CASH BOX Top 100 Pop Singles
Black square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending MAY 18, 1996
TWTITLE (Label) | .... Artist LW2WK3WKWKS
  1ALWAYS BE MY BABY (Columbia 78276)
...... Mariah Carey		  1  2  2  8
  2BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME (550 Music/Epic 78237)
...... Celine Dion		  2  1  110
  3YOU’RE THE ONE (RCA 64516)
...... SWV		  5  4  9  4
  4THA CROSSROADS (Ruthless 6335)
...... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony		51——  2
  5IRONIC (Maverick/Sire 17698)
...... Alanis Morissette		  3  3  3  9
  6GIVE ME ONE REASON (Elektra 64346)
...... Tracy Chapman		  91319  8
  7OLD MAN AND ME (When I Get To Heaven) (Atlantic 87074)
...... Hootie & Blowfish		1618—  3
  8COUNT ON ME (Arista 1-2976)
...... Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans		  8  910  8
  91,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New) (Tommy Boy 7721)
...... Coolio		  4  5  510
10NOBODY KNOWS (LaFace 24115)
...... Tony Rich Project		10  8  823
11CLOSER TO FREE (Slash 17674)
...... BoDeans		11121511
12KEEP ON, KEEPIN’ ON (Flavor Unit/EastWest 64302)
...... MC Lyte featuring Xscape		243437  9
13DOWN LOW (Nobody Has To Know) (Jive 42373)
...... R. Kelly (featuring Ronald Isley & Ernie Isley)		  6  6  413
14WOO-HAH!! (Got You All In Check) (Elektra 64335)
...... Busta Rhymes		  7  7  710
15TIL I HEAR IT FROM YOU / FOLLOW YOU DOWN (A&M 581380)
...... Gin Blossoms		15151323 / 14
16FASTLOVE (DreamWorks 59001)
...... George Michael		54——  2
17THE EARTH, THE SUN, THE RAIN (Giant 17654)
...... Color Me Badd		36——  2
185 O’CLOCK (MCA 55075)
...... Nonchalant		20223611
19JUST A GIRL (Trauma 98116)
...... No Doubt		19202818
20INSENSITIVE (A&M 581274)
...... Jann Arden		21363813
21SWEET DREAMS (RCA 64505)
...... La Bouche		253145  7
22SITTIN’ UP IN MY ROOM (Arista 1-2929)
...... Brandy		12111118
23DOIN’ IT (Def Jam 576120)
...... LL Cool J		1310  612
24ALL THE THINGS (Your Man Won’t Do) (Island 854530)
...... Joe		17161214
25I DON’T WANNA BE ALONE (Gasoline Alley 55178)
...... Shai		636672  4
26AIN’T NOBODY / KISSING YOU (Bad Boy 7-9055)
...... Faith Evans		272829 7 / 3
27RENEE (Island 854584)
...... Lost Boyz		283031  8
28MISSING (Atlantic 87124)
...... Everything But The Girl		18191832
29WHO DO U LOVE (Arista 1-2950)
...... Deborah Cox		14141416
30LADY (EMI 58543)
...... D’Angelo		22171713
311979 (Virgin 38534)
...... Smashing Pumpkins		26242217
32A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE (Jac-Mac/Warner 17699)
...... H-Town		32334112
33BE MY LOVER (RCA 64446)
...... La Bouche		31262527
34NOT GON’ CRY (Arista 1-2957)
...... Mary J. Blige		23211617
35KISSIN’ YOU (Bad Boy 7-9056)
...... Total		373848  4
36WONDER (Elektra 64376)
...... Natalie Merchant		33272624
37THE WORLD I KNOW (Atlantic 87088)
...... Collective Soul		35353526
38CHAINS (Epic 78281)
...... Tina Arena		414447  4
39GET MONEY (Undeas/Big Beat 98087)
...... Junior M.A.F.I.A.		39435014
40YOU (Uptown/Universal 56001)
...... Monifah		———  1
41MACHINEHEAD (Trauma 98079)
...... Bush		45——  2
42DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU (Mercury 852857)
...... Lionel Richie		424546  5
43MACARENA (Bayside Boys Mix) (RCA 64407)
...... Los Del Rio		———23
44ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS (Almo Sounds 89002)
...... Garbage		44474910
45RELEASE ME (Upstairs 0115)
...... Angelina		464951  8
46ONE SWEET DAY (Columbia 78074)
...... Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men		30252130
47I WANT TO COME OVER (Island 854528)
...... Melissa Etheridge		40392014
48THE 13TH (Fiction/Elektra 64292)
...... Cure		———  1
49TOUCH ME TEASE ME (RAL/Def Jam 854620)
