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=col rowspan=2|Issue date
!scope=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music Club Play
!scope=colgroup colspan=2|Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales
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!scope=col|Title
!scope=col|Artist(s)
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|January 1
|"Tradición"
|Gloria Estefan
|rowspan="3"|"Getto Jam"
|rowspan="3"|Domino
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|January 8
|"Show Me"
|Ultra Naté
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|January 15
|"Love Changes"
|MK featuring Alana
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|January 22
|"I Love Music"
|Rozalla
|"U.N.I.T.Y."
|Queen Latifah
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|January 29
|"Queen of the Night"
|Whitney Houston
|rowspan="3"|"A Deeper Love" (From Sister Act 2)
|rowspan="3"|Aretha Franklin
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|February 5
|"Joy"
|Staxx of Joy featuring Carol Leeming
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|February 12
|rowspan="2"|"Big Time Sensuality"
|rowspan="2"|Björk
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|February 19
|rowspan="4"|"Groove Thang"
|rowspan="4"|Zhane
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|February 26
|rowspan="2"|"A Deeper Love"
|rowspan="2"|Aretha Franklin
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|March 5
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|March 12
|"I'm in the Mood"
|CeCe Peniston
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|March 19
|rowspan="2"|"I Want You"
|rowspan="2"|Juliet Roberts
|rowspan="2"|"Gin And Juice"
|rowspan="2"|Snoop Doggy Dogg
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|March 26
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|April 2
|"Got to Get It"
|Culture Beat
|"C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)"
|Wu-Tang Clan
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|April 9
|"So into You"
|Michael Watford
|rowspan="3"|"Bump N' Grind"
|rowspan="3"|R. Kelly
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|April 16
|"Beautiful People"
|Barbara Tucker
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|April 23
|rowspan="2"|"Moving on Up"
|rowspan="2"|M People
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|April 30
|"Anything"
|SWV
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|May 7
|"Love & Happiness"
|River Ocean featuring India
|"Got Me Waiting"
|Heavy D. & The Boyz
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|May 14
|"I Believe"
|Sounds of Blackness
|rowspan="4"|"Bucktown" / "Let's Git It On"
|rowspan="4"|Smif-N-Wessun
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|May 21
|rowspan="2"|"100% Pure Love"
|rowspan="2"|Crystal Waters
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|May 28
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|June 4
|"I'll Take You There"
|General Public
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|June 11
|"Good Time"
|Sound Factory
|rowspan="2"|"Any Time, Any Place" / "Throb"
|rowspan="2"|Janet Jackson
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|June 18
|"I Want It, I Need It (Real Love)"
|Saundra Williams
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|June 25
|"Worker Man"
|Patra
|rowspan="2"|"Nappy Heads"
|rowspan="2"|Fugees (Tranzlator Crew)
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|July 2
|rowspan="2"|"Misled"
|rowspan="2"|Céline Dion
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|July 9
|rowspan="7"|"Take It Easy"
|rowspan="7"|Mad Lion
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|July 16
|"When You Made the Mountain"
|Opus III
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|July 23
|"Feel What You Want"
|Kristine W
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|July 30
|"Caught in the Middle"
|Juliet Roberts
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|August 6
|"The Right Kinda Lover"
|Patti LaBelle
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|August 13
|"Bring Me Your Love"
|Deee-Lite
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|August 20
|"Lifted by Love"
|k.d. lang
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|August 27
|"Anytime You Need a Friend"
|Mariah Carey
|"Juicy"
|The Notorious B.I.G.
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|September 3
|rowspan="2"|"One Night in Heaven"
|rowspan="2"|M People
|rowspan="6"|"Flava In Ya Ear"
|rowspan="6"|Craig Mack
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|September 10
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|September 17
|"Ain't Nobody"
|Jaki Graham
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|September 24
|"Bring Me Joy"
|Meechie
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|October 1
|"Another Night"
|Real McCoy
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|October 8
|"Do You Wanna Get Funky"
|C+C Music Factory
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|October 15
|rowspan="2"|"Hit by Love"
|rowspan="2"|CeCe Peniston
|rowspan="2"|"Take It Easy"
|rowspan="2"|Mad Lion
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|October 22
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|October 29
|"Drunk on Love"
|Basia
|"Word Is Bond"
|Brand Nubian
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|November 5
|"What I Need"
|Crystal Waters
|"Here Comes The Hotstepper"
|Ini Kamoze
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|November 12
|"Turn the Beat Around"
|Gloria Estefan
|"Flava In Ya Ear"
|Craig Mack
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|November 19
|"Dreamer"
|Livin' Joy
|"Bring the Pain"
|Method Man
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|November 26
|rowspan="2"|"Secret"
|rowspan="2"|Madonna
|"Secret"
|Madonna
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|December 3
|rowspan="5"|"Creep"
|rowspan="5"|TLC
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|December 10
|rowspan="2"|"Excited"
|rowspan="2"|M People
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|December 17
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|December 24
|rowspan="2"|"Living in Danger"
|rowspan="2"|Ace of Base
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|December 31
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See also
- 1994 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart