{"id":650,"date":"2026-02-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=650"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:08:39","slug":"4-legendary-songs-from-the-90s-that-debuted-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/4-legendary-songs-from-the-90s-that-debuted-at-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Legendary Songs From the 90s That Debuted at No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although it&#8217;s not an easy feat, an artist can enter the <em>Billboard Hot 100 <\/em>chart at the No. 1 position. To do so, it takes years of a built-up fan base and release anticipation. Pre-release marketing is involved, as well as immediate radio airplay once released, especially in the 1990s. Debuting at No. 1 wasn&#8217;t achieved until the 90s, but the decade certainly had its share. Here are four legendary songs from the 90s that debuted at No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;You Are Not Alone&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pAyKJAtDNCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1995, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/michael-jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a> became the first artist to debut at No. 1. &#8220;You Are Not Alone&#8221; broke a 37-year streak where no one had entered the top of the chart directly. Released on August 15, 1995, the single sold 120,000 copies in the first week. It debuted at the No. 1 position on September 2, 1995, and remained there for three weeks. Previously, Michael and Janet Jackson set a record for entering the chart at No. 5 with &#8220;Scream&#8221; in May 1995. It was later that year that the King of Pop would break his record, becoming the first artist in history to debut at No. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100. This was Jackson&#8217;s 13th and final No. 1 single on the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Fantasy&#8221; by Mariah Carey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mariah Carey - Fantasy (Official 4K Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qq09UkPRdFY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long until another artist debuted at No. 1. Within a month, the feat was accomplished once again. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/mariah-carey\">Mariah Carey<\/a> became the first female artist to debut at No. 1. &#8220;Fantasy&#8221; debuted at No. 1 on September 30, 1995, and remained there for eight weeks. This was the longest Carey remained at the top of the chart. Due to radio airplay, the single sold 229,000 copies, the highest of a single at the time. Previously, Whitney Houston set the record with &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221; in 1993. In the coming years, Mariah Carey would go on to debut at No. 1 three more times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Exhale (Shoop Shoop)&#8221; by Whitney Houston<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney Houston - Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (Official HD Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrTuV4Szxzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1995 saw multiple singles debut at No.1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100. Whitney Houston debuted at No. 1 with &#8220;Exhale (Shoop Shoop)&#8221; on November 25, 1995. She became the third artist to ever do so and the second female artist to do so. The song served as the lead single from the <em>Waiting To Exhale<\/em> soundtrack, becoming the first single from a soundtrack to debut at No. 1. It would be Houston&#8217;s 11th and final single to top the chart, remaining there for only one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-songfacts-fact\"><div class=\"songfacts-card songfacts-card-horizontal\"><div class=\"songfacts-content-container\"><div class=\"songfacts-header\"><h3 class=\"songfacts-card-title\"><span>Songfacts: <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-title-part\">Exhale (Shoop Shoop)<\/span><span class=\"songfacts-separator\"> | <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-artist-part\">Whitney Houston<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-meta\">Album:<span class=\"songfacts-album\">Waiting To Exhale <\/span><span class=\"songfacts-releasedate\"> [1995]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-body\"><p class=\"songfacts-card-text\">This was the last of the &#8217;90s shoop hits, which started with Cher&#8217;s 1990 cover of &#8220;The Shoop Shoop Song (It&#8217;s In His Kiss).&#8221; Michael Cooper had a minor hit with his 1992 track &#8220;Shoop Shoop (Never Stop Givin&#8217; You Love),&#8221; and Salt-N-Pepa had a big hit with &#8220;Shoop&#8221; in 1993.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"songfacts-footer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/whitney-houston\/exhale-shoop-shoop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"songfacts-button\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SongFacts-icon.png\" alt=\"Songfacts\" style=\"width:20px;height:20px;vertical-align:middle;margin-right:5px\" \/><\/span>Read the full Songfacts<svg><title>angle-double-right<\/title><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;&#8230;Baby One More Time&#8221; by Britney Spears<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-u5WLJ9Yk4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out the decade, Britney Spears&#8217; single &#8220;&#8230;Baby One More Time&#8221; debuted at No. 1 on January 30, 1999. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/britney-spears\/baby-one-more-time\">album of the same name<\/a> also debuted at No. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> 200, becoming the first new artist to debut at No. 1 on both charts in the same week. The single topped the charts in 23 countries, signaling a global shift in pop music. Britney Spears became the new face of pop music, going into the new millennium. &#8220;&#8230;Baby One More Time&#8221; spent 32 weeks on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 chart and became one of the best-selling physical singles of all time. In 2020, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/greatest-debut-songs-singles-990470\/britney-spears-baby-one-more-time-2-990475\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> magazine ranked the song the &#8220;greatest-selling debut single of all time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until the 1990s, no one had a single debut at the No. 1 position. 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