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PREAMBLE:
1996 was definitely the year of the Macarena. It's a dance craze that
has swept the world and set the charts on fire with many different
versions being released by numerous artists based on the original
Bayside Boys Mix by Los Del Rio. Australians enjoyed an unusual
situation in which the two most popular versions, the Los Del
Rio Bayside Boys Mix and the version by Los Del Mar featuring Pedro
Castano both charted well. They charted so well that at once stage,
Los Del Rio was at number one and in the same week Los Del Mar
was at number two! Both singles sold enough to make it into
the top 15 sellers of the year, but you'll just have to wait
and see the official chart below to see just exactly how well
they both did!
1996 was definitely NOT the year for Australian artists on the charts.
With just FOUR out of the top 50 singles originating from Australia
and New Zeland, it is a far cry from the local success of artists
in the early 1990's as shown in the table below.
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Year Number of Aus/NZ artists in the end of year top 50
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1989 11 singles
1990 11 singles
1991 9 singles
1992 15 singles
1993 3 singles
1994 3 singles
1995 8 singles
1996 4 singles
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Ironically, 1996 was a year in which Australian artists had their
biggest year of sales overseas. O.M.C. did huge business overseas,
with HOW BIZARRE topping charts in Europe after doing the same in
Australia. Brisbane's Peter Andre took the U.K. by storm,
sending ONLY YOU to number 16, MYSTERIOUS GIRL to number 2,
and then scored two number ones in a row with FLAVA and
I FEEL YOU. Interestingly enough, Peter Andre's biggest
hit in Australia from his current album was GET DOWN ON IT,
and that has not even been released overseas. Peter's
success was not just confined to the U.K. MYSTERIOUS GIRL and
FLAVA were huge hits across the rest of Europe too. Melbourne's
Tina Arena scored a string of hits off her DON'T ASK album
in the U.K., with the highlight being the top 10 success of
the single CHAINS. That single also made the top 40 in the
United States and was very successful in many countries around
the world. Brisbane singer, Gina G (Gina Gardiner) headed
off to the U.K. a couple of years ago to try to get her music
career on track. Within a short time, her debut single "JUST A
LITTLE BIT" was Britain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest,
and despite not winning that competition, did huge business
on the charts here in Australia and Europe. Lastly, we cannot
forget Melbourne's Merril Bainbridge. In October 1994, her
debut and self-penned single MOUTH was released in Australia.
It got lost in the Christmas music madness, so it was
re-relased in early 1995. It ended up spending 6 weeks
at number one, and was the 4th biggest selling single in Australia
for that year. Late this year, MOUTH was released in the U.S.
It re-wrote chart history as Merril Bainbridge peaked at
number 4 in the United States - the biggest success by an
Australian artist in the U.S. since the days of INXS and AC/DC
back in the late 1980's and early 1990's. MOUTH also topped the
charts in Canada. Luckily her single did get re-released in
Australia otherwise none of this would have ever happened!
While it is an achievement for an artist to get a single in the end of
year top 50, three artists this year had two singles within the top
50. Celine Dion's IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW ended the year
at number 42, while BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME was the 3rd biggest selling
single of the year in Australia. Mid-way during the chart run of
BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME, the single was re-packaged with the bonus track
THE POWER OF THE DREAM, a song that Celine performed at the 1996
Atlanta Olympic Games. This was enough to send BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME
on a U-turn back up the charts, and the repackaged single ended
up spending 3 weeks at number one. La Bouche had four charting
singles in Australia in 1996, and the first two of them, BE MY LOVER
and SWEET DREAMS were both successful enough to make it into the
top 50 sellers of 1996. Lastly, Shaggy's BOOMBASTIC and his
guest appearance on Maxi Priest's THAT GIRL ensured he had two
of the 50 biggest sellers of the year, making 1996 his most
successful year yet in Australia.
Now, time to get into a few statistics then the chart we have
been waiting all year for...
THE NUMBER ONE SINGLES:
This lists all the singles that were number one in 1996 and how
much time they spent at the top of the chart. The singles are
arranged in chronological order of them making it to number one:
/-----------------------------------------------------------\
| 13 weeks: GANGSTA'S PARADISE - Coolio (a) |
| 2 weeks: JESUS TO A CHILD - George Michael |
| 4 weeks: BOOMBASTIC - Shaggy |
| 1 week: WONDERWALL - Oasis |
| 5 weeks: ONE OF US - Joan Osborne |
| 5 weeks: HOW BIZARRE - O.M.C. * |
| 4 weeks: FASTLOVE - George Michael |
| 1 week: UNTIL IT SLEEPS - Metallica |
| 7 weeks: KILLING ME SOFTLY - Fugees |
| 3 weeks: BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME - Celine Dion |
| 9 weeks: MACARENA - Los Del Rio |
| 8 weeks: WANNABE - Spice Girls (b) |
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(a) GANGSTA'S PARADISE spent most of its time at number 1 in 1995.
