Charting 1996: November 24th.

We are nearly at the end of 1996 and really this week's chart is kind of slow especially in the top ten mostly because there were small changes apart from the very bottom of the top ten so let's get to it where for yet another week, it's the Spice Girls at number one with "Wannabe", I don't see anything get near it right now as this song is a monster hit.

Warren G feat. Adina Howard's "What's Love Got to Do With It" is doing its best by remaining at number 2 but it has competition for that song coming from "Where Do You Go" by No Mercy up two places to number 3, this song might well be the closest threat to "Wannabe" even though it's at 3.

It pushed back "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis to number four and "Macarena" by Los Del Rios to five, both of these songs are starting to lose steam now.

Unfortunately lingering like a toxic fucking fungus at number six is "Sometimes When We touch". Get rid of this shit already.

Same can be said for "Let's Make a Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams at number 7.

Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to me now" remains at number 8 this week meanwhile "Don't Stop Movin'" by Livin' Joy jumped one place to number 9.

Finally rounding out the top ten is the latest arrival which is "I Live for You" by Chynna Phillips...uh what?...anyway it climbed six places to reach number ten.

Gains

However the biggest gain this week came for Toni Braxton's new single "Un-Break My Heart" which roared from 41 to 28.

Human Nature's "Wishes" rose from 22 to break into the top 20 at 16.

Michael Jackson's "Stranger in Moscow" climbed from 30 to 18 this week while "Mach S" by The Presidents of the United States rose from 36 to 29.

Finally Tori Amos "Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow" rose from 42 to 35.

Losers
Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano's version of "Macarena" is on the way out as it tumbled hard from 35 to 49 while Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Tha Crossroads" which really hasn't caught fire here as it had in the US as it fell from 34 to 46.

Former chart topper "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion collapsed from 43 to 28 while New Edition's "Hit Me Off" dropped from 21 to 32.

New Entries

So we have a bunch of new entries with the highest debut coming British electronic duo The Chemical Brothers as "Setting Sun" enters at 34.

In at 37 is American country singer Shania Twain with her new single "(If You're Not in it for Love) O'm Outta Here" while Savage Garden have released their follow up to "I Want You" with "To the Moon and Back" in at 38.

Musical project known as Babybird have hit the ARIA chart at number 45 with "You're Gorgeous" and finally founder of the early nineties new jack swing sound, Keith Sweat is in at number 47 with "Twisted"

That wraps up this week's edition of Charting 1996.