| Rank | Song | Artist | Year | Key Theme | |------|------|--------|------|------------| | 1 | One Sweet Day | Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men | 1995 | Ballad / Loss | | 2 | Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix) | Los del Río | 1996 | Dance / Latin craze | | 3 | Un-Break My Heart | Toni Braxton | 1996 | Power ballad | | 4 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | 1992 | Movie soundtrack (The Bodyguard) | | 5 | Gangsta’s Paradise | Coolio feat. L.V. | 1995 | Hip-hop / social commentary | | 6 | Waterfalls | TLC | 1995 | R&B / social issues | | 7 | Smooth | Santana feat. Rob Thomas | 1999 | Latin rock / comeback | | 8 | ...Baby One More Time | Britney Spears | 1998 | Teen pop explosion | | 9 | I’ll Make Love to You | Boyz II Men | 1994 | R&B slow jam | | 10 | Candle in the Wind 1997 | Elton John | 1997 | Tribute (Princess Diana) |
: A social-conscious R&B anthem that dominated the mid-90s charts [5, 12]. 1990s top 100 songs