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US Best-Selling Singles

1995 SINGLES (Over 500,000)

Sold ( in million) Title/Artists

01) [2.5] Gangsta's Paradise/Coolio
02) [1.5] Fantasy/Mariah Carey
03) [1.3] One Sweet Day/Mariah Carey
04) [1.2] Waterfalls/TLC
05) [1.2] Boombastic/In The Summertime/Shaggy
06) [1.2] Don't Take It Personla (Just One Of Dem Days)/Monica
07) [1.1] One More Chance/Stay With Me/The Notorious B.I.G.
08) [1.0] Freak Like Me/Adina Howard
09) [1.0] Exhale (Shoop Shoop)/Whitney Houston
10) [1.0] This Is How We Do It/Montell Jordan
11) [1.0] You Are Not Alone/Michael Jackson
12) [0.9] Hey Lover/L.L. Cool J
13) [0.8] I Got 5 On It/Luniz
14) [0.8] Baby/Brandy
15) [0.8] I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By/Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
16) [0.8] Big Poppa/The Notorious B.I.G.
17) [0.8] Candy Rain/Soul For Real
18) [0.8] Creep/TLC
19) [0.8] Runaway/Janet Jackson
20) [0.7] Kiss From A Rose/Seal
21) [0.7] Dear Mama/2 Pac
22) [0.7] Keep Their Heads Ringin'/Dr. Dre
23) [0.7] Colors Of The Wind/Vanessa Williams
24) [0.7] Scream/Michael Jackson
25) [0.7] Red Light Special/TLC
26) [0.6] I Wish/Skee-Lo
27) [0.6] Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?/Bryan Adams
28) [0.6] Total Eclipse Of The Heart/Nicki French
29) [0.6] Freek'n You/Jodeci
30) [0.6] He's Mine/MoKenStef
31) [0.6] I Can Love You Like That/All-4-One
32) [0.6] You Remind Me Of Something/R.Kelly
33) [0.5] Take A Bow/Madonna

1996 SINGLES (Over 500,000)

Sold Title/Artists

01) [3.7] Macarena (bayside boys mix)/Los Del Rio
02) [1.7] How Do U Want It/California Love/2PAC
03) [1.6] Twisted/Keith Sweat
04) [1.6] No Diggity/BLACKstreet
05) [1.5] You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow/Toni Braxton
06) [1.4] C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)/Quad City DJ's
07) [1.3] Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion
08) [1.3] Loungin/LL Cool J
09) [1.3] Nobody Knows/Tony Rich Project
10) [1.3] Un-Break My Heart/Toni Braxton
11) [1.2] Always Be My Baby/Mariah Carey
12) [1.2] Nobody/Keith Sweat
13) [1.1] Give Me One Reason/Tracy Chapman
14) [1.1] It's All Coming Back To Me Now/Celine Dion
15) [1.1] Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)/R.Kelly
16) [1.1] Last Night/Az Yet
17) [1.0] Sittin' Up In My Room/Brandy
18) [1.0] Only You/112
19) [0.9] Not Gon' Cry/Mary J. Blige
20) [0.9] You're The One/SWV
21) [0.9] One Sweet Day/Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
22) [0.9] Pony/Ginuwine
23) [0.9] I Can't Sleep (Baby If I)/R.Kelly
24) [0.8] I Love You Always Forever/Donna Lewis
25) [0.8] Count On Me/Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans
26) [0.7] Kissin' You/Total
27) [0.7] Why I Love You So Much/Monica
28) [0.7] Where Do You Go/No Mercy
29) [0.7] WOO-HAH!! Got You All In Check/Busta Rhymes
30) [0.7] Elevators (me & you)/OutKast
31) [0.7] 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)/Coolio
32) [0.7] Don't Let Go (Love)/En Vogue
33) [0.7] Change The World/Eric Clapton
34) [0.7] All The Things (Your Man Won't Do)/Joe
35) [0.6] This Is For THe Lover In You/Babyface
36) [0.6] Macarena/Los Del Rio
37) [0.6] Mouth/Merril Bainbridge
38) [0.6] Po Pimp/Do Or Die
39) [0.6] Ironic/Alanis Morissette
40) [0.6] Doin It/LL Cool J
41) [0.6] Tell Me/Dru Hill
42) [0.6] If Your Girl Only Knew/Aaliyah
43) [0.6] I'm Still In Love With You/New Edition
44) [0.6] Touch Me Tease Me/Case
45) [0.6] I Believe I Can Fly/R.Kelly
46) [0.6] Hit Me Off/New Edition
47) [0.6] What Kind Of Man Would I Be/Mint Condition
48) [0.6] Keep On Keepin' On/MC Lyte
49) [0.5] Get Money/Junior M.A.F.I.A.
50) [0.5] Exhale (Shoop Shoop)/Whitney Houston
51) [0.5] Lady/D'Angelo
52) [0.5] Theme From Mission: Impossible/Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
53) [0.5] Hay/Crucial Conflict
54) [0.5] Who Do U Love/Deborah Cox
55) [0.5] Gangsta's Paradise/Coolio
56) [0.5] Blue/LeAnn Rimes
57) [0.5] Be My Lover/La Bouche
58) [0.5] Falling/Montell Jordan
59) [0.5] Until It Sleeps/Metallica
60) [0.5] Fastlove/George Michael
61) [0.5] Missing You/Brandy/Tamia/Gladys Knight/Chaka Khan

