoe[56]
November 24 "Misunderstanding"Al B. Sure![57]
December 1 "I'm Your Baby Tonight"Whitney Houston[58]
December 8 [59]
December 15 "Sensitivity"Ralph Tresvant[60]
December 22 "It Never Rains (In Southern California)"Tony! Toni! Toné![61]
December 29 [62]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Whitburn 2004, p. 102.
  3. ↑ Troup Buchanan, Rose (December 20, 2013). "Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' breaks a million sales". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
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Works cited

  • Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top R & B Singles, 1942–1995. Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89820-115-4.
  • Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89820-160-4.
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