Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.
Charts history
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!scope=col rowspan=2|Issue date
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!scope=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales
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!scope=col|Artist(s)
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|January 6
|"Rhythm Nation"
|Janet Jackson
|rowspan="2"|"Pump Up the Jam"
|rowspan="2"|Technotronic Featuring Felly
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|January 13
|"Two to Make It Right"
|Seduction
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|January 20
|"Let the Rhythm Pump"
|Doug Lazy
|rowspan="3"|"Two to Make It Right"
|rowspan="3"|Seduction
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|January 27
|"C'mon and Get My Love"
|D-Mob introducing Cathy Dennis
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|February 3
|rowspan="2"|"1-2-3"/<br>"Underestimate"
|rowspan="2"|The Chimes
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|February 10
|"Jazzie's Groove"
|Soul II Soul
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|February 17
|"I'll Be Good to You"
|Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan
|rowspan="3"|"No More Lies"
|rowspan="3"|Michel'le
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|February 24
|rowspan="3"|"Escapade"
|rowspan="3"|Janet Jackson
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|March 3
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|March 10
|"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"
|Technotronic
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|March 17
|rowspan="2"|"All Around the World"
|rowspan="2"|Lisa Stansfield
|rowspan="3"|"All Around the World"
|rowspan="3"|Lisa Stansfield
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|March 24
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|March 31
|"Keep It Together"
|Madonna
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|April 7
|rowspan="2"|"Touch Me"
|rowspan="2"|49ers
|rowspan="2"|"Keep It Together"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
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|April 14
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|April 21
|"Let There Be House"
|Deskee
|"All Around the World"
|Lisa Stansfield
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|April 28
|"Heaven"
|The Chimes
|"The Humpty Dance"
|Digital Underground
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|May 5
|rowspan="2"|"Alright"
|rowspan="2"|Janet Jackson
|rowspan="6"|"Vogue"
|rowspan="6"|Madonna
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|May 12
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|May 19
|rowspan="2"|"Vogue"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
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|May 26
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|June 2
|"The Power"
|Snap!
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|June 9
|"Dub Be Good to Me"
|Beats International
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|June 16
|"Pump That Body"
|Mr. Lee
|rowspan="3"|"Hold On"
|rowspan="3"|En Vogue
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|June 23
|"That's the Way of the World"
|D-Mob with Cathy Dennis
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|June 30
|"Hold On"
|En Vogue
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|July 7
|rowspan="2"|"Don't You Love Me"
|rowspan="2"|49ers
|rowspan="3"|"The Power"
|rowspan="3"|Snap!
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|July 14
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|July 21
|rowspan="3"|"Everybody Everybody"
|rowspan="3"|Black Box
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|July 28
|"A Dreams a Dream" / "Courtney Blows"
|Soul II Soul
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|August 4
|rowspan="2"|"Policy of Truth"
|rowspan="2"|Depeche Mode
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|August 11
|rowspan="2"|"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)"
|rowspan="2"|The Adventures of Stevie V
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|August 18
|rowspan="3"|"Everybody Everybody"
|rowspan="3"|Black Box
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|August 25
|rowspan="3"|"Groove Is in the Heart"/<br>"What Is Love?"
|rowspan="3"|Deee-Lite
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|September 1
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|September 8
|"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)"
|The Adventures of Stevie V
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|September 15
|rowspan="2"|"Let's Get Busy"
|rowspan="2"|Clubland featuring Quartz
|"Jerk Out"
|The Time
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|September 22
|rowspan="3"|"Thieves In The Temple"
|rowspan="3"|Prince
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|September 29
|rowspan="2"|"Dance, Dance"
|rowspan="2"|Deskee
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|October 6
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|October 13
|"This Is the Right Time"
|Lisa Stansfield
|rowspan="3"|"Groove Is in the Heart"/<br>"What Is Love?"
|rowspan="3"|Deee-Lite
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|October 20
|"Doin' the Do"
|Betty Boo
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|October 27
|rowspan="2"|"Wiggle It"
|rowspan="2"|2 in a Room
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|November 3
|rowspan="2"|"Hippychick"
|rowspan="2"|Soho
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|November 10
|"Livin' in the Light"
|Caron Wheeler
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|November 17
|"Found Love"
|Double Dee featuring Dany
|"Doin' the Do"
|Betty Boo
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|November 24
|"H.O.U.S.E."
|Doug Lazy
|"Knockin' Boots"
|Candyman
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|December 1
|rowspan="5"|"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
|rowspan="5"|C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
|"Livin' in the Light"
|Caron Wheeler
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|December 8
|"Wiggle It"
|2 in a Room
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|December 15
|rowspan="3"|"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
|rowspan="3"|C+C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams
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|December 22
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|December 29
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See also
- 1990 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart