Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 08/17 08/31 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 36
★★ NO. 1 ★★4 weeks at No. One
RCA 64407
1
2 9 12 10
ATLANTIC 87072
2
3 6 10 8
DEF JAM 575062/MERCURY
3
4 2 4 10
ELEKTRA 64282/EEG
2
5 3 8 24
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
3
6 4 2 12
LAFACE 2-4160/ARISTA
1
7 5 6 6
Change The World (FROM "PHENOMENON")ERIC CLAPTON
REPRISE 17621
5
8 7 7 7
JIVE 42377
5
9 8 3 11
DEATH ROW 854652/INTERSCOPE
1
10 10 5 21
ELEKTRA 64346/EEG
3
11 11 9 5
MAVERICK 17644/REPRISE
6
12 12 11 13
ATLANTIC 87151
11
13 13 13 5
LAFACE 2-4177/ARISTA
12
14 27 — 2
550 MUSIC 78345
14
15 15 19 21
A&M 581462
15
16 16 16 13
BAD BOY 7-9060/ARISTA
16
17 22 32 8
ARISTA 1-3225
17
18 14 14 29
Insensitive (FROM "BED OF ROSES")JANN ARDEN
A&M 581274
12
19 19 18 17
BAD BOY 7-9056/ARISTA
12
20 17 17 12
ROWDY 3-5072/ARISTA
9
21 21 26 9
VIRGIN 38550
21
22 20 20 21
COLUMBIA 78276
1
23 18 15 25
Because You Loved Me (FROM "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL")CELINE DION
550 MUSIC 78237
1
24 23 24 24
MAVERICK 17698/REPRISE
4
25 28 28 11
ELEKTRA 64301/EEG
25
26 26 23 22
RCA 64505
13
27 24 22 37
LAFACE 2-4115/ARISTA
2
28 25 21 16
ARISTA 1-3006
21
29 31 30 9
I Like (FROM "THE NUTTY PROFESSOR")MONTELL JORDAN featuring SLICK RICK
DEF JAM 575046/MERCURY
28
30 34 35 5
ALMO SOUNDS 89004/GEFFEN
30
31 35 — 2
EPIC 78389
31
32 32 29 17
GIANT 17654
21
33 30 27 29
A&M 581380
9
34 33 31 16
Touch Me Tease Me (FROM "THE NUTTY PROFESSOR")CASE featuring FOXY BROWN
SPOILED ROTTEN/DEF JAM 854620/MERCURY
14
35 29 25 16
RUTHLESS 6335/RELATIVITY
1
36 38 38 4
Why Does It Hurt So Bad (FROM "WAITING TO EXHALE")WHITNEY HOUSTON
ARISTA 1-3213
36
37 41 49 8
BMG LATIN 39227
37
38 52 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
RCA 64607
38
39 36 33 9
Someday (FROM "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME")ALL-4-ONE
WALT DISNEY 64011/HOLLYWOOD
30
40 40 42 7
ATLANTIC 87051
40
41 42 45 5
LAFACE 2-4175/ARISTA
41
42 51 54 19
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
EPIC 78285
42
43 45 48 8
SO SO DEF 78358/COLUMBIA
43
44 39 36 9
VIRGIN 38547
36
45 46 51 7
MERCURY 578158
45
46 56 88 3
Touch Myself (FROM "FLED")T-BOZ
ROWDY/LAFACE 3-5080/ARISTA
46
47 43 40 55
ATLANTIC 87124
2
48 49 50 8
ARISTA 1-3223
48
49 55 64 4
RAP-A-LOT/NOO TRYBE 38559/VIRGIN
49
50 44 39 38
ELEKTRA 64376/EEG
20
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 37 34 16
PALLAS 56008/UNIVERSAL
18
52 54 60 11
TOMMY BOY 7735
52
53 47 37 12
ELEKTRA 64276/EEG
10
54 60 62 9
EASTWEST 64299/EEG
54
55 53 53 10
COLUMBIA 78327
53
56 59 52 7
ELEKTRA 64268/EEG
52
57 61 — 2
EPIC 78356
57
58 48 41 13
TOMMY BOY 7731/ISLAND
29
59 78 — 2
COLUMBIA 78372
59
60 57 43 10
CURB 76959
26
61 50 44 16
MOTHER 576670/ISLAND
7
62 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
EASTWEST 64262/EEG
62
63 63 — 2
Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance (FROM "HIGH SCHOOL HIGH")RZA featuring METHOD MAN & CAPPADONNA
BIG BEAT 98045/ATLANTIC
63
64 NEW▶ 1
LAFACE 2-4181/ARISTA
64
65 58 47 19
RCA 64516
5
66 66 67 4
EPIC 78359
66
67 68 69 8
POLYDOR 576412/A&M
67
68 62 58 15
ESSENTIAL/SILVERTONE 42375/JIVE
37
69 73 73 5
CLASSIFIED 0227
69
70 71 63 16
UPTOWN 56001/UNIVERSAL
32
71 64 56 15
MCA 55123
22
72 67 61 9
DGC 22214/GEFFEN
61
73 70 70 7
EMI 58576
70
74 65 55 16
DREAMWORKS 59001/GEFFEN
8
75 75 75 10
RADIKAL 15558/CRITIQUE
75
76 76 76 4
KEDAR 56003/UNIVERSAL
76
77 NEW▶ 1
DANGEROUS 42409/JIVE
77
78 84 84 4
MOTOWN 860410
78
79 72 57 18
ATLANTIC 87074
13
80 80 80 3
LIL' JOE 890
80
81 74 59 11
REPRISE 17695
52
82 82 74 7
MERCURY 578102
71
83 79 71 14
HOLLYWOOD 64008
62
84 77 68 18
PMP/LOUD 64526/RCA
35
85 81 66 9
WARNER BROS. 17648
66
86 90 93 3
GROOVE NATION 56012/UNIVERSAL
86
87 85 78 13
CHAMPION 64533/RCA
78
88 91 — 2
A&M 581672
88
89 86 72 12
EPIC 78264
30
90 83 92 6
LOUD 64565/RCA
83
91 87 81 8
LAFACE 2-4127/ARISTA
79
92 NEW▶ 1
A&M 581656
92
93 96 99 3
DECONSTRUCTION 64540/RCA
93
94 97 — 2
ROBBINS 72002
94
95 93 91 6
COLUMBIA 78351
90
96 89 82 20
Machinehead (FROM "FEAR")BUSH
TRAUMA 98079/INTERSCOPE
43
97 98 86 5
Wishes (FROM "KAZAAM")NATHAN MORRIS
PERSPECTIVE 587550/A&M
86
98 NEW▶ 1
WARNER BROS. 17681
98
99 88 90 20
Guilty (FROM "SEVEN")GRAVITY KILLS
TVT 5912
86
100 94 97 4
So Many Ways (FROM "HIGH SCHOOL HIGH")THE BRAXTONS
ATLANTIC 87056
94

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.