Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 20, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 04/13 04/27 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 7
★★ NO. 1 ★★5 weeks at No. One
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
2 2 2 3
COLUMBIA 78276
2
3 3 3 19
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
4 4 5 6
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
4
5 5 4 8
JIVE 42373
4
6 7 10 7
TOMMY BOY 7721
6
7 6 6 17
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
8 16 13 7
ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
8
9 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
RCA 64516
9
10 14 16 5
Count On Me (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON & CECE WINANS
ARISTA 1-2976
10
11 8 7 13
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
12 9 12 7
DEF JAM/RAL 576120/ISLAND
9
13 10 11 11
A&M 581380
9
14 11 15 11
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
11
15 13 14 8
EMI 58543
10
16 12 8 37
ATLANTIC 87124
2
17 15 9 21
COLUMBIA 78074
1
18 17 17 11
VIRGIN 38534
12
19 20 25 12
ARISTA 1-2950
19
20 18 18 24
RCA 64446
6
21 19 24 7
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
19
22 21 27 20
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
23 23 20 29
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
24 26 30 10
RCA 64492
24
25 22 28 23
ATLANTIC 87088
19
26 25 26 10
ISLAND 854528
22
27 27 23 28
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
28 24 19 20
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
29 43 49 8
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
MCA 55075
29
30 32 44 19
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
30
31 29 32 7
COLUMBIA 78254
29
32 28 22 13
EPIC 78216
8
33 46 60 3
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
ELEKTRA 64346/EEG
33
34 34 43 3
HIFI/SIRE 64303/EEG
34
35 38 46 11
A&M 581274
35
36 39 55 5
Renee (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854584
36
37 30 33 9
ARISTA 1-2979
30
38 37 34 36
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
39 36 36 29
A&M 581176
23
40 35 41 10
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
41 41 37 27
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
42 33 29 17
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
29
43 31 31 24
ATLANTIC 87095
14
44 47 58 4
RCA 64505
44
45 40 35 13
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
35
46 42 38 36
RAINMAKER 98138/INTERSCOPE
5
47 48 48 11
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
48 49 57 6
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
48
49 55 59 10
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
49
50 44 39 19
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 56 — 2
MERCURY 852857
51
52 NEW▶ 1
EPIC 78281
52
53 58 62 4
ROCK'N'ROLL/SCOTTI BROS. 78061/ALL AMERICAN
53
54 53 56 7
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
55 52 52 14
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
56 51 54 13
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
57 63 — 2
TRAUMA 98079/INTERSCOPE
57
58 59 61 7
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
58
59 61 64 5
UPSTAIRS 0115
59
60 54 21 5
APPLE 58544/CAPITOL
11
61 60 50 20
RUFFHOUSE 78092/COLUMBIA
12
62 57 51 8
COLUMBIA 78177
49
63 68 76 3
ROC-A-FELLA/FREEZE 53233/PRIORITY
63
64 67 92 4
MOTOWN 860512
64
65 65 67 10
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
66 NEW▶ 1
EPIC 78285
66
67 72 89 3
GEFFEN 19396
67
68 62 53 9
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
69 73 83 5
VIRGIN 38535
69
70 71 — 2
BAD BOY 7-9055/ARISTA
70
71 83 84 6
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
71
72 NEW▶ 1
QWEST 17673/WARNER BROS.
72
73 78 86 6
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
73
74 74 74 9
HOLLYWOOD 64003
74
75 75 75 5
GROOVE NATION/SCOTTI BROS. 78065/ALL AMERICAN
75
76 77 77 5
LAFACE 2-4142/ARISTA
76
77 66 66 20
LONDON 850430/ISLAND
29
78 64 63 20
MAVERICK 17719/WARNER BROS.
6
79 69 65 16
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
80 95 95 4
LAFACE 2-4145/ARISTA
80
81 70 70 18
EPIC 78199
7
82 81 68 20
MCA 55148
37
83 89 98 3
A&M 581462
83
84 79 72 14
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
85 85 85 6
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
76
86 80 69 20
BAD BOY 7-9040/ARISTA
21
87 82 82 6
550 MUSIC 78257
82
88 RE-ENTRY 11
SIRE 64450/EEG
87
89 76 71 11
EPIC 78197
64
90 84 87 6
VELOCITY 0629
78
91 NEW▶ 1
MAVERICK 17714/WARNER BROS.
91
92 87 78 6
CAPITOL 58537
78
93 93 — 2
DELICIOUS VINYL 58483/CAPITOL
93
94 99 88 8
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
95 86 73 15
Visions Of A Sunset (FROM "MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS")SHAWN STOCKMAN
POLYDOR 580962/A&M
45
96 98 97 19
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
97 88 79 16
DEATH ROW 53230/INTERSCOPE
45
98 91 — 2
TVT 5912
91
99 96 93 8
CHRYSALIS 58528/EMI
73
100 92 96 6
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
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  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.