Top 100 songs for January 9, 1993
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1993 and the 1990s.
This week’s No. 1 is “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. Meanwhile, “Gangsta” by Bell Biv DeVoe rises from No. 37 to No. 21. 4 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Gangsta — Bell Biv DeVoeup 16 places, No. 37 → No. 21
- Mr. Wendal — Arrested Developmentup 15 places, No. 41 → No. 26
- Murder She Wrote — Chaka Demus & Pliersup 15 places, No. 95 → No. 80
New to this week’s Top 40
- Mr. Wendal — Arrested DevelopmentNo. 26
- Love Shoulda Brought You Home (From "Boomerang") — Toni BraxtonNo. 35
- Ditty — PaperboyNo. 39
- Free Your Mind — En VogueNo. 40
First-week entries
- I'm Every Woman (From "The Bodyguard") — Whitney HoustonNo. 66
- Ordinary World — Duran DuranNo. 67
- Informer — SnowNo. 79
- Dazzey Duks — DuiceNo. 86
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.