Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 21, 1996
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 12/14 12/28 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 9
★★ NO. 1 ★★3 weeks at No. One
LAFACE 24200/ARISTA
1
2 26 — 2
I Believe I Can Fly (FROM "SPACE JAM")R. KELLY
WARNER SUNSET/ATLANTIC 42422/JIVE
2
3 2 2 11
INTERSCOPE 97007
1
4 4 4 7
Don't Let Go (Love) (FROM "SET IT OFF")EN VOGUE
EASTWEST 64231/EEG
4
5 3 3 12
ELEKTRA 64245/EEG
3
6 5 6 16
UNIVERSAL 56018
4
7 6 5 19
550 MUSIC 78345
2
8 8 8 5
I Finally Found Someone (FROM "THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES")BARBRA STREISAND & BRYAN ADAMS
COLUMBIA 78480
8
9 7 7 16
550 MUSIC 78373
6
10 9 9 7
MCA 55264
9
11 13 14 53
RCA 64407
1
12 10 10 25
ARISTA 13225
5
13 11 12 14
A&M 581874
11
14 12 13 9
COLUMBIA 78428
12
15 14 11 27
ATLANTIC 87072
2
16 15 16 18
Last Night (FROM "THE NUTTY PROFESSOR")AZ YET
LAFACE 24181/ARISTA
9
17 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
Fly Like An Eagle (FROM "SPACE JAM")SEAL
ZTT/WARNER SUNSET 87046/ATLANTIC
17
18 16 15 9
EPIC 78443
6
19 17 17 16
PERSPECTIVE 587558/A&M
17
20 18 18 12
DEF JAM 575648/MERCURY
18
21 19 19 27
ELEKTRA 64282/EEG
2
22 23 27 7
UNDEAS/BIG BEAT 98044/ATLANTIC
22
23 20 22 17
Tell Me (FROM "EDDIE")DRU HILL
ISLAND 854660
18
24 21 20 23
Change The World (FROM "PHENOMENON")ERIC CLAPTON
REPRISE 17621
5
25 25 25 28
TOMMY BOY 7735
25
26 22 23 29
LAFACE 24160/ARISTA
1
27 27 28 7
COLUMBIA 78409
27
28 28 26 38
A&M 581462
15
29 29 29 6
VIRGIN 38575
29
30 24 21 6
WARNER BROS. 17495
18
31 30 24 17
MERCURY 578398
14
32 32 35 15
BIV 10 860530/MOTOWN
32
33 31 31 22
MAVERICK 17644/REPRISE
6
34 36 32 25
SO SO DEF 78358/COLUMBIA
31
35 35 34 17
A&M 581862
24
36 41 54 4
ATLANTIC 87021
36
37 33 33 7
DEATH ROW 97012/INTERSCOPE
33
38 50 59 4
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
ETERNAL 17455/WARNER BROS.
38
39 39 43 7
BAD BOY 79073/ARISTA
39
40 42 58 4
EASTWEST 64212/EEG
40
41 34 30 41
QUADRASOUND/BIG BEAT 98083/ATLANTIC
3
42 37 36 25
DEF JAM 575062/MERCURY
3
43 43 44 4
LAFACE 24196/ARISTA
43
44 45 40 46
A&M 581380
9
45 48 48 5
ISLAND 854802
45
46 40 41 30
ATLANTIC B7151
11
47 38 37 13
LENCH MOB 53227/PRIORITY
21
48 44 38 38
ELEKTRA 64346/EEG
3
49 49 49 22
CLASSIFIED/TIMBER! 7186/TOMMY BOY
49
50 55 63 4
VIRGIN 38574
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 51 51 8
LAFACE 24210/ARISTA
51
52 46 39 17
BLACKGROUND 98067/ATLANTIC
11
53 47 47 18
EASTWEST 64262/EEG
25
54 65 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
BUZZ TONE 53263/PRIORITY
54
55 57 57 6
WARNER BROS. 17459
55
56 60 — 2
ATLANTIC 87028
56
57 58 53 6
How Could You (FROM "BULLETPROOF")K-CI & JOJO
MCA SOUNDTRACKS 55279/MCA
53
58 54 56 9
BAD BOY 79074/ARISTA
50
59 61 79 3
EPIC 78464
59
60 56 52 11
SO SO DEF 78426/COLUMBIA
30
61 53 42 10
Bohemian Rhapsody (FROM "HIGH SCHOOL HIGH")THE BRAIDS
BIG BEAT 98055/ATLANTIC
42
62 59 46 6
WARNER BROS. 17490
46
63 63 64 6
ARISTA 13260
63
64 67 70 6
ARISTA 13048
64
65 70 71 7
ROBBINS 72007
65
66 71 72 4
ATLANTIC 87027
66
67 NEW▶ 1
Space Jam (FROM "SPACE JAM")QUAD CITY DJ'S
BIG BEAT/WARNER SUNSET B7018/ATLANTIC
67
68 76 83 3
COLUMBIA 78455
68
69 64 61 13
T-NECK 854738/ISLAND
47
70 NEW▶ 1
SWELL/ELEKTRA 64228/EEG
70
71 83 — 2
MOTOWN 860462
71
72 77 78 19
ROBBINS 72002
72
73 66 66 10
XL RECORDINGS 1436/NEXT PLATEAU
66
74 74 77 4
OAKLAND HILLS 41510/DEF JAM 575774/MERCURY
74
75 72 62 11
ISLAND 854664
40
76 79 73 7
ELEKTRA 64248/EEG
73
77 68 60 9
FACE VALUE 87043/ATLANTIC
45
78 62 55 11
That Thing You Do! (FROM "THAT THING YOU DO!")THE WONDERS
PLAY-TONE!/EPIC SOUNDTRAX 78401/EPIC
41
79 81 75 16
LOGIC 59011
75
80 73 65 20
DECONSTRUCTION 64540/RCA
56
81 75 76 9
MCA 55222
70
82 82 85 4
LONDON 850686/ISLAND
82
83 NEW▶ 1
ARIOLA 44124/BMG LATIN
83
84 80 68 13
RCA 64628
63
85 78 67 12
DECONSTRUCTION 13247/ARISTA
54
86 88 — 2
AVATAR/POLYDOR 581914/A&M
86
87 85 80 17
MCA 55210
3
88 90 93 5
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 58574
88
89 87 74 13
EPIC 78385
43
90 NEW▶ 1
LV 78466/EPIC
90
91 89 87 14
MOTOWN 860510
53
92 95 95 3
LAFACE 24204/ARISTA
92
93 96 96 20
Touch Myself (FROM "FLED")T-BOZ
ROWDY/LAFACE 35080/ARISTA
40
94 86 82 14
INTERSCOPE 97008
32
95 69 69 10
UPSTAIRS 0120
69
96 NEW▶ 1
GRAND ROYAL 036/CAPITOL
96
97 94 94 12
UNIVERSAL 56022
51
98 91 86 19
RCA 64607
22
99 97 92 13
COLUMBIA 78415
66
100 93 91 8
DEF SQUAD 58579/EMI
85

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.