Chart 132

Chart 132
(4 January, 1998)


1.- Björk - Bachelorette
2.- Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him
3.- Björk - Pluto
4.- Björk - Jóga
5.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
6.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
7.- Live - Lakini's Juice
8.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
9.- Bush - Cold Contagious
10.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
11.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
12.- No Doubt - Sixteen
13.- Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
14.- Live - Freaks (DEBUT)
15.- Janet Jackson - Together Again
16.- Bush - Synapse (DEBUT)
17 - Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (DEBUT)
18.- Céline Dion - Just A Little Bit Of Love
19.- Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer (DEBUT)
20.- U2 - One

More Live, this time with another excellent song "Freaks". At 16, Bush tried again with a song from "Razorblade Suitcase" and also remixed for "Deconstructed", the song is "Synapse". And at 17, the biggest success of the time, Céline Dion with "My Heart Will Go On". that song was played even in all spanish speaking music channels and radio stations, it was crazy!! And finally Fiona Apple enters with "Shadowboxer". This was the first chart of 1998! And as a point of reference, these was the top 10 of the year according to the World Chart Show:
10.- R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly / 9.- White Town - Your Woman / 8.- Céline Dion - All By Myself / 7.- Savage Garden - I Want You / 6.- Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart / 5.- Hanson - Mmmbop / 4.- Cardigans - Lovefool / 3.- En Vogue - Don't Let Go / 2.- Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy / 1.- No Doubt - Don't Speak /

Chart 131

Chart 131
(28 December, 1997)


1.- Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him
2.- Björk - Bachelorette
3.- Björk - Jóga
4.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
5.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
6.- Janet Jackson - Together Again
7.- Björk - Pluto
8.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola
9.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
10.- Bush - Cold Contagious
11.- Céline Dion - Misled
12.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
13.- U2 - One
14.- Live - Lakini's Juice (DEBUT)
15.- No Doubt - Sixteen
16.- Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
17 - Gary Barlow - Hang On In There Baby
18.- Spice Girls - The Lady Is A Vamp
19.- Céline Dion - Just A Little Bit Of Love (DEBUT)
20.- Prodigy - Firestarter (DEBUT)

Live, in this chart, started a long string of hits that lasted a few years. Sadly, nowadays they're a throwaway band. Here, entering with the great "Lakini's Juice" at 14. At 19, Céline Dion and at 20, Prodigy, who were the hot thing at the time with "Firestarter"

Chart 130

Chart 130
(21 December, 1997)


1.- Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him
2.- Björk - Jóga
3.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
4.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
5.- Janet Jackson - Together Again
6.- Björk - Bachelorette
7.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
8.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
9.- Bush - Cold Contagious
10.- Björk - Pluto
11.- Missy Elliott - The Rain
12.- Céline Dion - Misled (DEBUT)
13.- Eros Ramazzotti - Favola (DEBUT)
14.- U2 - One
15.- No Doubt - Sixteen
16.- Oasis - Stand By Me
17 - Gary Barlow - Hang On In There Baby (DEBUT)
18.- Björk - I Miss You (DEBUT)
19.- Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream (DEBUT)
20.- Spice Girls - The Lady Is A Vamp (DEBUT)

Céline was a musical force to be really considered at this time, at least for me, grabbing number one from Björk and still debuting songs. At 13, we have Eros Ramazzotti, following the trend to debut old songs, he does it with "Favola" a wonderful song. On 16, we see Gary Barlow is not ready to (make nice? jajajaj) give up as he enters with "Hang On In There Baby" a track that has this retro sound. Björk also didn't miss the chance, on the middle of the "Homogenic" glory, to sneak in another song "I Miss You" from her album "Post" and also added to "Telegram". Fiona Apple when she was making decent music had the priviledge to debut in my chart with "Sleep To Dream" at 19. And Spice Girls debut too.

Chart 129

Chart 129
(14 December, 1997)


1.- Björk - Jóga
2.- Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him
3.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
4.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
5.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
6.- Janet Jackson - Together Again
7.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
8.- Bush - Cold Contagious
9.- Oasis - Stand By Me
10.- Björk - Bachelorette (DEBUT)
11.- Björk - Pluto (DEBUT)
12.- Missy Elliott - The Rain (DEBUT)
13.- Meredith Brooks - I Need
14.- Verve Pipe - Cup Of Tea
15.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
16.- U2 - One (DEBUT)
17 - Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
18.- No Doubt - Sixteen (DEBUT)
19.- No Doubt - Different People
20.- Aqua - Turn Back Time (DEBUT)

"Homogenic" remains as almost a masterpiece, so it's nothing weird to see songs from that album in my chart, and they were strong songs everytime. "Bachelorette" and "Pluto" debut this week. Missy Elliott was a new artist and this was her first single "The Rain", which had a sample of Tina Turner! Here she debuts at 12. At 16, something strange happens, U2 debuts with "One", why? I have no clue. In 18, No Doubt with yet ANOTHER song, this time "Sixteen", which I think is the worst song on "Tragic Kingdom". And finally at 20, a pretty nice song from what I remember, "Turn Back Time" by Aqua. Oh yeah, and this chart was made during my birthday!!

Chart 128

Chart 128
(7 December, 1997)


1.- Björk - Jóga
2.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
3.- Oasis - Stand By Me
4.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
5.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
6.- Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him
7.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
8.- Bush - Cold Contagious
9.- Janet Jackson - Together Again
10.- Verve Pipe - Cup Of Tea
11.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
12.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
13.- Meredith Brooks - I Need
14.- No Doubt - Different People
15.- Sugar Ray - Fly
16.- Eternal - Save Our Love
17 - Jewel - Foolish Games
18.- The Verve - Drugs Don't Work
19.- Toad The Wet Sprocket - Come Down (DEBUT)
20.- Amy Grant - Takes A Little Time (DEBUT)

I certainly can't remember how these two debut songs go, so they got what they deserved... oops, read next entry!

Chart 127

Chart 127
(30 November, 1997)


1.- Björk - Jóga
2.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
3.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
4.- Oasis - Stand By Me
5.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
6.- No Doubt - Different People
7.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
8.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
9.- Bush - Cold Contagious
10.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
11.- Jewel - Foolish Games
12.- Verve Pipe - Cup Of Tea
13.- Janet Jackson - Together Again (DEBUT)
14.- Meredith Brooks - I Need
15.- Eternal - Save Our Love
16.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
17 - Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand - Tell Him (DEBUT)
18.- Sugar Ray - Fly (DEBUT)
19.- The Verve - Drugs Don't Work (DEBUT)
20.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.

Just 4 debuts, nothing interesting to comment about.

Chart 126

Chart 126
(23 November, 1997)


1.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
2.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
3.- Björk - Jóga
4.- No Doubt - Different People
5.- Oasis - Stand By Me
6.- Jewel - Foolish Games
7.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
8.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
9.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
10.- No Doubt - You Can Do It
11.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
12.- Bush - Cold Contagious
13.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
14.- Verve Pipe - Cup Of Tea
15.- Wallflowers - The Difference
16.- Gary Barlow - My Commitment
17 - Meredith Brooks - I Need (DEBUT)
18.- Eternal - Save Our Love (DEBUT)
19.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
20.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl

And Eros claimed another number one, too bad it was with that song, which is one of the not so good tracks. Meredith Brooks enters with another single "I Need", wich needs no explanation, cause it sure bombed. And eternal at 18 with "Save Our Love"

Chart 125

Chart 125
(16 November, 1997)


1.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
2.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
3.- Jewel - Foolish Games
4.- Björk - Jóga (DEBUT)
5.- No Doubt - Different People
6.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
7.- Oasis - Stand By Me
8.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
9.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
10.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
11.- Wallflowers - The Difference
12.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
13.- No Doubt - You Can Do It (DEBUT)
14.- 10 000 Maniacs - More Than This
15.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call
16.- Monaco - What Do you Want From Me?
17 - Bush - Cold Contagious (DEBUT)
18.- Verve Pipe - Cup Of Tea (DEBUT)
19.- Gary Barlow - My Commitment (DEBUT)
20.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One

That number 4 debut, materialized thanks to one of my cousins, who recorded a horribble transmision of the "Jóga" video on MTV and he recorded it. Then, he connected some cables and it went from the videotape to a cassette I kept listening. It was all horrible, but I had the song! First single from Björk's third solo album. At 13, another debut by No Doubt, which is tiring, they just keep debuting! At 17, Bush with "Cold Contagious" a great rocking song. At 18, a group that i think already disappeared, The Verve Pipe with what wasn't their biggest hit (That one was "The Freshman") the song "Cup Of Tea". And finally at 19, Gary Barlow with "My Commitment", where he goes all girly on us with that high pitched falsetto that was hard to enjoy... but it seems I did anyway jajajjaja!

Chart 124

Chart 124
(9 November, 1997)


1.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
2.- Jewel - Foolish Games
3.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
4.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
5.- No Doubt - Different People
6.- Wallflowers - The Difference
7.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
8.- Céline Dion - Real Emotion
9.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
10.- Monaco - What Do you Want From Me?
11.- 10 000 Maniacs - More Than This
12.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
13.- Oasis - Stand By Me
14.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
15.- Moloko - Fun For Me
16.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
17 - Texas - Black Eyed Boy
18.- Mariah Carey - Whenever You Call (DEBUT)
19.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quasi Amore
20.- No Doubt - Don't Speak

Mariah enters with a beautiful ballad at 18: "Whenever You Call" from her album "Butterfly"

Chart 123

Chart 123
(2 November, 1997)


1.- Jewel - Foolish Games
2.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
3.- Wallflowers - The Difference
4.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
5.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
6.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
7.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
8.- No Doubt - Different People
9.- Céline Dion - Real Emotion
10.- Moloko - Fun For Me
11.- Monaco - What Do you Want From Me?
12.- 10 000 Maniacs - More Than This
13.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
14.- Texas - Black Eyed Boy
15.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
16.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
17 - Oasis - Stand By Me (DEBUT)
18.- Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
19.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quasi Amore
20.- No Doubt - Don't Speak

By this time, Oasis were still doing decent music, so here they are again debuting with "Stand By Me" at 17

Chart 122

Chart 122
(26 October, 1997)


1.- Wallflowers - The Difference
2.- Jewel - Foolish Games
3.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
4.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
5.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
6.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
7.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei
8.- No Doubt - Different People
9.- Texas - Black Eyed Boy
10.- Céline Dion - Real Emotion
11.- Moloko - Fun For Me
12.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
13.- Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?
14.- 10 000 Maniacs - More Than This
15.- Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (DEBUT)
16.- Goo Goo Dolls - Lazy Eye
17 - Eros Ramazzotti - Quasi Amore
18.- No Doubt - Don't Speak
19.- Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
20.- Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone (DEBUT)

Spice girls were back with a new single from their second album "Spice Up Your Life", entering at 15. And Jenet Jackson was debuting her recent album with the first single "Got Til It's Gone", here at 20.

Chart 121

Chart 121
(19 October, 1997)


1.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
2.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
3.- Wallflowers - The Difference
4.- Jewel - Foolish Games
5.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
6.- Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
7.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
8.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
9.- No Doubt - Different People
10.- Texas - Black Eyed Boy
11.- No Doubt - Just A Girl
12.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quanto Amore Sei (DEBUT)
13.- Céline Dion - Real Emotion
14.- Moloko - Fun For Me
15.- Monaco - What Do You Want From Me? (DEBUT)
16.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quasi Amore
17 - No Doubt - Don't Speak
18.- 10 000 Maniacs - More Than This (DEBUT)
19.- Goo Goo Dolls - Lazy Eye (DEBUT)
20.- Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (DEBUT)

Eros new single from his compilation called simply "Eros", debuts at 12, "Quanto Amore Sei". At 15, a band that never again was heard from: Monaco. At 18, a crappy group 10 000 Maniacs. At 19, Goo Goo Dolls with a song from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, cause as far as I know, it was not on any of their albums, "Lazy Eye". And at 20, another worldwide hit "Tubthumping" bby Chumbawamba.

Chart 120

Chart 120
(12 October, 1997)


1.- Meredith Brooks - Bitch
2.- Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl
3.- Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
4.- Wallflowers - The Difference
5.- Jewel - Foolish Games
6.- No Doubt - Just A Girl
7.- Eternal & Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
8.- Oasis - Don't Go Away
9.- Céline Dion - I Remember L.A.
10.- No Doubt - Different People
11.- Texas - Black Eyed Boy
12.- Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait
13.- No Doubt - Happy Now
14.- Eros Ramazzotti - Quasi Amore
15.- No Doubt - Don't Speak
16.- Céline Dion - Real Emotion
17 - Aqua - Barbie Girl
18.- Republica - Holly
19.- Moloko - Fun For Me (DEBUT)
20.- Take That - Pray (DEBUT)

Moloko's "Fun For Me" appeared in multiple compilations and soundtracks, so it was bound to be discovered by me. Too bad that the band really really suck (with a few exceptions), and when the singer went solo in 2005 with "Ruby Blue", a new form of awfulness was forged. Also at 20 we have the entrance of Take That with "Pray", one of their best songs