So this week feels pretty normal to a degree, sure some shifts in the top ten and a song that has come from nowhere and some new music lower down the charts including a hit overseas and a Home and Away star...
Okay, I am getting ahead of myself so let's rip into this top ten where for another week, it's "How Bizzare" by OMC at number one and really, I would think it's only a matter of time before it loses the number one spot as sales slowed which makes it vulnerable to our number two for a second week "Fastlove" by George Michael which is really starting to look as though it could well be a number one hit.
Climbing to number three this week is "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette as good sales continued even despite former album chart topper "Jagged Little Pill" lost the number one on the album chart to The Cranberries new album "To The Faithful departed"
"Missing" by Everything But the Girl and "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr Dre got one place jumps to 4 and 5 respectively because "Father and Son" by Boyzone lost all of it's momentum to skid down three places to number 6. It's not the only cover in the top ten, we'll get to that in a moment
3T's "Anything" has found stability at number seven for a second week while The Cranberries got a boost of the back of the number one album with "Salvation" up one place to number 8.
"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo" continued it's descent down the chart down one place to number nine
Now we have a new arrival to the top ten with Max-A-Million's cover of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" jiumping eight places to number ten. Sheesh.
Gains
Triple X had a massive gain this week, up from 35 to 14 with "X-Files Theme (Version Dance), this song could well be in the top ten soon.
Making me happy is the big gain for "Nobody Knows" which leaped from 46 to 27. A song I really do like a lot, good to see Austtalia starting to catch on.
Bush's "Glycerine" got a nine place to boost to 41.
"Children" by Robert Miles looks like becoming a hit as it goes up from 34 to 21.
Losers
The erratic chart run of "I Want to come over" by Melissa Etheridge has continued as it tumbled down from 30 to 43. Just no consistency for this song whatsoever. Strange.
Former top ten hit "Diggin' On You" by TLC is on its way out down from 29 to 46. Oasis chart topper 'Wonderwall" is also on its way out after a ten place fall to 49 this week.
A song that I thought would be huge is Celine Dion's "Falling into You" which fell hard from 28 to 45 as did "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine which fell from 31 to 50...OUCH!
The Smashing Pumpkins suffered a ten place drop with "1979" down to 42.
After 7 take tumble down 9 places with "Til You Do me Right" at number 35.
A cover taking a hit and thank goodness for it because it's not a good cover is "How Deep Is Your Love" by Take That which tumbled from 14 to 22.
Finally "Power of A Woman" by Eternal dropped eight places to number 18.
New Entries
Our new entries are a weird mish mash of current hits overseas and a rather strange song from a soap star.
But the biggest new entry of the week belongs to Soundgarden with their single "Pretty Noose" in at 24.
Now let's get to Daniel Amalm who you might know as playing the Fletcher-Ross's foster wild child Jack on Channel Seven soap drama 'Home And Away', his song "Classical Gas" has debuted at 31
this week.
It's been a chart topper in the US for six weeks and finally "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion has arrived on the Australia charts at number 34. Now I expect this song to be huge over the next few weeks.
Eternal's follow up single to "Power of A Woman" has hit the chart with "I Am Blessed" making it's grand entrance to the chart number 36.
A member of Wilson Phillips has made her solo debut this week with Chynna Phillips debuting at number 39 with "Naked and Sacred"/
Finally Gina G makes her debut appearance on the chart with "Ooh Ahh...Just a Little Biy" at number 40;
Now let's check out what's happening in the UK and US....
UK Top 5 (The Official Chart Company)
It's a second week at number one for George Michael with "Fastlove" however its not so stable behind him with Gina G up one place to number two with "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" pushing "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison back to number three.
Then there's a new entry at number four from the Liverpool Football Club and Boot Room Boyz entittled "Pass & Move (It's The Liverpool Groove)". A pretty stereotypical British football song that I doubt we'll see chart in Australia. There's actually several football songs on the British chart this week.
Finally rounding out the top 5 is "Cecilia" by Suggs & Louchie Lou/Michie One which slipped a spot to land at number 5.
US Top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a second week at the top for Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" and much like the UK chart there was plenty of movement below it with "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony debuting at number two with "Tha Crossroads". I can see the "Tha Crossroads" hitting number one in the US.
It pushed Celine Dion to number three with "Because You Loved Me" and The Tony Rich Project back to number four with "Nobody Knows".
"Ironic" by Alanis Morissette also suffered a drop to number five.
Debuting at number 47 this week is Spanish Latin group Los Del Rios and this bizarre song called "Macarena" "Macarena" by Los Del Rios
Anyway that wraps up this week's edition of Charting 1996, can OMC keep number one? Find out the answers next week.
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