(b) WANNABE was still at number 1 at the end of 1996.
THE LONGEST RUNNING SINGLES:
This lists singles which have been in the charts for more than
20 weeks. If the single was in the charts prior to the beginning
of 1996, then weeks spent in the charts in 1995 is also included.
/-----------------------------------------------------------\
| 29 weeks: RUNAWAY - The Corrs |
| 29 weeks: BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME - Celine Dion |
| 27 weeks: GIVE ME ONE REASON - Tracy Chapman (a) |
| 26 weeks: DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL - Monica (a) |
| 25 weeks: YOU OUGHTA KNOW - Alanis Morissette (a) |
| 24 weeks: YOU ARE NOT ALONE - Michael Jackson (a) |
| 24 weeks: MYSTERIOUS GIRL - Peter Andre * (a) |
| 24 weeks: WATERFALLS - T.L.C. (a) |
| 24 weeks: BOOM BOOM BOOM - The Outhere Brothers (a) |
| 24 weeks: WONDERWALL - Oasis (a) |
| 24 weeks: RETURN OF THE MACK - Mark Morrison |
| 23 weeks: LUMP - The Presidents Of The USA (a) |
| 23 weeks: ONE SWEET DAY - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (a) |
| 23 weeks: MISSING (REMIX) - Everything But The Girl |
| 22 weeks: STAYIN' ALIVE - N-Trance (a) |
| 22 weeks: WRAP ME UP - Alex Party |
| 22 weeks: SANTA MONICA (WATCH THE WORLD DIE) - Everclear |
| 22 weeks: I WANT YOU - Savage Garden * (b) |
| 21 weeks: GANGSTA'S PARADISE - Coolio (a) |
| 21 weeks: LET'S GROOVE - C.D.B. * (a) |
| 21 weeks: BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS |
| - Smashing Pumpkins (a) |
| 21 weeks: HOW BIZARRE - O.M.C. * |
| 21 weeks: THA CROSSROADS - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| 21 weeks: I LIVE FOR YOU - Chynna Phillips (b) |
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(a) These singles were also charting in 1995.
(b) These singles were still charting at the end of 1996.
THE 1996 END OF YEAR SINGLES CHART:
This is based totally on record sales in 1996 within Australia.
/-------------------------------------\
| The top 50 Australian singles chart |
/-----------------| 1 9 9 6 |------------------\
/ \-------------------------------------/ \
# HP WI TITLE - ARTIST
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1. [ 1] {19} MACARENA - Los Del Rio
2. [ 1] {18} KILLING ME SOFTLY - Fugees
3. [ 1] {29} BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME - Celine Dion
4. [ 1] {21} HOW BIZARRE - O.M.C. *
5. [ 1] {16}+ WANNABE - Spice Girls
6. [ 1] {18} ONE OF US - Joan Osborne
7. [ 2] {23} MISSING (THE REMIX E.P.) - Everything But The Girl
8. [ 2] {24} RETURN OF THE MACK - Mark Morrison
9. [ 2] {10}+ WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
- Warren G featuring Adina Howard
10. [ 2] {19} YOU'RE MAKING ME HIGH - Toni Braxton
11. [ 2] {17} X-FILES THEME - Triple X
12. [ 4] {22}+ I WANT YOU - Savage Garden *
13. [ 2] {15}+ I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER - Donna Lewis
14. [ 2] {20}+ MACARENA - Los Del Mar
15. [ 3] {27}- GIVE ME ONE REASON - Tracy Chapman
16. [ 1] {16} BOOMBASTIC - Shaggy
17. [ 5] {20} SEXUAL HEALING - Max-A-Million
18. [ 2] {17}- BE MY LOVER - La Bouche
19. [ 1] {24}- WONDERWALL - Oasis
20. [ 1] {18} FASTLOVE - George Michael
21. [ 2] {12} THEME FROM MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
22. [ 3] {19} JUST A GIRL - No Doubt
23. [ 5] {19} JUST A LITTLE BIT - Gina G *
24. [ 3] {18}+ I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - The Rembrandts
25. [ 3] {18} IRONIC - Alanis Morissette
26. [ 2] { 8}+ WHERE DO YOU GO - No Mercy
27. [10] {29} RUNAWAY - The Corrs
28. [ 2] {18} FATHER AND SON - Boyzone
29. [12] {18} 1, 2, 3, 4 (SUMPIN' NEW) - Coolio
30. [ 3] {17} SPACEMAN - Babylon Zoo
31. [ 5] {19} ANYTHING - 3T
32. [ 5] {17} CHILDREN - Robert Miles
33. [ 2] {14} NOBODY KNOWS - Tony Rich Project
34. [ 4] {14} CALIFORNIA LOVE - 2 Pac featuring Dr. Dre
35. [ 5] {15}+ SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH - Newton
36. [ 7] {15}+ LET'S MAKE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Bryan Adams
37. [ 2] {24}- BOOM BOOM BOOM - The Outhere Brothers
38. [ 3] {16} BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - Deep Blue Something
39. [15] {21} THA CROSSROADS - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
40. [ 2] {23}- ONE SWEET DAY - Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men
41. [ 6] {18} DIGGIN' ON YOU - T.L.C.
42. [ 8] {13}+ IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW - Celine Dion
43. [ 5] {14} GET DOWN ON IT - Peter Andre featuring Past To Present *
44. [ 1] {11} UNTIL IT SLEEPS - Metallica
45. [ 7] {15} THAT GIRL - Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy
46. [ 5] {16} MOTHER MOTHER - Tracy Bonham
47. [ 8] {18} SWEET DREAMS - La Bouche
48. [11] {22} WRAP ME UP - Alex Party
49. [ 9] {21}+ I LIVE FOR YOU - Chynna Phillips
50. [10] {15} BLUE - LeAnn Rimes
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* Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist. 1996 local content: 4/50 (8%)
+ Denotes single still charting at end of 1996
- Denotes single charted before 1996 (i.e. in 1995) also
HP Denotes highest charting position of single (including 1995)
WI Denotes number of weeks single charted (including weeks in 1995)
\____________________________________________________________________________/
THE 1996 END OF YEAR ALBUMS CHART:
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has collected
and compiled album sales in Australia throughout 1996 and has
calculated the 50 biggest selling albums in Australia for 1996.
Rankings are based only on sales from 16th December 1995 to 12th
December 1996.
/------------------------------------\
| The top 50 Australian albums chart |
/------------------| 1 9 9 6 |------------------\
/ \------------------------------------/ \
1. JAGGED LITTLE PILL - Alanis Morissette
2. FALLING INTO YOU - Celine Dion
3. FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN - The Corrs
4. (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY - Oasis
5. THE VERY BEST OF TONI CHILDS - Toni Childs
6. RECURRING DREAM - Crowded House *
7. THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- The Presidents Of The United States Of America
8. THROWING COPPER - Live
9. DAYDREAM - Mariah Carey
10. ROMEO'S HEART - John Farnham *
11. THE MEMORY OF TREES - Enya
12. HITS - Jimmy Barnes *
13. HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - Michael Jackson
14. MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS - Smashing Pumpkins
15. OLDER - George Michael
16. RIVERDANCE - Bill Whelan
17. NEW BEGINNING - Tracy Chapman
18. SIXTEEN STONE - Bush
19. DON'T ASK - Tina Arena *
20. TENNESSEE MOON - Neil Diamond
21. LOAD - Metallica
22. THE COLOR OF MY LOVE - Celine Dion
23. TO THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED - The Cranberries
24. BLUE - LeAnn Rimes
25. 18 TIL I DIE - Bryan Adams
26. NO CODE - Pearl Jam
27. GARBAGE - Garbage
28. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER - Madonna
29. FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF WISHKA - Nirvana
30. GREATEST HITS 1985-1995 - Michael Bolton
31. CRAZYSEXYCOOL - T.L.C.
32. SIMPLY RED GREATEST HITS - Simply Red
33. ENZSO - Enzso *
34. ONE HOT MINUTE - Red Hot Chili Peppers
35. DON'T BORE US, GET TO THE CHORUS! - Roxette
36. FROGSTOMP - Silverchar *
37. II - The Presidents Of The United States Of America
38. THE SCORE - Fugees
39. ALL TIME GREATEST HITS - Elvis Presley
40. CRACKED REAR VIEW - Hootie and The Blowfish
41. LIFE - Simply Red
42. THE GREATEST HITS 1966-1992 - Neil Diamond
43. SWEET DREAMS - La Bouche
44. DOUBLE ALLERGIC - Powderfinger *
45. SPARKLE AND FADE - Everclear
46. SONGS IN THE KEY OF X (MUSIC FROM THE X-FILES) - Soundtrack
47. LOVE SONGS - Elton John
48. MTV: UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK - Nirvana
49. NEVERMIND - Nirvana
50. THE VERY BESY OF THE EAGLES - Eagles
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* Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist. 1996 local content: 7/50 (14%)
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