1997 SINGLES (Over 500,000)

Sold Title/Artists

01) [8.1] Candle In The Wind 1997/Elton John
02) [3.1] I'll Be Missing You/Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
03) [2.7] Can't Nobody Hold Me Down/Puff Daddy Feat. Mase
04) [2.3] How Do I Live/LeAnn Rimes
05) [2.0] You Make Me Wanna.../Usher
06) [1.8] Wannabe/Spice Girls
07) [1.5] MMMBop/Hanson
08) [1.4] Return Of The Mack/Mark Morrison
09) [1.4] It's Your Love/Tim McGraw With Faith Hill
10) [1.3] Mo Money Mo Problems/The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy & Mase
11) [1.3] 4 Seasons Of Loneliness/Boyz II Men
12) [1.3] In My Bed/Dru Hill
13) [1.3] I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face)/Rome
14) [1.3] You Were Meant For Me/Jewel
15) [1.3] I Believe I Can Fly/R.Kelly
16) [1.2] Hypnotize/The Notorious B.I.G.
17) [1.2] Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)/Backstreet Boys
18) [1.2] G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T./Changing Faces
19) [1.2] Honey/Mariah Carey
20) [1.1] Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Az Yet Feat. Peter Cetera
21) [1.1] Un-Break My Heart/Toni Braxton
22) [1.1] My Love Is The Shhh!/Somethin' For The People
23) [1.1] For You I Will/Monica
24) [1.1] Bitch/Meredith Brooks
25) [1.1] My Body/LSG
26) [1.0] Da' Dip/Freak Nasty
27) [1.0] Look Into My Eyes/Bone thugs-n-harmony
28) [1.0] Cupid/112
29) [0.9] Say You'll Be There/Spice Girls
30) [0.9] Not Tonight/Lil' Kim
31) [0.9] The One I Gave My Heart To/Aaliyah
32) [0.9] Butta Love/Next
33) [0.9] I Believe In You And Me/Whitney Houston
34) [0.8] Feel So Good/Mase
35) [0.8] Get It Together/702
36) [0.8] Up Jumps Da Boogie/Timbaland & Magoo
37) [0.8] All Cried Out/Allure
38) [0.8] I'll Be/Foxy Brown Feat. Jay-Z
39) [0.7] Every Time I Close My Eyes/Babyface
40) [0.7] C U When U Get There/Coolio Feat. 40 Fhevz
41) [0.7] Never Make A Promise/Dru Hill
42) [0.7] What About Us/Total
43) [0.7] MyBabyDaddy/B-Rock & The Bizz
44) [0.7] Invisible Man/98
45) [0.7] Do You Know (What It Takes)/Robyn
46) [0.7] 2 Become 1/Spice Girls
47) [0.6] The Freshmen/The Verve Pipe
48) [0.6] Don't Let Go (Love)/En Vogue
49) [0.6] Semi-Charmed Life/Third Eye Bline
50) [0.6] It's All About The Benjamins/Puff Daddy & The Family
51) [0.6] Gotham City/R. Kelly
52) [0.6] I Want You/Savage Garden
53) [0.6] Cold Rock A Party/MC Lyte
54) [0.6] I Don't Want To/Toni Braxton
55) [0.6] Nobody/Keith Sweat Feat. Athena Cage
56) [0.6] What's On Tonight/Montell Jordan
57) [0.6] Sock It 2 Me/Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott Feat. Da Brat
58) [0.6] I Shot The Sheriff/Warren G
59) [0.6] Let Me Clear My Throat/DJ Kool
60) [0.6] I Will Come To You/Hanson
61) [0.6] You Should Be Mine/Brian McKnight Feat. Mase
62) [0.6] Let It Go/Ray J
63) [0.6] I Miss My Homies/Master P Feat. Pimp C & The Shocker
64) [0.5] Big Daddy/Heavy D
65) [0.5] Smile/Scarface Feat. 2 Pac & Johnny P
66) [0.5] Someone/SWV Feat. Puff Daddy
67) [0.5] I Care 'Bout You/Milestone
68) [0.5] DOn't Wanna Be A Player/Joe
69) [0.5] On&On/Erykah Badu
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Reply #1 posted 08/28/04 10:47am

