Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING MARCH 30, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 03/23 04/06 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 5 4
★★ NO. 1 ★★2 weeks at No. One
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
2 2 4 16
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
3 3 2 14
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
4 6 7 5
JIVE 42373
4
5 4 3 10
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
6 7 11 3
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
6
7 5 1 18
COLUMBIA 78074
1
8 8 6 34
ATLANTIC 87124
2
9 9 9 8
A&M 581380
9
10 12 15 5
EMI 58543
10
11 17 25 8
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
11
12 13 13 8
VIRGIN 38534
12
13 14 10 21
RCA 64446
6
14 10 8 17
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
15 27 32 4
ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
15
16 19 35 4
TOMMY BOY 7721
16
17 15 12 10
EPIC 78216
8
18 16 18 26
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
19 32 — 2
Count On Me (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON & CECE WINANS
ARISTA 1-2976
19
20 20 28 4
DEF JAM/RAL 576120/ISLAND
20
21 22 16 25
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
22 23 24 7
ISLAND 854528
22
23 21 17 21
ATLANTIC 87095
14
24 28 26 17
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
25 25 30 9
ARISTA 1-2950
25
26 11 — 2
APPLE 58544/CAPITOL
11
27 26 21 20
ATLANTIC 87088
19
28 33 33 4
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
28
29 36 36 14
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
29
30 35 37 4
COLUMBIA 78254
30
31 18 14 19
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON
ARISTA 1-2885
1
32 24 27 33
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
33 37 40 7
RCA 64492
33
34 30 22 16
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
35 29 19 24
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
36 31 29 33
RAINMAKER 98138/INTERSCOPE
5
37 38 34 26
A&M 581176
23
38 41 41 10
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
38
39 44 46 6
ARISTA 1-2979
39
40 34 23 20
DEF JAM/RAL 577494/ISLAND
3
41 42 38 7
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
42 43 39 24
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12362
26
43 40 31 17
RUFFHOUSE 78092/COLUMBIA
12
44 47 42 32
EPIC 77961
5
45 39 20 6
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
46 48 48 11
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
47 51 56 16
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
47
48 45 43 8
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
49 52 52 5
COLUMBIA 78177
49
50 49 44 44
COLUMBIA 77801
6
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 50 50 4
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
52 46 45 10
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
53 57 63 8
A&M 581274
53
54 53 51 20
LAFACE 2-4119/ARISTA
5
55 63 71 5
MCA 55075
55
56 79 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
Renee (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854584
56
57 54 49 17
MAVERICK 17719/WARNER BROS.
6
58 59 62 3
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
58
59 62 73 7
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
59
60 55 57 13
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
61 56 54 17
LONDON 850430/ISLAND
29
62 65 69 4
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
62
63 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
RCA 64505
63
64 58 58 17
MCA 55148
37
65 NEW▶ 1
ROCK'N'ROLL/SCOTTI BROS. 78061/ALL AMERICAN
65
66 60 55 17
BAD BOY 7-9040/ARISTA
21
67 68 68 11
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
68 66 61 15
EPIC 78199
7
69 64 64 8
EPIC 78197
64
70 69 65 7
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
71 61 59 12
Visions Of A Sunset (FROM "MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS")SHAWN STOCKMAN
POLYDOR 580962/A&M
45
72 74 — 2
UPSTAIRS 0115
72
73 70 60 13
DEATH ROW 53230/INTERSCOPE
45
74 73 72 11
ATLANTIC 85519
60
75 72 74 9
LOUD 64489/RCA
60
76 80 84 6
HOLLYWOOD 64003
76
77 88 — 2
LAFACE 2-4142/ARISTA
77
78 78 80 3
VELOCITY 0629
78
79 84 94 3
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
79
80 83 83 3
CAPITOL 58537
80
81 82 — 2
INTERSCOPE 98084
81
82 95 95 3
550 MUSIC 78257
82
83 77 77 5
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
84 71 67 20
HOLLYWOOD 64004
47
85 85 82 5
CHRYSALIS 58527/EMI
73
86 76 85 3
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
76
87 87 87 4
OUTBURST/RAL 577794/ISLAND
87
88 90 97 3
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
88
89 91 91 3
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
89
90 98 — 2
GROOVE NATION/SCOTTI BROS. 78065/ALL AMERICAN
90
91 89 76 16
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
92 NEW▶ 1
MOTOWN 860512
92
93 96 — 2
VIRGIN 38535
93
94 94 96 3
WORK 78228
94
95 NEW▶ 1
LAFACE 2-4145/ARISTA
95
96 92 88 15
WARNER BROS. 17718
74
97 86 86 5
A&M 581456
86
98 97 89 11
VIPER 201/METROPOLITAN
72
99 100 100 12
CURB EDEL 76972/CURB
88
100 93 78 20
JIVE 42344
4

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.