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 Maxi-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 Maxi-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=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
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|January 2
|rowspan="2"|"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
|rowspan="2"|The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. featuring Michelle Visage
|"Are You Ready to Fly"
|Rozalla
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|January 9
|"Carry On"
|Martha Wash
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|January 16
|rowspan="2"|"I'm Gonna Get You"
|rowspan="2"|Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown
|rowspan="2"|"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
|rowspan="2"|The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. featuring Michelle Visage
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|January 23
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|January 30
|"Deeper and Deeper" || Madonna
|rowspan="2"|"Deeper and Deeper"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
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|February 6
|"Don't You Want Me"
|Felix featuring Jomanda
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|February 13
|"Gonna Get Back to You"
|MAW and Co. featuring Xaviera Gold
|"Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Boom Shalock Lock Boom)""
|House Of Pain
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|February 20
|"Always"
|MK featuring Alana
|rowspan="2"|"Supermodel (You Better Work)"
|rowspan="2"|Rupaul
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|February 27
|"Mr. Wendal"
|Arrested Development
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|March 6
|rowspan="2"|"I'm Every Woman"
|rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston
|"Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
|Digable Planets
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|March 13
|"Hip Hop Hooray"
|Naughty By Nature
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|March 20
|rowspan="2"|"Love U More"
|rowspan="2"|Sunscreem
|"Get Away"
|Bobby Brown
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|March 27
|"Informer"
|Snow
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|April 3
|"Give It to You"
|Martha Wash
|rowspan="2"|"I'm Every Woman"
|rowspan="2"|Whitney Houston
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|April 10
|"Little Bird"
|Annie Lennox
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|April 17
|"Born 2 B.R.E.E.D."
|Monie Love
|"Give It to You"
|Martha Wash
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|April 24
|rowspan="2"|"Took My Love"
|rowspan="2"|Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown
|rowspan="2"|"Fever" / "Bad Girl"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
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|May 1
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|May 8
|"Show Me Love"
|Robin S.
|rowspan="2"|"Show Me Love"
|rowspan="2"|Robin S.
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|May 15
|"Fever"
|Madonna
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|May 22
|"Who Is It"
|Michael Jackson
|rowspan="2"|"Who Is It"
|rowspan="2"|Michael Jackson
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|May 29
|"I Can't Get No Sleep"
|Masters at Work featuring India
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|June 5
|"Pressure Us"
|Sunscreem
|rowspan="4"|"That's the Way Love Goes"
|rowspan="4"|Janet Jackson
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|June 12
|"Regret"
|New Order
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|June 19
|"Phorever People"
|The Shamen
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|June 26
|"That's the Way Love Goes"
|Janet Jackson
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|July 3
|"Plastic Dreams"
|Jaydee
|rowspan="2"|"More And More"
|rowspan="2"|Captain Hollywood Project
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|July 10
|"Gotta Know (Your Name)"
|Malaika
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|July 17
|"U R the Best Thing"
|D:Ream
|"Back to My Roots"
|RuPaul
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|July 24
|"Back to My Roots"
|RuPaul
|"Plastic Dreams"
|Jaydee
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|July 31
|"Bad Mood"
|Lonnie Gordon
|"Dre Day"
|Dr. Dre
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|August 7
|"Shine"
|Midi Rain
|"Slam"
|Onyx
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|August 14
|"Can You Forgive Her?"
|Pet Shop Boys
|"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love"
|Taylor Dayne
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|August 21
|rowspan="2"|"Gimme Luv (Eenie Meenie Miny Mo)"
|rowspan="2"|David Morales and the Bad Yard Club
|"If"
|Janet Jackson
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|August 28
|"Check Yo Self"
|Ice Cube
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|September 4
|rowspan="2"|"If"
|rowspan="2"|Janet Jackson
|rowspan="2"|"Hey Mr. DJ"
|rowspan="2"|Zhane
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|September 11
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|September 18
|"Love for Love"
|Robin S.
|rowspan="2"|"Breakadawn"
|rowspan="2"|De La Soul
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|September 25
|"World (The Price of Love)"
|New Order
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|October 2
|"Slide on The Rhythm"
|Arizona featuring Zeitia
|rowspan="4"|"Hey Mr. D.J."
|rowspan="4"|Zhane
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|October 9
|"A Shade Shady (Now Prance)"
|RuPaul
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|October 16
|"Dreamlover"
|Mariah Carey
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|October 23
|"Dreams"
|Gabrielle
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|October 30
|"Move"
|Moby
|"Gangsta Lean"
|DRS
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|November 6
|"Give It Up"
|The Goodmen
|rowspan="2"|"Award Tour"
|rowspan="2"|A Tribe Called Quest
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|November 13
|"Happenin' All Over Again"
|Lonnie Gordon
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|November 20
|"House of Love"
|Smooth Touch
|rowspan="2"|"Freakit"
|rowspan="2"|Das EFX
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|November 27
|"Sexdrive"
|Grace Jones
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|December 4
|"The Program"
|David Morales and the Bad Yard Club
|"Shoop"
|Salt-N-Pepa
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|December 11
|"Lemon"
|U2
|rowspan="3"|"Getto Jam"
|rowspan="3"|Domino
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|December 18
|"Go West"
|Pet Shop Boys
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|December 25
|"Tradición"
|Gloria Estefan
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See also
- 1993 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart