Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 1997
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 09/13 09/27 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 — 2
★★ NO. 1 ★★2 weeks at No. One
COLUMBIA 78648
1
2 3 2 13
JIVE 42453
2
3 6 9 5
LAFACE 24265/ARISTA
3
4 2 1 8
BAD BOY 79100/ARISTA
1
5 4 5 14
CURB 73022
4
6 7 3 15
BAD BOY 79097/ARISTA
1
7 5 4 6
VIRGIN 38604
4
8 8 6 12
ELEKTRA 64173/EEG
4
9 9 7 3
MCA 55392
7
10 12 25 43
ATLANTIC 87021
2
11 11 11 11
UNIVERSAL 56135
11
12 14 15 10
BLACKGROUND 98018/ATLANTIC
12
13 15 12 11
MOTOWN 860650
12
14 10 8 7
ISLAND 572082
7
15 13 10 11
Not Tonight (FROM "NOTHING TO LOSE")LIL' KIM featuring DA BRAT, LEFT EYE, MISSY ELLIOTT & ANGIE MARTINEZ
UNDEAS/ATLANTIC 98019/TOMMY BOY
6
16 18 18 3
NETTWERK 13395/ARISTA
16
17 20 24 4
TRACK MASTERS 78678/CRAVE
17
18 17 14 11
COLUMBIA 78528
7
19 16 13 17
RCA 64865
7
20 19 16 22
CAPITOL 58634
2
21 28 43 3
MERCURY 574760
21
22 23 20 30
ATLANTIC 84868
2
23 27 38 4
What About Us (FROM "SOUL FOOD")TOTAL
LAFACE 24272/ARISTA
23
24 26 22 31
RCA 64734
5
25 21 21 8
WARNER BROS. 17331
21
26 29 28 43
ATLANTIC 87027
16
27 24 19 9
RCA 64926
19
28 32 29 28
For You I Will (FROM "SPACE JAM")MONICA
ROWDY/WARNER SUNSET 87003/ATLANTIC
4
29 22 17 12
C U When U Get There (FROM "NOTHING TO LOSE")COOLIO featuring 40 THEVZ
TOMMY BOY 7785
12
30 30 23 20
BIG BEAT 98026/ATLANTIC
8
31 39 59 4
WARNER BROS. 17327
31
32 36 34 31
LAFACE 24223/ARISTA
8
33 34 31 8
GRAND JURY 64874/RCA
31
34 25 27 3
NO LIMIT 53290/PRIORITY
25
35 33 32 18
VIRGIN 38592
3
36 31 26 10
Gotham City (FROM "BATMAN & ROBIN")R. KELLY
JIVE 42473
9
37 55 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
CURB 73027
37
38 42 42 10
I Say A Little Prayer (FROM "MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING")DIANA KING
WORK 78596
38
39 45 64 4
I Care 'Bout You (FROM "SOUL FOOD")MILESTONE
LAFACE 24264/ARISTA
39
40 41 44 4
PRIORITY 53282
40
41 37 33 20
TOMMY BOY 7780
31
42 35 35 6
All I Want (FROM "GOOD BURGER")702
BIV 10/MOTOWN 860676/CAPITOL
35
43 40 39 21
MERCURY 574261
1
44 43 45 30
COLUMBIA 78503
4
45 48 49 21
CLEAN UP 38582/VIRGIN
45
46 38 30 11
GEFFEN 19411
25
47 47 41 9
MCA 55362
28
48 60 89 3
ARISTA 13407
48
49 46 36 10
VIOLATOR/ELEKTRA 64171/EEG
34
50 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
MUTE 78666/EPIC
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 51 53 5
LAFACE 24253/ARISTA
51
52 44 37 19
CURB 73019
7
53 54 56 6
Big Bad Mamma (FROM "DEF JAM'S HOW TO BE A PLAYER")FOXY BROWN featuring DRU HILL
VIOLATOR/DEF JAM 571441/MERCURY
53
54 49 46 9
COLUMBIA 78576
37
55 52 51 16
ARISTA 13367
41
56 56 61 12
ARISTA 13380
56
57 50 40 14
RUTHLESS 6343/RELATIVITY
4
58 57 55 20
EMI 58643/CAPITOL
39
59 61 62 4
TONY MERCEDES/LAFACE 24252/ARISTA
59
60 NEW▶ 1
UNIVERSAL 56131
60
61 53 52 16
COLUMBIA 78554
24
62 62 68 4
FLEX/EMI 58663/VIRGIN
62
63 79 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
REPUBLIC 56146/UNIVERSAL
63
64 64 75 5
SAVVY/PERSPECTIVE 587580/A&M
64
65 58 50 6
COLUMBIA 78641
50
66 66 66 4
SOMA 38608/VIRGIN
66
67 59 54 5
COLUMBIA 78569
51
68 NEW▶ 1
Avenues (FROM "MONEY TALKS")REFUGEE CAMP ALL STARS featuring PRAS with KY-MANI
ARISTA 13411
68
69 86 — 2
COLUMBIA 78651
69
70 70 77 3
KEDAR 56129/UNIVERSAL
70
71 71 72 4
YAB YUM 78614/550 MUSIC
71
72 67 60 16
POLYDOR 571006/A&M
28
73 63 58 14
RAP-A-LOT/NOO TRYBE 38581/VIRGIN
12
74 74 79 4
VIRGIN 38601
74
75 75 — 2
DGC 22303/GEFFEN
75
76 76 — 2
It's Alright (FROM "NOTHING TO LOSE")QUEEN LATIFAH
TOMMY BOY 7402
76
77 92 — 2
MCA 55367
77
78 69 69 7
NASTYBOY/GLASSNOTE 574748/MERCURY
69
79 68 63 8
INTERSCOPE 95012
58
80 65 57 10
EASTWEST 64174/EEG
16
81 77 71 15
CRAVE 78578
53
82 72 65 15
MCA 55346
26
83 73 67 13
YAB YUM 78565/EPIC
55
84 78 82 7
ARISTA 13346
74
85 91 — 2
T.W.ISM./QWEST 17305/WARNER BROS.
85
86 82 83 4
UNIVERSAL 56122
78
87 88 88 3
ISLAND 572064
87
88 83 73 10
ARISTA AUSTIN 13097/ARISTA
63
89 81 70 5
RCA 64918
70
90 NEW▶ 1
SO SO DEF 78639/COLUMBIA
90
91 80 76 10
MCA 55357
56
92 90 84 19
MUTE 17390/REPRISE
38
93 89 86 8
Can We (FROM "BOOTY CALL")SWV
JIVE 42445
75
94 93 85 8
METROPOLITAN 0307
79
95 85 74 15
MCA NASHVILLE 72016
22
96 99 95 5
STRICTLY RHYTHM 12512
92
97 87 81 14
G-FUNK/DEF JAM 571024/MERCURY
35
98 96 90 3
ROBBINS 72012
90
99 94 91 7
REPRISE 17379
86
100 97 92 20
MERCURY 574382
22

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.