Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 27, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 04/20 05/04 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 8
★★ NO. 1 ★★6 weeks at No. One
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
2 2 2 4
COLUMBIA 78276
2
3 3 3 20
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
4 4 4 7
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
4
5 6 7 8
TOMMY BOY 7721
5
6 5 5 9
JIVE 42373
4
7 9 — 2
RCA 64516
7
8 8 16 8
ELEKTRA 64335/EEG
8
9 10 14 6
Count On Me (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON & CECE WINANS
ARISTA 1-2976
9
10 7 6 18
Sittin' Up In My Room (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")BRANDY
ARISTA 1-2929
2
11 13 10 12
A&M 581380
9
12 12 9 8
DEF JAM 576120/ISLAND
9
13 16 12 38
ATLANTIC 87124
2
14 14 11 12
All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")JOE
ISLAND 854530
11
15 15 13 9
EMI 58543
10
16 11 8 14
Not Gon' Cry (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")MARY J. BLIGE
ARISTA 1-2957
2
17 18 17 12
VIRGIN 38534
12
18 17 15 22
COLUMBIA 78074
1
19 21 19 8
Closer To Free (FROM "PARTY OF FIVE")BODEANS
SLASH 17674/REPRISE
19
20 19 20 13
ARISTA 1-2950
19
21 20 18 25
RCA 64446
6
22 33 46 4
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
ELEKTRA 64346/EEG
22
23 22 21 21
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
21
24 29 43 9
MCA 55075
24
25 30 32 20
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
TRAUMA 98116/INTERSCOPE
25
26 35 38 12
A&M 581274
26
27 25 22 24
ATLANTIC 87088
19
28 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
ATLANTIC 87074
28
29 27 27 29
METAL BLADE 17758/WARNER BROS.
5
30 23 23 30
MJJ 77913/550 MUSIC
15
31 26 25 11
ISLAND 854528
22
32 34 34 4
HIFI/SIRE 64303/EEG
32
33 44 47 5
RCA 64505
33
34 36 39 6
Renee (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854584
34
35 48 49 7
Keep On, Keepin' On (FROM "SUNSET PARK")MC LYTE featuring XSCAPE
FLAVOR UNIT/EASTWEST 64302/EEG
35
36 24 26 11
RCA 64492
24
37 28 24 21
BLUE GORILLA 852368/MERCURY
4
38 49 55 11
JAC-MAC 17699/WARNER BROS.
38
39 39 36 30
A&M 581176
23
40 32 28 14
EPIC 78216
8
41 40 35 11
ZTT 17708/WARNER BROS.
33
42 45 40 14
GROOVE NATION 56004/UNIVERSAL
35
43 37 30 10
ARISTA 1-2979
30
44 43 31 25
ATLANTIC 87095
14
45 38 37 37
Gangsta's Paradise (FROM "DANGEROUS MINDS")COOLIO featuring L.V.
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55104/MCA
1
46 31 29 8
COLUMBIA 78254
29
47 47 48 12
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98087/ATLANTIC
30
48 41 41 28
ROWDY 3-5052/ARISTA
7
49 51 56 3
MERCURY 852857
49
50 52 — 2
EPIC 78281
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 57 63 3
TRAUMA 98079/INTERSCOPE
51
52 42 33 18
RUFFHOUSE 78195/COLUMBIA
29
53 53 58 5
ROCK'N'ROLL/SCOTTI BROS. 78061/ALL AMERICAN
53
54 55 52 15
MAMMOTH 98111/ATLANTIC
39
55 50 44 20
BAD BOY 7-9042/ARISTA
22
56 56 51 14
TRAUMA 98088/INTERSCOPE
28
57 54 53 8
SO SO DEF 78263/COLUMBIA
50
58 58 59 8
ALMO SOUNDS 89002/GEFFEN
58
59 59 61 6
UPSTAIRS 0115
59
60 66 — 2
EPIC 78285
60
61 62 57 9
COLUMBIA 78177
49
62 64 67 5
MOTOWN 860512
62
63 63 68 4
ROC-A-FELLA/FREEZE 53233/PRIORITY
63
64 80 95 5
LAFACE 2-4145/ARISTA
64
65 69 73 6
VIRGIN 38535
65
66 71 83 7
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
66
67 67 72 4
GEFFEN 19396
67
68 72 — 2
QWEST 17673/WARNER BROS.
68
69 70 71 3
BAD BOY 7-9055/ARISTA
69
70 60 54 6
APPLE 58544/CAPITOL
11
71 88 — 12
SIRE 64450/EEG
71
72 68 62 10
DREAMWORKS 59000/GEFFEN
7
73 83 89 4
A&M 581462
73
74 65 65 11
Can't Be Wasting My Time (FROM "DON'T BE A MENACE...")MONA LISA featuring LOST BOYZ
ISLAND 854538
65
75 75 75 6
GROOVE NATION/SCOTTI BROS. 78065/ALL AMERICAN
75
76 NEW▶ 1
PMP/LOUD 64526/RCA
76
77 73 78 7
NATURE BOY/BIG BEAT 98112/ATLANTIC
73
78 NEW▶ 1
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12430
78
79 76 77 6
LAFACE 2-4142/ARISTA
76
80 NEW▶ 1
LUTHER CAMPBELL 164000
80
81 74 74 10
HOLLYWOOD 64003
74
82 NEW▶ 1
RUFFHOUSE 78270/COLUMBIA
82
83 81 70 19
EPIC 78199
7
84 99 96 9
CHRYSALIS 58528/EMI
73
85 90 84 7
VELOCITY 0629
78
86 85 85 7
VIOLATOR 1546/RELATIVITY
76
87 91 — 2
MAVERICK 17714/WARNER BROS.
87
88 79 69 17
PERSPECTIVE 587512/A&M
50
89 84 79 15
RADIKAL 15562/AVEX-CRITIQUE
62
90 NEW▶ 1
NO LIMIT 53218/PRIORITY
90
91 92 87 7
CAPITOL 58537
78
92 NEW▶ 1
LOOSE CANNON 852706/ISLAND
92
93 89 76 12
EPIC 78197
64
94 100 92 7
STEP SUN 98086/INTERSCOPE
79
95 98 91 3
TVT 5912
91
96 NEW▶ 1
ARISTA 1-2993
96
97 96 98 20
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 94 99 9
RUTHLESS 1547/RELATIVITY
77
99 87 82 7
550 MUSIC 78257
82
100 93 93 3
DELICIOUS VINYL 58483/CAPITOL
93

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.