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 Official Top 40 best-selling singles of 1996, re-written? |
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 5th July 2021, 08:04 PM
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 https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...of-1996__33496/ Official Top 40 best-selling singles of 1996 POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 1 KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES 1 2 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1 3 SPACEMAN BABYLON ZOO 1 4 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE SPICE GIRLS 1 5 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1 6 RETURN OF THE MACK MARK MORRISON 1 7 THREE LIONS BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED 1 8 OOH AAH...JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G 1 9 CHILDREN ROBERT MILES 2 10 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FT BUBBLER RANX 1 11 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1 12 UN-BREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 2 13 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE TAKE THAT 1 14 BREATHE PRODIGY 1 15 WORDS BOYZONE 1 16 IF YOU EVER EAST 17 FEATURING GABRIELLE 2 17 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED ROBSON & JEROME 1 18 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 1 19 FIRESTARTER PRODIGY 1 20 ONE & ONE ROBERT MILES FEAT MARIA NAYLER 3 21 ANYTHING 3T 2 22 READY OR NOT FUGEES 1 23 MACARENA LOS DEL RIO 2 24 BORN SLIPPY UNDERWORLD 2 25 FASTLOVE GEORGE MICHAEL 1 26 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR/THROW THESE.. DUNBLANE 1 27 YOU'RE GORGEOUS BABYBIRD 3 28 THE X FILES MARK SNOW 2 29 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME CELINE DION 5 30 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME GABRIELLE 5 31 NOBODY KNOWS TONY RICH PROJECT 4 32 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW CELINE DION 3 33 FLAVA PETER ANDRE 1 34 CECILIA SUGGS & LOUCHIE LOU/MICHIE ONE 4 35 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER DONNA LEWIS 5 36 DON'T STOP MOVIN' LIVIN' JOY 5 37 HOW BIZARRE OMC 5 38 HILLBILLY ROCK HILLBILLY ROLL WOOLPACKERS 5 39 INSOMNIA FAITHLESS 3 40 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT WARREN G FEAT ADINA HOWARD 2 ©2021 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. |
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5th July 2021, 08:48 PM
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Oh so they have, why on earth? At least One and One makes the top 20 in this version of events, I'm distinctly less happy that Virtual Insanity is kicked out.
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5th July 2021, 09:28 PM
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 Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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It's all to do with the data used- this is DUS sales rather than panel sales and hence the difference. There were more shops in the DUS in the final quarter of the year so songs released late in the year have done better on this version.
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6th July 2021, 07:42 AM
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it would look a lot better if artists with these words were omitted:
son, bird, rich, wool, plus charity tracks which people buy for the cause not the music. 
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6th July 2021, 09:43 AM
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96 had so many great songs, love how indie/dance went huge and how Prodigy or Chemical bros could get to #1
Fav songs on the list are the 2 Prodigy singles, the 2 Robert Miles singles, the 2 Fugees tracks, Oasis, Insomnia and Born Slippy. was too old to enjoy the Spice Girls  |
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6th July 2021, 11:36 AM
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 Right in front of my salad?!
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How does this differ from the order back in the day/at the time then?
