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The No. 1s of

1993

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 1993 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. I Will Always Love You
    Whitney Houston
    Jan 2, 1993
    9 weeks
  2. A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)
    Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
    Mar 6, 1993
    1 week
  3. Informer
    Snow
    Mar 13, 1993
    7 weeks
  4. Freak Me
    Silk
    May 1, 1993
    2 weeks
  5. That's The Way Love Goes
    Janet Jackson
    May 15, 1993
    8 weeks
  6. Weak
    SWV
    Jul 10, 1993
    2 weeks
  7. Can't Help Falling In Love (From "Sliver")
    UB40
    Jul 24, 1993
    7 weeks
  8. Dreamlover
    Mariah Carey
    Sep 11, 1993
    8 weeks
  9. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
    Meat Loaf
    Nov 6, 1993
    5 weeks
  10. Again
    Janet Jackson
    Dec 11, 1993
    2 weeks
  11. Hero
    Mariah Carey
    Dec 25, 1993
    1 week

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. Aladdin
    Jan 3, 1993
    1 weekend
  2. A Few Good Men
    Jan 10, 1993
    1 weekend
  3. Aladdin
    Jan 18, 1993
    3 weekends
  4. Loaded Weapon 1
    Feb 7, 1993
    1 weekend
  5. Groundhog Day
    Feb 15, 1993
    2 weekends
  6. Falling Down
    Feb 28, 1993
    2 weekends
  7. CB4
    Mar 14, 1993
    1 weekend
  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
    Mar 21, 1993
    2 weekends
  9. Cop and a Half
    Apr 4, 1993
    1 weekend
  10. Indecent Proposal
    Apr 11, 1993
    4 weekends
  11. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
    May 9, 1993
    1 weekend
  12. Dave
    May 16, 1993
    1 weekend
  13. Sliver
    May 23, 1993
    1 weekend
  14. Cliffhanger
    May 31, 1993
    5 weekends
  15. The Firm
    Jul 5, 1993
    3 weekends
  16. Poetic Justice
    Jul 25, 1993
    1 weekend
  17. Rising Sun
    Aug 1, 1993
    1 weekend
  18. The Fugitive
    Aug 8, 1993
    6 weekends
  19. Striking Distance
    Sep 19, 1993
    1 weekend
  20. The Good Son
    Sep 26, 1993
    1 weekend
  21. Malice
    Oct 3, 1993
    1 weekend
  22. Demolition Man
    Oct 11, 1993
    2 weekends
  23. The Beverly Hillbillies
    Oct 24, 1993
    1 weekend
  24. The Nightmare Before Christmas
    Oct 31, 1993
    2 weekends
  25. The Three Musketeers
    Nov 14, 1993
    1 weekend
  26. Addams Family Values
    Nov 21, 1993
    1 weekend
  27. Mrs. Doubtfire
    Nov 28, 1993
    2 weekends
  28. Wayne's World 2
    Dec 12, 1993
    1 weekend
  29. The Pelican Brief
    Dec 19, 1993
    2 weekends
  30. Mrs. Doubtfire
    Jan 2, 1994
    1 weekend

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. Dolores Claiborne
    Stephen King
    Jan 3, 1993
    3 weeks
  2. Dragon Tears
    Dean Koontz
    Jan 24, 1993
    1 week
  3. The Bridges of Madison County
    Robert James Waller
    Jan 31, 1993
    7 weeks
  4. The Client
    John Grisham
    Mar 21, 1993
    4 weeks
  5. The Bridges of Madison County
    Robert James Waller
    Apr 18, 1993
    19 weeks
  6. Without Remorse
    Tom Clancy
    Aug 29, 1993
    2 weeks
  7. The Bridges of Madison County
    Robert James Waller
    Sep 12, 1993
    9 weeks
  8. Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend
    Nov 14, 1993
    7 weeks