CHART COMMENTARY

PHOTO FINISH... The three top singles of the week are so close in over-all points that any of them could have been no.1 this week. The Backstreet Boys manage to hold for a third consecutive week at no. 1 with Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez very very close behind. We'll have to wait and see if the boys can hold yet another week on top to make it four.

YEAH BABY!... Madonna scores her fifth top 10 single this week as "Beautiful Stranger" easily climbs up to no. 9. Madonna's first chart entry (this chart was created in 1997) was "Frozen" which made it all the way to no. 2, then came "Ray Of Light", her only no. 1 hit so far on this chart, then "The Power Of Good-Bye" stalled at no. 7 and just recently, "Nothing Really Matters" made no. 9. Madonna's always been one of my favorite artists, so many of her older hits would had most likely done well on this chart if it had existed.

TIME TO GROW... Lauryn Hill's fourth release from her current "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill" album makes a not so impressive debut at no. 40 this week. This song has been out to radio for a while but not until now it makes its appearance on the top 40. I'm not so thrilled about this song but maybe it'll grow on me like "Ex-Factor" did. On the other hand, a song that will definately be one of Garbage's biggest hits is "When I Grow Up". The fourth release from "Version 2.0" makes its debut at no. 38 and will try to best "Push It"'s no. 4 peak.

For the week ending on June 19th, 1999.
This
Week
Last
Week
2 wks
Ago
Total
Weeks
ARTIST- TRACK
Album (Label)
Peak
Pos
1 1 1 6 BACKSTREET BOYS- I WANT IT THAT WAY
Millennium (Jive)
1(3)
2 3 3 7 BRITNEY SPEARS- SOMETIMES
...Baby One More Time (Jive)
2
3 4 7 5 JENNIFER LOPEZ- IF YOU HAD MY LOVE
On The 6 (Work/550 Music)
3
4 2 2 10 RICKY MARTIN- LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA
Ricky Martin (C2/Columbia)
1(3)
5 7 8 10 BRANDY- ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT
Never Say Never (Atlantic)
5
6 6 5 18 TLC- NO SCRUBS
Fanmail (LaFace/Arista)
1(9)
7 5 4 9 SHANIA TWAIN- THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH
Come On Over (Mercury/Nashville)
2
8 8 11 5 ROBBIE WILLIAMS- MILLENNIUM
The Ego Has Landed (Capitol)
8
9 15 28 3 MADONNA- BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Soundtrack (Maverick)
9
10 11 17 6 702- WHERE MY GIRLS AT?
702 (Motown)
10
11 9 12 5 WILL SMITH f/ DRU HILL- WILD WILD WEST
Wild Wild West Soundtrack (Interscope)
9
12 12 10 16 JORDAN KNIGHT- GIVE IT TO YOU
Jordan Knight (Interscope)
5
13 16 21 7 WHITNEY HOUSTON- IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OK
My Love Is Your Love (Arista)
13
14 10 6 9 SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER- KISS ME
Sixpence None The Richer (Columbia)
5
15 14 13 14 'N SYNC- I DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY
'N Sync (RCA)
1(1)
16 13 9 16 98 DEGREES- THE HARDEST THING
98 Degrees And Rising (Motown)
2
17 22 31 4 GERI HALLIWELL- LOOK AT ME
Schizophonic (Capitol)
17
18 27 - 2 TLC- UNPRETTY
Fanmail (LaFace/Arista)
18
19 18 24 4 CHER- STRONG ENOUGH
Believe (Warner)
18
20 19 19 7 BILLIE- SHE WANTS YOU
Honey To The B (Virgin)
19
21 17 18 20 SUGAR RAY- EVERY MORNING
14:59 (Lava/Atlantic)
2
22 30 35 3 THE GOO GOO DOLLS- BLACK BALLOON
Dizzy Up The Girl (Warner)
22
23 26 26 6 TATYANA ALI- EVERYTIME
Kiss The Sky (MJJ Music)
23
24 35 - 2 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS- BAILAMOS
Wild Wild West Soundtrack (Interscope)
24
25 39 - 2 SUGAR RAY- SOMEDAY
14:59 (Lava/Atlantic)
25
26 20 14 19 BUSTA RHYMES f/ JANET- WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?!
E.L.E. (Elektra)
2
27 31 34 3 JOEY McINTYRE- I LOVE YOU CAME TOO LATE
Stay The Same (C2/Columbia)
27
28 21 15 9 MEJA- ALL 'BOUT THE MONEY
Seven Sisters (C2/Columbia)
15
29 33 37 4 B*WITCHED- ROLLERCOASTER
B*Witched (Epic)
29
30 23 22 30 BRITNEY SPEARS- ...BABY ONE MORE TIME
...Baby One More Time (Jive)
1(7)
31 29 32 5 BLAQUE- 808
Blaque (Columbia)
29
32 24 16 15 B*WITCHED- C'EST LA VIE
B*Witched (Epic)
12
33 25 20 14 THE OFFSPRING- WHY DON'T YOU GET A JOB?
Americana (Columbia)
9
34 36 36 3 C NOTE- WAIT TILL I GET HOME
A Different Kind Of Love (Epic)
34
35 40 - 2 NEW RADICALS- SOMEDAY WE'LL KNOW
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (MCA)
35
36 28 23 8 THE CRANBERRIES- PROMISES
Bury The Hatchet (Island)
23
37 32 25 23 CHER- BELIEVE
Believe (Warner)
1(1)
38 NEW 1 GARBAGE- WHEN I GROW UP
Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds)
38
39 34 27 17 SAVAGE GARDEN- THE ANIMAL SONG
The Other Sister Soundtrack (Columbia)
5
40 NEW 1 LAURYN HILL- EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse)
40

This chart is updated every Thursday. Last update on June 17, 1999.

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