Top 100 Songs In 1990 Top |best| Jun 2026

Before the dominance of EDM, 1990 was the era of Freestyle and House music.

| Rank | Song Title | Artist(s) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | "Hold On" | Wilson Phillips | | 2 | "It Must Have Been Love" | Roxette | | 3 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Sinéad O'Connor | | 4 | "Poison" | Bell Biv DeVoe | | 5 | "Vogue" | Madonna | | 6 | "Vision of Love" | Mariah Carey | | 7 | "Another Day in Paradise" | Phil Collins | | 8 | "Hold On" | En Vogue | | 9 | "Cradle of Love" | Billy Idol | | 10 | "Blaze of Glory" | Jon Bon Jovi | | 11 | "Do Me!" | Bell Biv DeVoe | | 12 | "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" | Michael Bolton | | 13 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | | 14 | "Opposites Attract" | Paula Abdul (feat. The Wild Pair) | | 15 | "Escapade" | Janet Jackson | | 16 | "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" | Heart | | 17 | "Close to You" | Maxi Priest | | 18 | "Black Velvet" | Alannah Myles | | 19 | "U Can't Touch This" | MC Hammer | | 20 | "Love Will Lead You Back" | Taylor Dayne | | 21 | "Ice Ice Baby" | Vanilla Ice | | 22 | "Rub You the Right Way" | Johnny Gill | | 23 | "Step by Step" | New Kids on the Block | | 24 | "She Ain't Worth It" | Glenn Medeiros (feat. Bobby Brown) | | 25 | "Here We Are" | Gloria Estefan | top 100 songs in 1990 top

1990 was a transitional year, but it was not boring. The music was polished, highly danceable, and emotional. The year set the stage for the grungier and more hip-hop-influenced years that would follow, but it allowed pop music one last year of pure, joyful optimism before the shifts of 1991. Before the dominance of EDM, 1990 was the