Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 23, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 03/16 03/30 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 5 36 3
★★ NO. 1 ★★1 week at No. One
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
2 4 4 15
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
3 2 2 13
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
4 3 3 9
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
5 1 1 17
COLUMBIA 78074
1
6 7 10 4
JIVE 42373
6
7 11 — 2
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
7
8 6 5 33
ATLANTIC 87124
2
9 9 9 7
A&M 581380
9
10 8 7 16
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
11 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
APPLE 58544/CAPITOL
11
12 15 20 4
EMI 58543
12
13 13 13 7
VIRGIN 38534
13
14 10 6 20
RCA 64446
6
15 12 8 9
EPIC 78216
8
16 18 15 25
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
17 25 26 7
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
17
18 14 11 18
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON
ARISTA 1-2885
1
19 35 68 3
TOMMY BOY 7721
19
20 28 28 3
DEF JAM/RAL 576120/ISLAND
20
21 17 18 20
ATLANTIC 87095
14
22 16 16 24
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
23 24 24 6
ISLAND 854528
23
24 27 27 32
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
25 30 30 8
ARISTA 1-2950
25
26 21 19 19
ATLANTIC 87088
19
27 32 86 3
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
FLIPMODE/ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
27
28 26 21 16
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
29 19 14 23
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
30 22 29 15
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
31 29 25 32
RAINMAKER 98138/INTERSCOPE
5
32 NEW▶ 1
Count On Me (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON & CECE WINANS
ARISTA 1-2976
32
33 33 35 3
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
33
34 23 17 19
DEF JAM/RAL 577494/ISLAND
3
35 37 47 3
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
COLUMBIA 78254
35
36 36 31 13
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
31
37 40 54 6
RCA 64492
37
38 34 23 25
A&M 581176
23
39 20 12 5
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
40 31 22 16
RUFFHOUSE 78092/COLUMBIA
12
41 41 41 9
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
41
42 38 37 6
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
43 39 34 23
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12362
26
44 46 53 5
ARISTA 1-2979
44
45 43 38 7
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
46 45 32 9
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
47 42 33 31
EPIC 77961
5
48 48 39 10
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
49 44 46 43
COLUMBIA 77801
6
50 50 63 3
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 56 51 15
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
51
52 52 56 4
COLUMBIA 78177
52
53 51 45 19
LAFACE 2-4119/ARISTA
5
54 49 40 16
MAVERICK 17719/WARNER BROS.
6
55 57 50 12
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
56 54 43 16
LONDON 850430/ISLAND
29
57 63 71 7
A&M 581274
57
58 58 52 16
MCA 55148
37
59 62 — 2
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
59
60 55 44 16
BAD BOY 7-9040/ARISTA
21
61 59 55 11
Visions Of A Sunset (FROM "MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS")SHAWN STOCKMAN
POLYDOR 580962/A&M
45
62 73 75 6
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
62
63 71 79 4
MCA 55075
63
64 64 64 7
EPIC 78197
64
65 69 74 3
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
65
66 61 59 14
EPIC 78199
7
67 66 58 20
VIRGIN 38522
22
68 68 62 10
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
69 65 65 6
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
70 60 60 12
DEATH ROW 53230/INTERSCOPE
45
71 67 67 19
HOLLYWOOD 64004
47
72 74 69 8
LOUD 64489/RCA
60
73 72 70 10
ATLANTIC 85519
60
74 NEW▶ 1
UPSTAIRS 0115
74
75 75 72 20
ARISTA 1-2889
15
76 85 — 2
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
76
77 77 82 4
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
78 80 — 2
VELOCITY 0629
78
79 NEW▶ 1
Renee (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854584
79
80 84 88 5
HOLLYWOOD 64003
80
81 81 84 20
I Will Remember You (FROM "THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN")SARAH McLACHLAN
ARISTA 1-2893
65
82 NEW▶ 1
INTERSCOPE 98084
82
83 83 — 2
CAPITOL 58537
83
84 94 — 2
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
84
85 82 80 4
CHRYSALIS 58527/EMI
73
86 86 87 4
A&M 581456
86
87 87 93 3
OUTBURST/RAL 577794/ISLAND
87
88 NEW▶ 1
LAFACE 2-4142/ARISTA
88
89 76 81 15
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
90 97 — 2
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
90
91 91 — 2
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
91
92 88 89 14
WARNER BROS. 17718
74
93 78 73 19
JIVE 42344
4
94 96 — 2
WORK 78228
94
95 95 — 2
550 MUSIC 78257
95
96 NEW▶ 1
VIRGIN 38535
96
97 89 85 10
VIPER 201/METROPOLITAN
72
98 NEW▶ 1
GROOVE NATION/SCOTTI BROS. 78065/ALL AMERICAN
98
99 99 91 8
DUCK DOWN 53223/PRIORITY
75
100 100 94 11
CURB EDEL 76972/CURB
88

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.