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|Artist(s)
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|January 7
|rowspan="3"|"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)"
|rowspan="3"|Donna Summer
|rowspan="2"|"Creep"
|rowspan="2"|TLC
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|January 14
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|January 21
|"Nuttin But Flavor"
|Funkmaster Flex & The Ghetto Celebs
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|January 28
|"I Get Lifted"
|Barbara Tucker
|"Creep"
|TLC
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|February 4
|"Call Me"
|Deee-Lite
|"Big Poppa" / "Warning"
|The Notorious B.I.G.
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|February 11
|rowspan="2"|"Don't Bring Me Down"
|rowspan="2"|Spirits
|rowspan="4"|"Baby"
|rowspan="4"|Brandy
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|February 18
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|February 25
|rowspan="2"|"Everlasting Love"
|rowspan="2"|Gloria Estefan
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|March 4
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|March 11
|"Come Back"
|Londonbeat
|rowspan="4"|"Dear Mama" / "Old School"
|rowspan="4"|2Pac
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|March 18
|rowspan="2"|"Your Loving Arms"
|rowspan="2"|Billie Ray Martin
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|March 25
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|April 1
|"Never Get Enough"
|Waterlilies
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|April 8
|"Atomic"
|Blondie
|rowspan="2"|"Run Away"
|rowspan="2"|Real McCoy
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|April 15
|"Heartbeat"
|Jimmy Somerville
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|April 22
|rowspan="2"|"The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)"
|rowspan="2"|The Bucketheads
|rowspan="3"|"Craziest"
|rowspan="3"|Naughty By Nature
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|April 29
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|May 6
|"Respect"
|Judy Cheeks
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|May 13
|"Bedtime Story"
|Madonna
|rowspan="5"|"I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By"
|rowspan="5"|Method Man Featuring Mary J. Blige
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|May 20
|"Keep in Touch (Body to Body)"
|Shades of Love featuring Meli'sa Morgan
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|May 27
|"What Hope Have I"
|Sphynx
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|June 3
|"Open Your Heart"
|M People
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|June 10
|"I'm Ready"
|Size 9
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|June 17
|rowspan="2"|"Too Many Fish"
|rowspan="2"|Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva
|"Scream" / "Childhood"
|Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson
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|June 24
|rowspan="5"|"One More Chance" / "Stay With Me"
|rowspan="5"|The Notorious B.I.G.
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|July 1
|"You"
|Staxx of Joy featuring Carol Leeming
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|July 8
|"Space Cowboy"
|Jamiroquai
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|July 15
|rowspan="2"|"Scream"
|rowspan="2"|Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
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|July 22
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|July 29
|"You Bring Me Joy"
|Mary J. Blige
|rowspan="5"|"Player's Anthem"
|rowspan="5"|Junior M.A.F.I.A.
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|August 5
|"As Long as You're Good to Me"
|Judy Cheeks
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|August 12
|"Relax"
|Crystal Waters
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|August 19
|"My Love Is for Real"
|Paula Abdul
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|August 26
|"Come and Get Your Love"
|Real McCoy
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|September 2
|rowspan="2"|"No More "I Love You's""
|rowspan="2"|Annie Lennox
|rowspan="2"|"How High"
|rowspan="2"|Method Man & Redman
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|September 9
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|September 16
|rowspan="3"|"Everybody Be Somebody"
|rowspan="3"|Ruffneck featuring Yavahn
|"MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
|KRS-One
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|September 23
|"Real Hip Hop"
|Das EFX
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|September 30
|rowspan="8"|"Fantasy"
|rowspan="8"|Mariah Carey
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|October 7
|"Turn It Out"
|Labelle
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|October 14
|"We Can Make It"
|Moné
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|October 21
|rowspan="3"|"Fantasy"
|rowspan="3"|Mariah Carey
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|October 28
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|November 4
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|November 11
|"Stay Together"
|Barbara Tucker
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|November 18
|rowspan="2"|"I'll Always Be Around"
|rowspan="2"|C+C Music Factory featuring A.S.K. M.E. and Vic Black
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|November 25
|"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (From "Waiting to Exhale")
|Whitney Houston
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|December 2
|"Take Me Higher"
|Diana Ross
|rowspan="2"|"One Sweet Day"
|rowspan="2"|Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
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|December 9
|"Believe in Me"
|Raw Stylus
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|December 16
|"Reach"
|Lil' Mo' Yin Yang
|"No One Else"
|Total
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|December 23
|rowspan="2"|"Be My Lover"
|rowspan="2"|La Bouche
|"One Sweet Day"
|Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
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|December 30
|"Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Remix)
|Fugees
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See also
- 1995 in music
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart