Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 03/30 04/13 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 5
★★ NO. 1 ★★3 weeks at No. One
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
2 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
COLUMBIA 78276
2
3 2 2 17
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
4 4 6 6
JIVE 42373
4
5 6 7 4
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
5
6 3 3 15
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
7 5 4 11
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
8 8 8 35
ATLANTIC 87124
2
9 7 5 19
COLUMBIA 78074
1
10 16 19 5
TOMMY BOY 7721
10
11 9 9 9
A&M 581380
9
12 20 20 5
DEF JAM/RAL 576120/ISLAND
12
13 15 27 5
ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
13
14 10 12 6
EMI 58543
10
15 11 17 9
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
11
16 19 32 3
Count On Me (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON & CECE WINANS
ARISTA 1-2976
16
17 12 13 9
VIRGIN 38534
12
18 13 14 22
RCA 64446
6
19 14 10 18
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
20 18 16 27
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
21 26 11 3
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
APPLE 58544/CAPITOL
11
22 17 15 11
EPIC 78216
8
23 21 22 26
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
24 28 33 5
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
24
25 25 25 10
ARISTA 1-2950
25
26 22 23 8
ISLAND 854528
22
27 24 28 18
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
28 27 26 21
ATLANTIC 87088
19
29 29 36 15
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
29
30 33 37 8
RCA 64492
30
31 23 21 22
ATLANTIC 87095
14
32 30 35 5
COLUMBIA 78254
30
33 39 44 7
ARISTA 1-2979
33
34 32 24 34
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
35 38 41 11
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
35
36 37 38 27
A&M 581176
23
37 35 29 25
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
38 36 31 34
RAINMAKER 98138/INTERSCOPE
5
39 34 30 17
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
40 31 18 20
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON
ARISTA 1-2885
1
41 41 42 8
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
42 40 34 21
DEF JAM/RAL 577494/ISLAND
3
43 NEW▶ 1
HIFI/SIRE 64303/EEG
43
44 47 51 17
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
44
45 44 47 33
EPIC 77961
5
46 53 57 9
A&M 581274
46
47 42 43 25
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12362
26
48 48 45 9
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
49 55 63 6
MCA 55075
49
50 43 40 18
RUFFHOUSE 78092/COLUMBIA
12
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 49 52 6
COLUMBIA 78177
49
52 46 48 12
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
53 45 39 7
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
54 52 46 11
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
55 56 79 3
Renee (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854584
55
56 51 50 5
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
57 58 59 4
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
57
58 63 — 2
RCA 64505
58
59 59 62 8
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
59
60 NEW▶ 1
ELEKTRA 64346/EEG
60
61 62 65 5
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
61
62 65 — 2
ROCK'N'ROLL/SCOTTI BROS. 78061/ALL AMERICAN
62
63 57 54 18
MAVERICK 17719/WARNER BROS.
6
64 72 74 3
UPSTAIRS 0115
64
65 60 55 14
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
66 61 56 18
LONDON 850430/ISLAND
29
67 70 69 8
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
68 64 58 18
MCA 55148
37
69 66 60 18
BAD BOY 7-9040/ARISTA
21
70 68 66 16
EPIC 78199
7
71 69 64 9
EPIC 78197
64
72 67 68 12
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
73 71 61 13
Visions Of A Sunset (FROM "MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS")SHAWN STOCKMAN
POLYDOR 580962/A&M
45
74 76 80 7
HOLLYWOOD 64003
74
75 90 98 3
GROOVE NATION/SCOTTI BROS. 78065/ALL AMERICAN
75
76 NEW▶ 1
ROC-A-FELLA/FREEZE 53233/PRIORITY
76
77 77 88 3
LAFACE 2-4142/ARISTA
77
78 80 83 4
CAPITOL 58537
78
79 73 70 14
DEATH ROW 53230/INTERSCOPE
45
80 74 73 12
ATLANTIC 85519
60
81 81 82 3
INTERSCOPE 98084
81
82 82 95 4
550 MUSIC 78257
82
83 93 96 3
VIRGIN 38535
83
84 88 90 4
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
84
85 86 76 4
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
76
86 89 91 4
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
86
87 78 78 4
VELOCITY 0629
78
88 83 77 6
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
89 NEW▶ 1
GEFFEN 19396
89
90 75 72 10
LOUD 64489/RCA
60
91 NEW▶ 1
S.O.S. 1019/ZOO
91
92 92 — 2
MOTOWN 860512
92
93 85 85 6
CHRYSALIS 58528/EMI
73
94 87 87 5
OUTBURST/RAL 577794/ISLAND
87
95 95 — 2
LAFACE 2-4145/ARISTA
95
96 79 84 4
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
79
97 91 89 17
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
98 NEW▶ 1
A&M 581462
98
99 96 92 16
WARNER BROS. 17718
74
100 94 94 4
WORK 78228
94

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.