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6th July 2021, 12:33 PM
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This is the updated order with the historic position at the start. Colour coded for up, down, non-mover
1 1 KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES 1 2 2 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1 3 3 SPACEMAN BABYLON ZOO 1 4 4 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE SPICE GIRLS 1 10 5 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1 5 6 RETURN OF THE MACK MARK MORRISON 1 7 7 THREE LIONS BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED 1 6 8 OOH AAH...JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G 1 8 9 CHILDREN ROBERT MILES 2 9 10 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FT BUBBLER RANX 1 11 11 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1 13 12 UN-BREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 2 12 13 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE TAKE THAT 1 14 14 BREATHE PRODIGY 1 16 15 WORDS BOYZONE 1 18 16 IF YOU EVER EAST 17 FEATURING GABRIELLE 2 19 17 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED ROBSON & JEROME 1 17 18 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 1 15 19 FIRESTARTER PRODIGY 1 26 20 ONE & ONE ROBERT MILES FEAT MARIA NAYLER 3 20 21 ANYTHING 3T 2 24 22 READY OR NOT FUGEES 1 22 23 MACARENA LOS DEL RIO 2 23 24 BORN SLIPPY UNDERWORLD 2 21 25 FASTLOVE GEORGE MICHAEL 1 31 26 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR/THROW THESE.. DUNBLANE 1 30 27 YOU'RE GORGEOUS BABYBIRD 3 25 28 THE X FILES MARK SNOW 2 27 29 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME CELINE DION 5 28 30 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME GABRIELLE 5 29 31 NOBODY KNOWS TONY RICH PROJECT 4 35 32 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW CELINE DION 3 33 33 FLAVA PETER ANDRE 1 32 34 CECILIA SUGGS & LOUCHIE LOU/MICHIE ONE 4 36 35 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER DONNA LEWIS 5 34 36 DON'T STOP MOVIN' LIVIN' JOY 5 37 37 HOW BIZARRE OMC 5 41 38 HILLBILLY ROCK HILLBILLY ROLL WOOLPACKERS 5 44 39 INSOMNIA FAITHLESS 3 45 40 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT WARREN G FEAT ADINA HOWARD 2 |
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6th July 2021, 04:55 PM
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 "Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Jul 6 2021, 10:43 AM)  was too old to enjoy the Spice Girls You can never be too old  ~~~ The 1996 list posted on Haven forum in 2007 ( https://fatherandy2.proboards.com/thread/41...crollTo=1001033 ) still had 2 Become 1 as the 5th best seller: 1 Killing Me Softly - Fugees [1] 1,269,000 2 Wannabe - Spice Girls [1] 1,268,000 3 Spaceman - Babylon Zoo [1] 1,100,000 4 Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls [1] 900,000 5 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls [1] 730,000 6 Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison [1] 730,000 7 Three Lions (The Official Song Of The England Football Team) - Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds [1] 680,000 8 Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit - Gina G [1] 680,000 9 Children - Robert Miles [2] 670,000 10 Mysterious Girl (remix) - Peter André featuring Bubbler Ranx [2] 652,000 11 Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis [1] 540,000 12 How Deep Is Your Love - Take That [1] 650,000 13 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton [2] 610,000 14 Breathe - Prodigy [1] 590,000 15 Firestarter - Prodigy [1] 530,000 16 Words - Boyzone [1] 520,000 17 Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something [1] 510,000 18 If You Ever - East 17 featuring Gabrielle [2] 510,000 19 What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted / Saturday Night At The Movies / You’ll Never Walk Alone - Robson and Jerome [1] 510,000 20 Anything - 3T [2] 480,000 21 Fastlove - George Michael [1] 470,000 22 Macarena - Los Del Rio [2] 460,000 23 Born Slippy - Underworld [2] 460,000 24 Ready Or Not - Fugees [1] 450,000 25 The X Files - Mark Snow [2] 440,000 26 One & One - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler [3] 440,000 27 Because You Loved Me - Céline Dion [5] 420,000 28 Give Me A Little More Time - Gabrielle [5] 420,000 29 Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project [4] 410,000 30 You're Gorgeous - Baby Bird [3] 410,000 31 Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away - Dunblane [1] 410,000 32 Cecilia - Suggs featuring Louchie Lou and Michie One [4] 380,000 33 Flava - Peter André [1] 370,000 34 Don't Stop Movin' - Livin' Joy [5] 350,000 35 It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Céline Dion [3] 350,000 36 I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis [5] 340,000 37 How Bizarre - OMC [5] 340,000 38 Jesus To A Child - George Michael [1] 330,000 39 Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai [3] 310,000 40 Forever Love - Gary Barlow [1] 300,000 |
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6th July 2021, 05:50 PM
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Back in 2007 the OCC used to list the ten best selling singles of each year on their website. Thats why the top ten part is the same on the list from Haven.
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