So in stark contrast to the wild shifts and swings we have gotten so far this year, we have a fairly normal week with a normal amount of shifting,
OMC's "How Bizarre" stays at number one for a second week and really its more a question of longevity at this point with the sales still being decent, it held off "Missing" by Everything But the Girl which has done everything but reach number one however with its position starting to show signs of weakness I can see it just missing number one.
Boyzone's surprising rise up the chart with "Father and Son" continues as it rose one place to number three surpassing "One of Us" by Joan Osborne which dropped back to number 4.
"California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre rose one place to hit the top 5 at number five while 3T's anything also surged up a place to number six.
Babylon Zoo's "Spaceman" continued it's descent down two places to number 7, it's starting it's slow exit, I expect this to be gone from the top ten sooner rather than later.
Alanis Morissette continues her run of chart success with "Ironic" up two places to number 8, it pushed back "Power of A Woman" by Eternal to number 9.
Now for a new entry at number ten from The Cranberries, the song is called "Salvation" which from their forthcoming album "To the Faithful Departed" out on April 30. Hope it does well for them
Gains
So outside the top ten, there was an eight place gain for Take That's "How Deep Is Your Love" to number 12.
After 7 breaks into the top twenty with "Til You Do Me Right" up from 25 to 18. Oasis join them in the top 20 at 19 up from 23 with "Don't Look back in Anger" and Mariah Carey finally sits inside the top 20 at number 20 with "Always Be My Baby" (I actually expected this song to be doing much better than it is considering it's performance in the USA).
The Max-A-Million cover of "Sexual Healing" is for some reason gaining traction so it's up nine to 30. Why anyone wants that, I do not know.
La Bouche hit number 34 with "Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola e)" up from 41 while Pulp's "Sweet Disco" is up 37 from 46.
Re-Entries
One returning entry and it comes from Everclear with "Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)" is back at number 43.
Losses
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's huge hit "One Sweet Day" has taken a ten place plunge to 50 as it finally heads toward the exit, also heading toward a rather quick exit is "Real Love" by The Beatles which slipped from 35 to 49.
Another hit that is likely to also follow 'Tell Me" by Groove Theory which tumbled down 11 places to 47. Bjork's "Hyperballad" lost its voice as it hit 48 from 31.
Melissa Etheridge's demand "I Want to Come Over" is starting to see the Australian public say no as the song slips 8 spots to 38
There's been another rapid loss of faith for John Farnham's "Have A Little Faith in Us" as it stuttered down from 14 to 25 while "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins slipped 9 places to 26.
Shaggy's former chart topper "Boombastic" crumbled down 10 places to 21.
New Entries
So as for the new entries apart from the new song from The Cranberries at number 10, what else was there this week?
Well, The Prodigy's big UK hit "Firestarter" has finally reached Australian shores at number 40 while Simply Red eye following up their 1995 top ten hit "Fairground" with new single "Love Never Love" debuting at 42.
Coolio is also back with "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" entering the chart at number 45, this song is already a top ten hit in the US.
So what about the US and UK...let's take a look...
UK Top 5 (Official Charts)
In the UK, it's a second week at number one for "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison but there is a new number two with Manic Street Preachers earning the highest new chart entry with "A Design for Life"
Gina G's "Ooh Ahh...Just A Little Bit" by Gina G falls back one place to number 3.
Michael Jackson remains stuck at number four with 'They Don't Care About Us" while Ash has the second new entry at number 5 with "Goldfinger"
US top 5 (Billboard hot 100)
Not sure there's much point because the top five are the exact same with "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion remaining at number one for a fifth week. "Always Be My Baby" by Mariah Carey at number two.
"Nobody Knows" by Tony Rich Project remains at number three, "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette is stuck at number four and "Down Low (Nobody has to know)" by R. Kelly feat. Ronald Isley sticking to number 5.
The biggest new entry of the week went to girl group SWV with "You're The One" debuting at number 9.
Anyway that wraps up charting 1996 for another week. Can OMC hang on to number one for a third week or will Boyzone or somebody else knock them off the top spot? Find out next week!
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