speeddemon

1998 SINGLES (Over 500,000)

Sold Title/Artists

01) [2.6] The Boy Is Mine/Brandy & Monica
02) [2.1] Too Close/Next
03) [1.9] You're Still The One/Shania Twain
04) [1.5] Nice & Slow/Usher
05) [1.5] The First Night/Monica
06) [1.4] My Way/Usher
07) [1.4] My All/Mariah Carey
08) [1.3] Body Bumpin' Yippie-Yi-Yo/Public Announcement
09) [1.3] No, No, No Part 2/Destiny's Child
10) [1.3] Let's Ride/Motell Jordan Ft. Master P & Silkk The Shocker
11) [1.2] Everybody (Backstreet's Back)/Backstreet Boys
12) [1.2] Gone Till November/Wyclef Jean
13) [1.2] Make 'Em Say Uhhh!/Master P
14) [1.2] Nobody's Supposed To Be Here/Deborah Cox
15) [1.1] Lately/Divine
16) [1.1] How Do I Live/LeAnn Rimes
17) [1.0] Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)/Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
18) [1.0] Come With Me/Puff Daddy Featuring Jimmy Page
19) [1.0] This Kiss/Better Day/Faith Hill
20) [1.0] They Don't Know/Are U Still Down/Jon B
21) [1.0] Been Around The World/Puff Daddy & the Family
22) [1.0] Adia/Sarah McLachlan
23) [1.0] I'm Your Angel/R. Kelly & Celine Dion
24) [0.9] What You Want/Mase (Featuring Total)
25) [0.9] It's All Because Of You/98
26) [0.9] I Get Lonely/Janet (Featuring BLACKstreet)
27) [0.9] Gettin' Jiggy Wit It/Will Smith
28) [0.8] The Arms Of THe One Who Loves You/Xscape
29) [0.8] It's All About Me/Mya & Sisqo
30) [0.8] When The Lights Go Out/Five
31) [0.8] Together Again/Janet
32) [0.8] Romeo And Juliet/Sylk-E, Fyne Featuring Chill
33) [0.7] Lookin' At Me/Mase Featuring Puff Daddy
34) [0.7] Make It Hot/Nicole
35) [0.7] Song For Mama/Boyz II Men
36) [0.7] I Got The Hook Up!/Master P Featuring Sons Of Funk
37) [0.7] Say It/Voices Of Theory
38) [0.7] I Don't Ever Want To See You Again/Uncle Sam
39) [0.7] Turn It Up/Busta Rhymes
40) [0.7] I Still Love You/Next
41) [0.7] Crush/Jennifer Paige
42) [0.7] Looking Through Your Eyes/LeAnn Rimes
43) [0.7] Victory/Puff Daddy & the Family
44) [0.7] My Heart Will Go On/Celine Dion
45) [0.7] All My Life/K-Ci & JoJo
46) [0.6] Swing It My Way/K.P. & Envyi
47) [0.6] Frozen/Madonna
48) [0.6] Candle In The Wind 1997/Elton John
49) [0.6] How Deep Is Your Love/Dru Hill
50) [0.6] Friend Of Mine/Kelly Price
51) [0.6] I Want You Back/'N Sync
52) [0.6] Daydreamin'/Tatyana Ali
53) [0.6] I'm Alright/Bye Bye/Jo Dee Messina
54) [0.6] Raise THe Roof/Luke
55) [0.6] Dangerous/Busta Rhymes
56) [0.6] Too Much/Spice Girls
57) [0.6] ...Baby One More Time/Britney Spears
58) [0.5] Money, Power & Respect/The Lox (Feat. DMX & Lil' Kim)
59) [0.5] Are You Jimmy Ray?/Jimmy Ray
60) [0.5] The Party Continues/JD Featuring Da Brat
61) [0.5] Ray Of Light/Madonna
62) [0.5] I Can Do That/Montell Jordan
63) [0.5] Westside/TQ
64) [0.5] A Rose Is Still A Rose/Aretha Franklin
65) [0.5] Cruel Summer/Ace Of Base
66) [0.5] Father/LL Cool J
67) [0.5] Do For Love/2Pac Featuring Eric Williams
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Reply #2 posted 08/28/04 10:32pm

jbchavez

So 96 was Keith Sweat's last good year.
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Reply #3 posted 08/28/04 11:18pm

MrSquiggle

3.7 million copies of the Macarena?

Christ. That's like hundreds of thousands of hours of the Macarena. eek
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Reply #4 posted 08/28/04 11:43pm

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MrSquiggle said:

3.7 million copies of the Macarena?

Christ. That's like hundreds of thousands of hours of the Macarena. eek


Probably the 1st reported case of a Macarena OD...



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