...... Case		92——  2
50AMISH PARADISE (Rock ’n’ Roll/Scotti Bros. 78061)
...... “Weird Al” Yankovic		505253  7
51TRES DELINQUENTES (PMP/Loud 64526)
...... Delinquent Habits		6669—  3
52FLOOD (Silvertone 42375)
...... Jars Of Clay		———  1
53NAME (Warner Bros. 17758)
...... Goo Goo Dolls		38373433
54I WILL SURVIVE (RCA 64492)
...... Chantay Savage		34232314
55ANYTHING (MJJ Music 77913)
...... 3T		43323233
56C’MON N’ RIDE IT (The Train) (Big Beat 98083)
...... Quad City DJ’s		68717111
57REACH (Epic 78285)
...... Gloria Estefan		575965  5
58ESA NENA LINDA (Scotti Bros. 78065)
...... Artie The 1 Man Party		596063  6
59IN THE MEANTIME (Sire 64303)
...... Spacehog		292930  6
60COUNTING BLUE CARS (A&M 581462)
...... Dishwalla		626469  5
61SCARRED (Luther Campbell 164000)
...... Luke		8491—  3
62GET ON UP (MCA 55123)
...... Jodeci		70——  2
63WONDERWALL (Epic 78216)
...... Oasis		48424217
64FEELS SO GOOD (Show Me Your Love) (Universal 56004)
...... Lina Santiago		52414016
65AIN’T NO NIGGA / DEAD PRESIDENTS (Roc-A-Fella 53233)
...... Jay-Z		———  1
66LOVE DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Maverick/Sire 17714)
...... Madonna		———  1
67SOUL FOOD (LaFace 24145)
...... Goodie Mob		677077  6
68LIVE AND DIE FOR HIP HOP (Ruffhouse 78270)
...... Kris Kross		7174—  3
69YOUR LOVING ARMS (Sire 64450)
...... Billie Ray Martin		———  1
70DON’T CRY (ZTT/Warner 17708)
...... Seal		55545423
71CAN’T GET YOU OFF MY MIND (Virgin 38535)
...... Lenny Kravitz		737374  8
72HOOK (A&M 1176)
...... Blues Traveler		56565630
73FU-GEE-LA (Ruffhouse 78195)
...... Fugees (Refugee Camp)		64552418
74LUCKY LOVE (Arista 1-2979)
...... Ace Of Base		60463912
75PEACHES (Columbia 78254)
...... Presidents Of The United States Of America		61503310
76SHADOWBOXIN’ (Geffen 19396)
...... Genius/GZA featuring Method Man		585867  6
77ONE FOR THE MONEY (Motown 860512)
...... Horace Brown		535357  7
78CUMBERSOME (Mammoth 98111)
...... Seven Mary Three		78787817
79GLYCERINE (Trauma 98088)
...... Bush		79797918
80CHILDREN (Arista 1-3006)
...... Robert Miles		———  1
81SLOW JAMS (Qwest 17673)
...... Quincy Jones featuring Babyface & Tamia with Portrait & Barry White		656568  9
82JESUS TO A CHILD (DreamWorks 59000)
...... George Michael		82828214
83NO MORE GAMES (Loose Cannon 852706)
...... Skindeep featuring Li’l Kim Of Junior M.A.F.I.A.		8387—  3
84TAKE A LOOK (Hollywood 64003)
...... J’son		72616115
85AIN’T NO PLAYA LIKE... (Chrysalis/EMI 58527)
...... Rappin’ 4-Tay		85889812
86MR. ICE CREAM MAN (No Limit 53218)
...... Master P		8690—  3
87CAN’T BE WASTING MY TIME (Island 854538)
...... Mona Lisa featuring Lost Boyz		81818113
88ONE OF US (Blue Gorilla/Mercury 852 368)
...... Joan Osborne		47402729
89HAVE I NEVER (LaFace 24142)
...... Few Good Men		897575  8
90GANGSTA’S PARADISE (MCA Soundtracks 55104)
...... Coolio featuring L.V.		74626040
91ENVY / FIREWATER (Violator/Relativity 1546)
...... Fat Joe		767273  6
92GIVE ME...A REASON (Velocity 0629)
...... Buffy		807764  9
93STAYIN’ ALIVE (Radikal/Critique 15562)
...... N-Trance		93939117
94ONLY LOVE (The Ballad Of Sleeping Beauty) (Columbia 78177)
...... Sophie B. Hawkins		69575513
95WHERE DO U WANT ME TO PUT IT (Perspective 587512)
...... Solo		87838312
96SCENT OF ATTRACTION (550 Music/Epic 78257)
...... Patra with Aaron Hall		958066  9
97HIGH AND DRY (Capitol 58537)
...... Radiohead		908987  9
98KEEP TRYIN’ (Epic 78197)
...... Groove Theory		97858615
99SCANDALOUS (Sick Wid’ It/Jive 42366)
...... The Click		757676  6
100 BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF MY LIFE / LIKE THIS AND LIKE THAT (Rowdy 3-5052)
...... Monica		88514430
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