Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 16, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 03/09 03/23 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 16
★★ NO. 1 ★★16 weeks at No. One
COLUMBIA 78074
1
2 2 3 12
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
3 3 2 8
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
4 4 4 14
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
4
5 36 — 2
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
5
6 5 5 32
ATLANTIC 87124
2
7 10 22 3
JIVE 42373
7
8 7 9 15
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
9 9 10 6
A&M 581380
9
10 6 6 19
RCA 64446
6
11 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
11
12 8 12 8
EPIC 78216
8
13 13 16 6
VIRGIN 38534
13
14 11 8 17
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON
ARISTA 1-2885
1
15 20 67 3
EMI 58543
15
16 16 13 23
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
17 18 18 19
ATLANTIC 87095
14
18 15 15 24
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
19 14 14 22
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
20 12 7 4
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
21 19 20 18
ATLANTIC 87088
19
22 29 26 14
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
23 17 11 18
DEF JAM/RAL 577494/ISLAND
3
24 24 24 5
ISLAND 854528
24
25 26 29 6
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
25
26 21 21 15
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
27 27 25 31
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
28 28 — 2
DEF JAM/RAL 576120/ISLAND
28
29 25 19 31
RAINMAKER 98138/INTERSCOPE
5
30 30 40 7
ARISTA 1-2950
30
31 22 17 15
RUFFHOUSE 78092/COLUMBIA
12
32 86 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
FLIPMODE/ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
32
33 35 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
33
34 23 23 24
A&M 581176
23
35 68 — 2
TOMMY BOY 7721
35
36 31 34 12
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
31
37 47 — 2
COLUMBIA 78254
37
38 37 33 5
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
39 34 35 22
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12362
26
40 54 61 5
RCA 64492
40
41 41 41 8
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
41
42 33 31 30
EPIC 77961
5
43 38 30 6
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
44 46 38 42
COLUMBIA 77801
6
45 32 28 8
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
46 53 55 4
ARISTA 1-2979
46
47 42 37 25
COLUMBIA 78043
1
48 39 39 9
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
49 40 27 15
MAVERICK 17719/WARNER BROS.
6
50 63 — 2
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 45 36 18
LAFACE 2-4119/ARISTA
5
52 56 58 3
COLUMBIA 78177
52
53 57 52 20
ROCKET 852394/ISLAND
34
54 43 42 15
LONDON 850430/ISLAND
29
55 44 32 15
BAD BOY 7-9040/ARISTA
21
56 51 51 14
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
51
57 50 50 11
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
58 52 47 15
MCA 55148
37
59 55 45 10
Visions Of A Sunset (FROM "MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS")SHAWN STOCKMAN
POLYDOR 580962/A&M
45
60 60 49 11
DEATH ROW 53230/INTERSCOPE
45
61 59 53 13
EPIC 78199
7
62 NEW▶ 1
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
62
63 71 74 6
A&M 581274
63
64 64 64 6
EPIC 78197
64
65 65 65 5
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
66 58 54 19
VIRGIN 38522
22
67 67 59 18
HOLLYWOOD 64004
47
68 62 62 9
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
69 74 — 2
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
69
70 66 57 20
UPTOWN 55133/MCA
31
71 79 83 3
MCA 55075
71
72 70 69 9
ATLANTIC 85519
60
73 75 76 5
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
73
74 69 60 7
LOUD 64489/RCA
60
75 72 63 19
ARISTA 1-2889
15
76 81 75 14
Beware Of My Crew (FROM "A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE")L.B.C. CREW featuring TRAY D & SOUTH SENTRELL
JAC-MAC 17722/WARNER BROS.
75
77 82 85 3
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
78 73 68 18
JIVE 42344
4
79 78 77 20
S.O.S. 14248/ZOO
60
80 NEW▶ 1
VELOCITY 0629
80
81 84 79 19
I Will Remember You (FROM "THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN")SARAH McLACHLAN
ARISTA 1-2893
65
82 80 73 3
CHRYSALIS 58527/EMI
73
83 NEW▶ 1
CAPITOL 58537
83
84 88 88 4
HOLLYWOOD 64003
84
85 NEW▶ 1
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
85
86 87 87 3
A&M 581456
86
87 93 — 2
OUTBURST/RAL 577794/ISLAND
87
88 89 78 13
WARNER BROS. 17718
74
89 85 80 9
VIPER 201/METROPOLITAN
72
90 76 71 15
TOMMY BOY 7718
24
91 NEW▶ 1
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
91
92 90 72 20
EASTWEST 64361/EEG
52
93 83 70 5
COLUMBIA 78215
63
94 NEW▶ 1
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
94
95 NEW▶ 1
550 MUSIC 78257
95
96 NEW▶ 1
WORK 78228
96
97 NEW▶ 1
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
97
98 92 81 9
AQUA BOOGIE/WING 852636/MERCURY
70
99 91 84 7
DUCK DOWN 53223/PRIORITY
75
100 94 91 10
CURB EDEL 76972/CURB
88

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.